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2015-02-02 India Science


New insights into mammalian evolution   
BioScholar News
Why is a dolphin not a cat? Despite having a common ancestor, different mammalian species have acquired their unique characteristics by repurposing functional elements through gene regulation, says a study. “What we have shown is that evolution ...


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SMN Weekly
   
CU-Boulder honors fallen astronauts   
SMN Weekly
6 CU- Boulder honors the memories of its alumni Ellison Onizuka and Kalpana Chawla, both died in NASA space shuttle accidents 17 years apart. The University remembered and honored its two great heroes at the Boulder campus. Ellison Onizuka was a ...

Kalpana, the star that touched us   Hindustan Times
Remembering Kalpana Chawla on her 12th death anniversary - First Indian ...   Deccan Chronicle
CU-Boulder Fallen Astronauts Remembered At Campus Ceremony   CBS Local
KXRM   
Daily Journal   
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Zee News
   
Heat waves becoming more prominent in urban areas: Study   
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The world's urban areas have experienced significant increases in heat waves over the past 40 years, according to researchers from India and the US. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Northeastern ...

An urban climate double whammy: more heat, less wind   Washington Post
Heat wave rise prominent in urban areas during last four decades   The News Reports
Urban heatwaves getting worse, study confirms   Business Recorder
IANS   
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Headlines & Global News
   
Sea Species, 1 in 4, at Risk of Extinction, New Study Finds   
Headlines & Global News
As humans focus most of the conservation efforts to land animals and plants, the marine life is in trouble with one in four species at risk of extinction. (Photo : Reuters). As humans focus most of the conservation efforts to land animals and plants, the marine life ...

'Marine life facing risk of extinction'   New Kerala
University Of Sheffield Research Reveals Marine Ecosystems in Danger Due to ...   AZoCleantech
World's ocean species up to 9 times likelier to become extinct than previously ...   Full-Time Whistle
Techie News   
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The Register
   
Black Beauty Martian meteorite is 'a SPOT-ON match with Red Planet's DARK ...   
The Register
Scientists believe that a recently discovered Martian meteorite – dubbed Black Beauty – is representative of the "bulk background" of rocks on the surface of Mars. The 4.4 billion-year-old space stone, AKA NWA7034, was found in the Moroccan desert several ...

Rocks on Mars look like 'Black Beauty' meteorite   Financial Express
'Black Beauty' Meteorite Found in Mars   American Live Wire
Meteorite found in Morocco is a pure sample of Martian crust say researchers   National Monitor
Tech Times   
Headlines & Global News   
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Science Codex
   
New instrument can detect atmospheric mercury   
Science Codex
A new sensor can detect ambient levels of mercury in the atmosphere. This new highly sensitive, laser-based instrument provides scientists with a method to more accurately measure global human exposure to mercury. The measurement approach is called ...

New sensor spots minute quantities of atmospheric mercury   New Kerala
New Sensor Detects Ambient Levels of Mercury in Atmosphere   AZoSensors

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'We are heading for a disaster'   
The Hindu
... : The deteriorating condition of the Vembanad backwater system along with other Ramsar sites in the State are in focus as activists get together on Monday to observe World Wetlands Day, recalling the adoption of the wetlands convention in 1971 in the ...


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My Sailing
   
Researchers develop new system to improve safety at sea   
BioScholar News
A space scientist at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been testing a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and ...

Scientists try system that could have found Malaysian flight MH370   Bangalore Mirror
University of Leicester scientist works on global CCTV that could have kept track ...   Leicester Mercury

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The Register
   
Grav wave tsunami NOT caused by Big Bang – boffins weep   
The Register
Claims that a gravitational wave tsunami swept the universe from the Big Bang have turned to dust ... Interstellar dust. Last September, the smart money was already backing the idea that the signal didn't come from the early universe and, on Friday, scientists ...

BICEP2 Gravitational Wave Discovery: Proof Of Big Bang Or Just Space Dust?   Tech Times
Claim about Cosmic Finding Abandoned by Scientists   Daily Science Journal
Cosmic inflation: New study says BICEP claim was wrong   BBC News
New York Times   
Wall Street Journal   
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The Hindu
   
Epigrapher, scholars see Indus-Dravidian trade link   
The Hindu
Research students at the Tamil University here were taken on an intellectual odyssey of the archaeological findings that have impacted Indus, Dravidian civilizations, and Vedic culture by distinguished epigrapher Iravatham Mahadevan and Director, ...


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