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Two Suspected Nipah Virus Cases In West Bengal, Centre Deploys National Team
The suspected cases were detected on January 11, 2026, at the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at AIIMS Kalyani.
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Physicists Deploy Quantum Sensors to Hunt the Universe’s Missing Matter
Dark matter makes up most of the universe’s mass, yet it has never been directly detected. Scientists are now deploying ultracold quantum sensors, underground detectors and space telescopes to catch its faint signals. At Texas A&M, new silicon detectors aim to register extremely rare particle interactions, while global experiments push sensitivit...
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Amul Refutes Viral Claims About Its Masti Dahi Packets Being "Unhygienic"
A viral video claimed that Amul Masti Dahi sold in pouches is "unhygienic" on the basis of certain laboratory tests that were privately conducted. Amul has called it "misinformation."
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Simple At-Home Finger Prick Blood Test Enables Accurate Detection Of Alzheimer's Biomarkers: Study
Simple finger-prick blood samples that can be collected at home and mailed to laboratories without refrigeration or prior processing can help detect Alzheimer's disease biomarkers accurately.
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Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Water Contamination Behind Indore Health Crisis, Confirms Lab Test
A laboratory test has confirmed that a diarrhoea outbreak, which has killed at least four patients and affected over 1,400 people in Indore, was caused by contaminated drinking water, officials have said.
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Apply For This Six-Month Paid Internship At Ministry Of Defence
DRDO’s SSPL Delhi offers paid internships for 52 students in fields like Physics, Electronics, and Material Science. The internship lasts four weeks to six months with Rs 5,000 stipend for six-month interns.
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NASA’s Chandra Spots Champagne Cluster Formed by a Massive Galaxy Collision
Discovered on New Year’s Eve 2020, the Champagne Cluster is a striking pair of colliding galaxy clusters revealed through combined X-ray and optical observations. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows superheated gas stretched and distorted, exposing a massive cosmic collision hidden from visible light alone. Studied by UC Davis astronomers, t...
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Fusion Reactors Could Generate Axions, Offering a New Path to Detect Dark Matter
Fusion energy may have an unexpected cosmic role beyond clean power. A new study suggests fusion reactors could produce axions, hypothetical dark matter particles, when high-energy neutrons from fusion reactions strike reactor walls. These interactions may generate axions that escape shielding undetected. Scientists propose future fusion plants cou...
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ISS Microgravity Experiment Reveal How Particles Behave Without Gravity
A microgravity experiment aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists understand how particles move and cluster without gravity. Conducted inside the station’s laboratory, the study could improve space safety, support future Moon and Mars missions, and deepen understanding of Earth-based processes such as pollution, pollen spread...
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Government Approves 108 Labs For Quality Testing Of Ayurvedic, Siddha And Unani Drugs
A total of 108 laboratories have been approved for quality testing of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs, said Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav.
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Researchers Release Dozens Of Laboratory Mice Into The Wild. This Happens Next
The study suggests that environmental factors play a significant role in shaping anxiety.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reveals Sun's Powerful Eruptions And Mysterious Energy Return
Nour Rawafi, a project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, explained that there had been previous indications that solar material could return in this way, but seeing it so clearly was truly remarkable.
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New Study Reveals That Fixing Body Clock Rhythms In Mice Can Reduce Cancer Risk
A new study in mice by Author Jeremy Borniger, assistant professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, has shown that cancer could disrupt the body's corticosterone-circulating rhythm and fixing it led to a significant shrinking of tumours.
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Scientists Inch Closer To Solving Cosmic Dust Mystery On Distant Star
The discovery of Kappa Tucanae A's companion star provides a unique "laboratory" for studying hot exozodiacal dust.
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Two Suspected Nipah Virus Cases In West Bengal, Centre Deploys National Team
The suspected cases were detected on January 11, 2026, at the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) at AIIMS Kalyani.
-
Physicists Deploy Quantum Sensors to Hunt the Universe’s Missing Matter
Dark matter makes up most of the universe’s mass, yet it has never been directly detected. Scientists are now deploying ultracold quantum sensors, underground detectors and space telescopes to catch its faint signals. At Texas A&M, new silicon detectors aim to register extremely rare particle interactions, while global experiments push sensitivit...
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Amul Refutes Viral Claims About Its Masti Dahi Packets Being "Unhygienic"
A viral video claimed that Amul Masti Dahi sold in pouches is "unhygienic" on the basis of certain laboratory tests that were privately conducted. Amul has called it "misinformation."
-
Simple At-Home Finger Prick Blood Test Enables Accurate Detection Of Alzheimer's Biomarkers: Study
Simple finger-prick blood samples that can be collected at home and mailed to laboratories without refrigeration or prior processing can help detect Alzheimer's disease biomarkers accurately.
-
Astronomers Look to the Large Magellanic Cloud to Study How Stars Are Born
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a nearby dwarf galaxy glowing with star birth. Just 160,000 light-years away, it hosts vast nebulae like the Tarantula and historic events such as Supernova 1987A, offering astronomers a rare, close-up laboratory to study how stars form, evolve, and explode.
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Water Contamination Behind Indore Health Crisis, Confirms Lab Test
A laboratory test has confirmed that a diarrhoea outbreak, which has killed at least four patients and affected over 1,400 people in Indore, was caused by contaminated drinking water, officials have said.
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Apply For This Six-Month Paid Internship At Ministry Of Defence
DRDO’s SSPL Delhi offers paid internships for 52 students in fields like Physics, Electronics, and Material Science. The internship lasts four weeks to six months with Rs 5,000 stipend for six-month interns.
-
NASA’s Chandra Spots Champagne Cluster Formed by a Massive Galaxy Collision
Discovered on New Year’s Eve 2020, the Champagne Cluster is a striking pair of colliding galaxy clusters revealed through combined X-ray and optical observations. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows superheated gas stretched and distorted, exposing a massive cosmic collision hidden from visible light alone. Studied by UC Davis astronomers, t...
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Fusion Reactors Could Generate Axions, Offering a New Path to Detect Dark Matter
Fusion energy may have an unexpected cosmic role beyond clean power. A new study suggests fusion reactors could produce axions, hypothetical dark matter particles, when high-energy neutrons from fusion reactions strike reactor walls. These interactions may generate axions that escape shielding undetected. Scientists propose future fusion plants cou...
-
ISS Microgravity Experiment Reveal How Particles Behave Without Gravity
A microgravity experiment aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists understand how particles move and cluster without gravity. Conducted inside the station’s laboratory, the study could improve space safety, support future Moon and Mars missions, and deepen understanding of Earth-based processes such as pollution, pollen spread...
-
Government Approves 108 Labs For Quality Testing Of Ayurvedic, Siddha And Unani Drugs
A total of 108 laboratories have been approved for quality testing of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs, said Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav.
-
Researchers Release Dozens Of Laboratory Mice Into The Wild. This Happens Next
The study suggests that environmental factors play a significant role in shaping anxiety.
-
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Reveals Sun's Powerful Eruptions And Mysterious Energy Return
Nour Rawafi, a project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, explained that there had been previous indications that solar material could return in this way, but seeing it so clearly was truly remarkable.
-
New Study Reveals That Fixing Body Clock Rhythms In Mice Can Reduce Cancer Risk
A new study in mice by Author Jeremy Borniger, assistant professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, has shown that cancer could disrupt the body's corticosterone-circulating rhythm and fixing it led to a significant shrinking of tumours.
-
Scientists Inch Closer To Solving Cosmic Dust Mystery On Distant Star
The discovery of Kappa Tucanae A's companion star provides a unique "laboratory" for studying hot exozodiacal dust.
