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Pesticides threatened salmon, whales: study

Scientists in the U.S. have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific salmon, Atlantic sturgeon and Puget Sound orcas.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 14th Jan 2018

Navy eyeing more ‘submarine killers’

The Indian Navy is considering the acquisition of more Boeing P-8I aircraft for surveillance and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)

posted by Jawwad Kazi 14th Jan 2018

New assault rifle gears up for trials

The trials of an assault rifle being developed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) have made progress after initial bottlenecks. The sixth round was completed in November by the Project Management Team (PMT) and the OFB is gearing up for consistency trials later this year.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 14th Jan 2018

IGIB discovers a protein regulating melanoma growth, pigmentation

Researchers at Delhi’s CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) have for the first time identified a calcium sensor protein (STIM1) that independently regulates both skin cancer and pigmentation. The STIM1 protein does so by activating two independent signalling pathways.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 14th Jan 2018

Prime Numbers

Recently, a very big number — over 23 million digits long — became the “largest known prime number.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 14th Jan 2018