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Location of binary star D9 in the Milky Way
Space

First Binary Star Found Near Sagittarius A*

European Southern Observatory

Breakthrough Discovery: First Binary Star Detected Near Sagittarius A*

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Robotics

Robots can help understand the concept of ‘sense of self’ in humans

Ashwini Sakharkar

Robotics and the sense of self in humans.

Women in crowd
Environment

Population model reveals human dispersal stages in Europe

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Aurignacian period (43,000–32,000 years ago) and shows four phases: slow spread, rapid expansion, population decline, and renewed growth.

Beauty, people, anti-aging and skincare concept
Biology

How do aging clocks tick?

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists have now discovered that aging clocks actually measure the increase in stochastic changes in cells.

eukaryotes
Biology

Study revealed a mechanism that protects tissue after faulty gene expression

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists identified a protein complex that is activated by defects in the spliceosome.

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Health

Mitochondria’s role in processing dietary fat revealed in study

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Mitochondrial dysfunction halts dietary lipid processing in enterocytes.

Bacteria in a green background
Health

Newly discovered antibodies neutralize drug-resistant pathogens

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Potent antibodies found against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Health

Dopamine’s impact on decision speed and precision

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Dopamine and decision thresholds in male human reinforcement learning.

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Science

Cold is beneficial for healthy aging

Amit Malewar

A lower body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to prolong the lifespan of animals.

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Science

Foods with a high fat and sugar content change our brain

Pranjal Malewar

Chocolate bars, crisps and fries - why can't we just ignore them in the supermarket?

Red polariton OLED
Technology

Boosting the color brilliance of OLEDs through a fundamental physical concept

Ashwini Sakharkar

New research has shown that a strong coupling of light and material increases the color brilliance of OLED displays.

Galactic centre
Space

Scientists detected an infant star near the black hole at the center of our Galaxy

Amit Malewar

It exists, after all.

K-band view
Space

A newly discovered star only takes four years to travel around the black hole

Amit Malewar

8000 kilometers per second.

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Galactic Giants: How black hole radiation might help life thrive

Space

The vast majority of the galaxies rotate in the same direction

Space

An experimental drug shows promise in lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s dementia

Neuroscience