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ESA’s solar orbiter traces origin of energy particles from the Sun, could help understand space weather: Study
Science & Technology

ESA’s solar orbiter traces origin of energy particles from the Sun, could help understand space weather: Study

Rohini Krishnamurthy
3 min read
Knowledge from Space Orbiter can protect future spacecrafts & astronauts from solar threats
Yersinia pestis was responsible for the Plague of Justinian, the world’s first recorded pandemic
Science & Technology

Yersinia pestis was responsible for the Plague of Justinian, the world’s first recorded pandemic

Rajat Ghai
2 min read
Two new studies set the record straight by identifying the pathogen from ancient human teeth at a site in Jordan
UNGA launches two new initiatives to strengthen global cooperation on AI governance
Governance

UNGA launches two new initiatives to strengthen global cooperation on AI governance

DTE Staff
2 min read
The Independent International Scientific Panel on AI & the Global Dialogue on AI Governance are a ‘significant step forward in global efforts to harness the benefits of artificial intelligence while a ...
Gerardus Mercator: Why the 16th century Fleming cartographer is in the African Union’s crosshairs
Why did Napoleon’s Grand Armee perish in the 1812 retreat from Moscow? Study identifies new culprits
ISRO, NASA successfully launch NISAR to map planet’s minute features
Trump administration’s grand AI action plan threatens water & energy security, open doors to fossil fuel exploitation: Experts
Debate over synthetic biology in conservation divides scientific community ahead of IUCN meet
Erwin Neher, along with his colleague Bert Sakmann, received the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
At a crossroads of sovereignty and science: India’s strategic position ahead of ITPGRFA COP 11
New study uncovers likely ancestral origins of Indians, suggests links to Iranian, Central Asian cultures
Shubhanshu Shukla all set to make history as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)
How did early humans successfully colonise beyond Africa? Their spread in various African climes gave them a unique ‘ecological flexibility’, says research
Owls inspire new ‘silent tech’ to fight noise pollution
Before this study, a solar flare from AD 775 was widely considered the most extreme event ever recorded in tree-ring archives.
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