“BLOOD MOON” LUNAR ECLIPSES OF THE DECADE TODAY
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ON SEPT 7: VISIBLE IN INDIA NEW DELHI: There will be a total lunar eclipse on September 7, visible in many parts of India from 8.58 PM IST and it ends at 2.25 AM. The eclipse will be visible in India, including major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Bengaluru, […]
A 4-IN-1 BREAKTHROUGH FOR LASTING WEIGHT LOSS
NEW DELHI: Scientists are racing to improve weight loss treatments beyond drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, which are effective but plagued by nausea, bone loss, and weight regain. Tufts University chemists have created a new multi-target compound that goes beyond the usual GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon approaches by adding a fourth hormone, PYY. This “quadruple-action” […]
BIASED AI CHATBOTS CAN SWAY PEOPLE’S POLITICAL VIEWS IN MINUTES
BIASED AI CHATBOTS CAN SWAY PEOPLE’S POLITICAL VIEWS IN MINUTES NEW DELHI: In a new study, biased AI chatbots swayed people’s political views with just a few messages. If you’ve interacted with an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ve likely realized that all AI models are biased. They were trained on enormous corpuses of unruly data and […]
RESEARCH: WORLD PEOPLE PREFER SELF-RELIANT STRATEGIES
MOST PEOPLE ‘GO IT ALONE’ TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS NEW DELHI: When faced with tough decisions, humans the world over prefer reflecting on their own rather than accepting advice or information from elsewhere, researchers report. In a study encompassing 13 languages, 12 research teams, and 12 countries over five continents, the same findings cut across […]
HIDDEN BRANCH IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
NEW DELHI: Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with multiple species coexisting. Newly discovered teeth reveal a previously unknown species of Australopithecus that lived alongside some of the earliest Homo specimens nearly […]
FLAWS THAT MAKE ELECTRONICS FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT
NEW DELHI: Defects in spintronic materials, once seen as limitations, may now be key to progress. Chinese researchers discovered that imperfections can enhance orbital currents, unlocking more efficient, low-power devices that outperform traditional approaches. Scientists have turned a longstanding challenge in electronics — material defects — into a quantum-enhanced solution, paving the way for new-generation […]
A NEW WAY TO TURN SUNLIGHT INTO FUEL
NEW DELHI: A research team created a plant-inspired molecule that can store four charges using sunlight, a key step toward artificial photosynthesis. Unlike past attempts, it works with dimmer light, edging closer to real-world solar fuel production. A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: […]
BETTER RECYCLED PLASTIC
NEW DELHI: Researchers have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting material more reliable. The structures they created greatly reduced the variability of mechanical properties typically found in recycled plastic. Their product also maintained the performance of the original plastic materials. The researchers says […]
NEW MAGNET THAT BENDS LIGHT LIKE MAGIC
NEW DELHI: Researchers have uncovered the magnetic properties and underlying mechanisms of a novel magnet using advanced optical techniques. Their study focused on an organic crystal believed to be a promising candidate for an “altermagnet”– a recently proposed third class of magnetic materials. Unlike conventional ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, altermagnets exhibit unique magnetic behaviour. Details of […]
AI IS CHANGING HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL
NEW DELHI: An expert has answers for you about how AI is revolutionizing travel planning. Not long ago, planning a trip meant juggling guidebooks and hours of searching the internet for the best restaurants and must-see sights. Now, travellers are turning to artificial intelligence tools to do the heavy lifting. “We’re not going back.” Seden […]
