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Topic: scientists

What Indian scientists achieved in 2018 beyond ISRO and its rocket launches

Dinesh C Sharma -
New and promising scientific technologies in fields ranging from nanotechnology to space weather made headlines this year.

An atmospheric scientist makes new findings on ocean warming easy for you

Scott Denning -
A new finding suggests that global warming may be even more advanced than previously thought.

Nobel winners Allison & Honjo have helped reverse cancer completely in some patients

Stephen Johnson -
Allison and Honjo made key discoveries about immune checkpoints that later led to the development of immunotherapies that have proven successful in humans.

Neanderthals were no brutes. They were precise workers capable of caring for the weak

Francis Wenban-Smith -
New evidence reveals that the Neanderthals were more similar to modern humans in their physical expression than previously thought.

New ideas replace superstar scientists when they die

Faye Flam -
A study has found that the death of a scientist leads to an influx of new people with different ideas into the field.

Schizophrenia to oceans: The mysteries winners of big-ticket CSIR prize are trying to solve

Sandhya Ramesh -
The annual prize was instituted in honour of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, who played a major role in setting up India's science & tech infrastructure.

The Sri Lankan who solved a maths problem for Jeff Bezos & gave the world Amazon

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Yasantha Rajakarunanayake was the toast of the internet this week after the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Sri Lankan smarter than him. 

These Indian scientists have formed a band of myth-busters. Social media beware

Manasi Phadke -
A group of scientists from Mumbai are tracking fallacies peddled as fact and then debunking them.

Why the physics community has lost interest in breakthrough discovery

Sandhya Ramesh -
There’s deep scepticism about an IISc duo’s claims of achieving superconductivity at room temperature owing to their silence on the study.

Calling Baker Street! IISc duo’s ‘power breakthrough’ has kicked up a Sherlockian mystery

Sandhya Ramesh -
If proved true, the discovery of the researchers could well be one of the biggest moments of modern science.
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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

From botox to laser treatments—how to get a facelift without surgery

Dear Tesla buyers, Don’t crib about high tariffs. They have helped Indian auto industry

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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