ISW Desk

According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, almost one billion individuals worldwide suffer from some mental condition. As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, cases of anxiety and sadness increased dramatically.…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed a ‘Recombinant Protein Toolbox’ comprising six unique proteins, which can be used to convert healthy skin cells or any somatic cells from an adult human body…
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Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTech) have recently explored bacterial communities associated with red, brown, and green macroalgae marine seaweeds to isolate…
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has released a total of 2122 crop varieties of food crops, oil seeds, pulses, commercial crops, horticultural crops, potential crops and fodder crops during a short span of the last eight…
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Spiders, with their unique ability to secrete silk and venom, are among the most successful animals on earth. The evolutionary origin of poisons in spiders has mainly remained uninvestigated. A study by two researchers of the Evolutionary…
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Merging black holes emit gravitational waves. However, the waves detected by LIGO are from black holes, which are a few tens of times heavier than the sun, and that experiment cannot detect these very large wavelengths, low-frequency…
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, via video conferencing, inaugurated the 108th Indian Science Congress. This year the congress is being organised at the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, which is also celebrating its…
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A recent study conducted by researchers from the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, has revealed the reasons behind the lowest Antarctic Sea Ice Extent (SIE) in February 2022. They have investigated the role of…
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Indian chevrotain or mouse deer plays a significant role in the forest ecosystem as a seed disperser. Though commonly found in forested areas, the smallest wild deer has been listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) due to…
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Demand for pure drinking water has been increasing steadily for the last few decades. With technological advancements, numerous commercial water purifiers have appeared in the market. However, in an attempt to purify water, most of these…
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