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  Covid-19: Respiratory viruses in young children likely to resurge

  July 26, 2021 17:47 IST

  RSV affects the lower respiratory tract and can cause serious illness and death. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2.7 million children worldwide were infected with RSV each year, and it was the fourth most common cause of death in young children.  

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  Child deaths increase in Indonesia as Covid surges

  July 26, 2021 15:37 IST

  According to Pulungan, over 800 children younger than 18 have died from the virus in Indonesia since the pandemic began, but the majority of those deaths have occurred only in the past month.

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  AI helping researchers improve solar data from the Sun

  July 25, 2021 21:09 IST

  The Atmospheric Imagery Assembly, or AIA, is one of two imaging instruments on SDO and looks constantly at the Sun, taking images across 10 wavelengths of ultraviolet light every 12 seconds.  

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  NASA lander reveals Mars' deep interiors for 1st time

  July 25, 2021 15:45 IST

  Like Earth, Mars heated up as it formed from the dust and larger clumps of meteoritic material orbiting the Sun that helped to shape our early solar system.

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  Covid-19 may bring a new wave of diabetes

  July 24, 2021 20:36 IST

  Researchers from the Boston Children's Hospital assessed the health of 551 people admitted to the hospital for Covid-19 in Italy from March through May 2020. About half of the patients (46 percent), with no history of diabetes, were found to have new hyperglycemia.

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  NASA to take SpaceX flight for Mission to Jupiter's icy moon

  July 24, 2021 17:18 IST

  Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life.

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  Hubble telescope back in action, releases new images

  July 23, 2021 19:03 IST

  The new snapshots, from a programme led by Julianne Dalcanton of the University of Washington in Seattle, feature a galaxy with unusual extended spiral arms and the first high-resolution glimpse at an intriguing pair of colliding galaxies. 

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  Global warming may limit spread of dengue fever: Study

  July 23, 2021 17:19 IST

  Future climate models point to increasing frequencies of extreme temperature events, making short exposures to high temperatures a threat to the survival of dengue and Wolbachia infected mosquitoes

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  Why Delta Covid variant is spreading rapidly?

  July 22, 2021 23:48 IST

  According to current estimates, the Delta variant could be more than twice as transmissible as the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19. The variant, which was first identified in India in late 2020, has now become the predominant strain and has spread to at least 111 countries.

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  Malnutrition may increase death risk in patients with Covid history: Study

  July 22, 2021 19:53 IST

  Children older than five and adults aged 18 to 78 years with previous diagnoses of malnutrition were found to have higher odds of severe Covid-19 than those with no history of malnutrition in the same age groups.

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  NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first rock sample | WATCH

  July 22, 2021 19:17 IST

  The mission milestone to collect the first sample of Martian Rock will take off in the next two weeks.  

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  Scientists come up with THIS solution to fight Delhi-NCR air pollution

  July 21, 2021 23:38 IST

  Apart from Delhi, there are 19 districts around the national capital, sources from which affect pollution levels in Delhi. This latest model can help avoid trial and error and blind decisions.

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  IIT Kanpur creates portable oxygen bottle 'Swasa Oxyrise' for medical emergencies

  July 21, 2021 23:34 IST

  The IIT Kanpur alumnus said that 10 litre of oxygen has been compressed in a 180 gram bottle. Nearly 200 shots of oxygen can be given to a person from a single bottle which is available for Rs 499.

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  Massive, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth soon. Details

  July 21, 2021 12:12 IST

  In March this year, the largest asteroid passed through Earth at a speed 124,000 kph. 

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  Jeff Bezos blasts off on his space company’s 1st passenger flight

  July 20, 2021 18:57 IST

  ​Jeff Bezos blasted off Tuesday on the first flight of his space travel company with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own rocket.

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  Novel autoantibody sparks inflammation, blood clots in Covid patients

  July 20, 2021 17:08 IST

  US researchers have discovered a functional autoantibody in Covid-19 patients that contributes to the disease's development and the "firestorm" of blood clots and inflammation it induces.

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  Jeff Bezos to fly into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket today

  July 20, 2021 10:28 IST

  Jeff Bezos is all set to fly to the edge of space, beyond the Karman line today along with three others.

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  Jeff Bezos to fly 'beyond Karman line' on Tuesday

  July 19, 2021 23:20 IST

  Jeff Bezos is all set to fly to the edge of space, beyond the Karman line, on Tuesday, along with three others, aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

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  NASA's Hubble space telescope returns to science operations

  July 18, 2021 17:46 IST

  Hubble, which has been watching the universe over the past three decades, faced trouble with its payload computer on June 13. 

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  3D 'assembloid' shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells

  July 17, 2021 22:49 IST

  The findings published in the journal Nature Medicine, indicate that one potential route of SARS-CoV-2 into the brain is through the blood vessels, where SARS-CoV-2 can infect pericytes and then SARS-CoV-2 can spread to other types of brain cells.

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  NASA celebrates 100th birthday of 1st American to orbit the planet

  July 17, 2021 21:20 IST

  The US space agency on Saturday celebrated the 100th birthday of astronaut John Glenn who changed the history of spaceflight, becoming the first American to orbit the planet.

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  Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans: Study

  July 17, 2021 9:43 IST

  Just 7% of our genome is uniquely shared with other humans, and not shared by other early ancestors, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances.

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  Astronomers identify curious occurrence of star-like objects on old photographic plate

  July 17, 2021 8:32 IST

  Nine star-like objects that appeared and vanished in a small region within half an hour on an old photographic plate, were discovered by astronomers.

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  Wobbling moon, climate change to raise flood risk in 2030s: NASA

  July 16, 2021 16:42 IST

  The study, conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Hawaii, is the first that takes into account all known oceanic and astronomical causes for floods.

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  ISRO holds hot test of liquid propellant Vikas engine for 'Gaganyaan'

  July 14, 2021 23:37 IST

  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme, the country's first manned mission to space.

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  Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space

  July 13, 2021 22:51 IST

  The Amazon founder will climb atop his New Shepard rocket next Tuesday in West Texas, joined by his brother, an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer and a $28 million auction winner.

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  Mars, Venus, Moon conjunction: Planets to appear only a finger's width apart! How to watch

  July 13, 2021 20:21 IST

  ​Skygazers are in for a treat! Mars and Venus, two of the Earth's closest neighbours, will come closest to each other in the sky on Tuesday, so much so that they will appear only a finger's width apart. Imagine! Instead, watch it happen! How?

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  NASA's big prediction for 2030 raises alarm for the world. Here's what it said

  July 13, 2021 16:38 IST

  A study, led by the members of NASA Sea Level Change Science Team from the University of Hawaii, has predicted a decade of "dramatic increases" in flood numbers around the world, especially in the US, starting mid-2030s.