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Work is on to clear mess: Javadekar

Times of India

BENGALURU: Bellandur residents may be fed up with civic agencies but Union minister for forests, environment and climate change Prakash Javadekar hasn't lost hope.

 

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Efforts on to clean frothing lakes

The Hindu

Central and State agencies have started taking action on the city's two frothing lakes and the Centre is focused on cleaning water bodies, Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has said.

 

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Climate change: Tibet sees receding glaciers, shrinking permafrost

Times of India

DHARAMSALA: The Tibetan plateau, home to the third largest store of ice that feeds Asia's six great rivers, is highly vulnerable to climate change, researchers say, warning that over two-thirds of the glaciers could disappear by 2050.

 

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Genetically engineered virus doubles efficiency of solar cells

Daily News & Analysis

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) have developed a genetically engineered virus that could help solar cells generate energy with nearly double efficiency.

 

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ASTROSAT spots the Crab Nebula using CZTI Instrument

Odisha Samaya

A week after its successful launch, the new space observatory was to capture the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.

 

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Skin-Tight Space Suit that Mimics Impact of Gravity

NDTV

Melbourne: To reduce the debilitating physical effect that space flights have on astronauts' bodies, Australian researchers have designed a skin-tight space suit that mimics the impact of gravity.

 

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India's Astrosat Takes Its First Images Of The Crab Nebula

Asian Scientist Magazine

India's first space observatory satellite has yielded its first results: images of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.

 

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Rohan Murthy Funds Robotic Astronomy Project "Robo-AO KP"

CrazyEngineers

Rohan Murthy has funded the Robo-AO KP project, world's only fully robotic adaptive optics system; being developed by Caltech (USA) and IUCAA (Pune, India).

 

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November 25, 1915: After 100 years, Einstein's theory stands test of time

Luxemburger Wort - English Edition

(AFP) Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and his revolutionary hypothesis has withstood the test of time, despite numerous expert attempts to find flaws.

 

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After 100 years, Albert Einstein's theory stands test of time

The Hans India

Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and his revolutionary hypothesis has withstood the test of time, despite numerous expert attempts to find flaws.