Vasudevan Mukunth

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Kunjari Mog holds up a Foldscope with which he and P. Anbazhagan studied soil grain shapes.

Can a low-cost paper microscope find wider use in research?

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A view of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, November 2004.

Salt flats around the world are covered in a similar pattern of ridges. Why?

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist C.V. Raman.

Daily Quiz | On the Raman Effect

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We need to democratically reimagine science

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Are neutrinos their own anti-particles?

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The fossil believed to be of Dickinsonia, found at the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters near Bhopal in 2021.

Dickinsonia fossil found in Bhimbetka turns out to be decayed beehive

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A peek inside the KamLAND detector as engineers install photomultiplier tubes.

Explained | Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?

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Representative illustration.

Scientists tested an electron’s response to a magnetic field with extreme accuracy. Why?

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An artist’s rendering of an asteroid; when the pieces that are breaking off fall down on the surfaces of planetary bodies, they are called meteorites.

‘Rare, unique’: Diyodar meteorite in 2022 was India’s first aubrite in 170 years

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Third source of natural quasicrystals preserves their reputation for violent origins

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A worker spraying disinfectant at a poultry farm in Namakkal.

Study spotlights India’s ‘intense’ veterinary antimicrobial use

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Cheruvayal K. Raman was awarded the Padma Shri for having conserved more than 50 rice varieties on a modest farm in Wayanad.

A problem of science at the Padma awards

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An aerial photo of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, March 17, 2022.

Why is Japan planning to flush Fukushima wastewater into the ocean?

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A view of stars and the Milky Way in front of a telescope in Hanle, Ladakh, on September 30, 2022.

The dark sky is a natural resource, and too much light is polluting it

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