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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicEarth's rotation

Topic: earth's rotation

MIT scientists develop new tool for long-term DNA storage — Jurassic Park-inspired amber-like polymer

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Earth’s inner core now spinning slower than planet? Curious change of gear ‘every 60-70 yrs’

Published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from Peking University highlighted in a paper that Earth's inner core which rotates faster than mantle, began to spin slower around 2009.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.