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BIOLOGY

Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

Umesh Prasad -
In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...
ASTRONOMY & SPACE SCIENCE

Dark Matter in the Centre of our Home Galaxy 

Umesh Prasad -
Fermi telescope made clean observation of excess γ-ray emission at the centre of our home galaxy which appeared non-spherical and flattened. Referred as Galactic...
EARTH SCIENCE

NISAR: The New Radar in Space for Precision Mapping of Earth  

Umesh Prasad -
NISAR (acronym for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NASA-ISRO SAR), a joint collaborative mission of NASA and ISRO, was successfully launched into space on...
EARTH SCIENCE

Effect of Atmospheric Dust on Ice Cloud Formation Confirmed

Umesh Prasad -
It is known that the proportion of ice-topped clouds depends on dust particles in the cloud that act as nuclei for ice crystal formation....
CHEMISTRY

Hexanitrogen (N6): A New Neutral Allotrope of Nitrogen

Umesh Prasad -
N2 is only known neutral and stable structural form (allotrope) of nitrogen. Synthesis of neutral N3 and N4 were reported earlier but could not...
ASTRONOMY & SPACE SCIENCE

Axiom Mission 4: Dragon capsule Grace returns to Earth

Umesh Prasad -
The Ax-4 astronauts have returned to Earth after a 22.5-hour journey back from the International Space Station (ISS) where they spent 18 days. The...
ASTRONOMY & SPACE SCIENCE

Closest Ever Images of the Sun    

Umesh Prasad -
Parker Solar Probe (PSP) made in-situ data collection and captured closest ever images of the Sun during its last closest approach at perihelion in...
BIOLOGY

Centromere sizes determine Unique Meiosis in Dogrose   

Umesh Prasad -
The dogrose (Rosa canina), the wild rose plant species, has a pentaploid genome with 35 chromosomes. It has an odd number of chromosomes, yet it...
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