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  Existing drugs kill SARS-CoV2 in cells: Study

  August 21, 2021 20:20 IST

  A new study has revealed that several drug contenders already in use for other purposes -- including one dietary supplement -- have been shown to block or reduce the SARS-CoV2 infection in cells.

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  NASA's Mars rover set for 2nd attempt to pick up a rock sample

  August 21, 2021 18:35 IST

  The rover will drive to a new location called Citadelle for a second shot at picking up its first rock sample.  

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  Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on Moon

  August 21, 2021 11:42 IST

  As NASA prepares to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024 as part of the Artemis mission, understanding the solar radiation environment and possible resources on the Moon are critical.

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  'Extreme heat reduction urgently needed to prevent unnecessary deaths'

  August 20, 2021 20:49 IST

  According to a new Global Burden of Disease modeling study, also published in The Lancet, more than 356,000 deaths in 2019 were related to heat, and that number is expected to grow as temperatures rise worldwide. However, many heat-related deaths are preventable by mitigating climate change and reducing exposure to extreme heat, the researchers said.  

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  How to curb Covid-19 spread indoors

  August 20, 2021 20:33 IST

  High-quality masks and proper ventilation should be used in combination to mitigate the threat posed by indoor aerosol accumulation as much as possible.

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  Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa, speeding at 94,000 kmph, to pass by earth today

  August 21, 2021 6:59 IST

  Nasa has classified asteroid 2016 AJ193 as potentially hazardous as it comes close to Earth on the night of August 21.

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  Coronavirus carrying animals sold at Wuhan wet markets for years, finds study

  August 18, 2021 22:12 IST

  Researchers from the Chinese government's Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, the University of Oxford in the UK and the University of British Columbia in Canada collected data from several markets in Wuhan and photographs from the Huanan seafood market for their research which concluded that animals known as carriers of coronaviruses were sold at local wet markets for years.

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  Vaccine stockpiling by nations may bring new Covid-19 variants

  August 18, 2021 18:11 IST

  A team of researchers from the US and Canada projected forward the incidence of Covid-19 cases under a range of vaccine dosing regimes, vaccination rates, and assumptions related to immune responses.  

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  IIT Guwahati researchers make key breakthrough in memory chips

  August 16, 2021 17:18 IST

  The breakthrough will solve problems in multi-core processor-based systems that need an equally large on-chip memory to commensurate the data demands of the ever-growing applications, preventing energy consumption to ensure the temperature remains under the thermal design power (TDP) budget.  

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  Covid-19: Why elderly, diabetic are at higher risk of infection

  August 15, 2021 16:15 IST

  The findings, detailed in the journal Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, also demonstrates for the first time that our own endogenous miRNAs could directly inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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  NASA-Boeing Starliner spacecraft may get delayed by several months

  August 13, 2021 23:52 IST

  The Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) -- the second uncrewed flight for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft as part of the US space agency's Commercial Crew Programme -- has been held up since late last year.  

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  WHO trial to study potential of 3 anti-malarial drugs against Covid

  August 13, 2021 21:35 IST

  The drugs -- artesunate, imatinib, and infliximab -- were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalised Covid-19 patients, the WHO said in a statement.  

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  Solar Orbiter-BepiColombo spacecraft capture stunning picture of Venus during flyby

  August 13, 2021 17:10 IST

  The images show Venus approaching from the left while the Sun is off-camera to the upper right.

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  Covid-19 may likely become childhood disease: Study

  August 12, 2021 19:14 IST

  Once endemic in the global population, Covid-19 may behave like other common cold coronaviruses, affecting mostly young children who have not yet been vaccinated or exposed to the virus.  

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  Moderna 76% effective against Covid-19 Delta variant, Pfizer 42%: Study

  August 12, 2021 16:35 IST

  Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, US, found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was only 42 percent effective against infection in July, while the Moderna vaccine was only 76 percent effective.

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  GSLV failure to have an impact on India's human space mission

  August 12, 2021 15:53 IST

  Everything went off well as planned till the cryogenic engine got fired at about five minutes into the rocket's flight. At about six minutes into the rocket's flight and soon after the cryogenic engine started operation, the mission control center at the spaceport tensed up as there was no data coming from the rocket.  

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  ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter finds presence of hydroxyl, water molecules on Moon

  August 12, 2021 12:31 IST

  According to a research paper published in Current Science Journal, the spacecraft with the help of an Imaging infrared spectrometer (IIRS) could differentiate between hydroxyl and water molecules.

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  Pune students develop 'driverless' electric four-wheeler using artificial intelligence

  August 11, 2021 22:08 IST

  This vehicle has been developed by the students of mechanical engineering and electronics and telecommunications branches of the MIT World Peace University.  

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  Countdown for launch of EOS-03 satellite commences: ISRO

  August 11, 2021 6:57 IST

  Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) will launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

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  India must act now, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build climate resilient infrastructure: Experts

  August 10, 2021 19:05 IST

  The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), approved by the 195 member countries, cautioned that every region on earth will witness the worst irreversible effects of climate change in the coming years, including sea-level rise and a surge in heat waves, rainfall and floods.

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  ISRO gearing up for GISAT-1 launch on August 12: Details

  August 10, 2021 18:59 IST

  The GISAT-1 will be the country's first sky eye or earth observation satellite to be placed in geo-stationary orbit.

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  ESA, NASA spacecrafts to make two Venus flybys

  August 09, 2021 18:07 IST

  "The double flyby also offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the Venus environment from different locations at same time and, moreover, in locations that are not typically visited by a dedicated planetary orbiter," the ESA said.

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  Indian Ocean warming at faster pace, India to witness increased heat waves, flooding: Report

  August 09, 2021 17:39 IST

  The warming of the ocean will lead to a rise in sea levels, which will contribute to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-level areas.

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  UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'

  August 09, 2021 14:08 IST

  The world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming mark in the 2030s, earlier than some past predictions. Warming has ramped up in recent years, data shows.

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  UN science panel to release key report on climate change

  August 09, 2021 7:54 IST

  The U.N. climate summit that is taking place in Glasgow from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 will see governments discuss what more each country can do to curb global warming.

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  NASA invites participants for year-long simulated Mars mission

  August 07, 2021 19:59 IST

  In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigour of a long-duration, ground-based simulation.

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  Licensed drug may cut SARS-CoV-2 infection by up to 70%: Study

  August 07, 2021 18:53 IST

  The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology, has shown that fenofibrate and its active form (fenofibric acid) can significantly reduce SARS-COV-2 infection in human cells in the laboratory.

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  NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples

  August 07, 2021 8:44 IST

  The American space agency in a statement said that data sent to Earth by NASA's Perseverance rover after its 1st attempt to "collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity".