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BENGALURU: Eminent scientist and former scientific adviser to the defence minister VS Arunachalam passed away in his sleep in California, where he was under treatment for acute pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.Arunachalam was the founder-chairman of Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, a not-for-profit think-tank, in Bengaluru. He is survived by
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NEW DELHI: Scientists have found how mosquito-transmitted viruses, including dengue and Zika, hijack host cells to promote their own reproduction.The research, published recently in the journal Cell Host and Microbe, paves the way for developing new therapeutics for these infections with no or very limited treatments.“Our findings bring us one step closer to understanding and
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MUMBAI: Former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Rajagopala Chidambaram, who played a key role in India’s first nuclear test at Pokhran in May 1998, has scathing words for the US for the shabby treatment and humiliation of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.“India will never treat its scientists in this manner,” said Chidambaram,
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BENGALURU: With the journey so far having gone exactly as planned, Chandrayaan-3, whose orbit circularisation phase began with the completion of the lunar-bound manoeuvre on August 14, is expected to enter a 100km circular orbit after another operation planned for 8.30am on Wednesday (August 16). That leaves only eight more days before the landing module,
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BENGALURU: Former Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) president Prof MR Satyanarayana Rao, known for his research in biochemistry, passed away following a cardia arrest at his Tatanagar residence here at 7pm Sunday. He was 75. The Padma Shri recipient is survived by his mother, wife and two sons. Born in January 1948
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