Sumita Mitra honoured with prestigious European Inventor Award.

Indian-American chemist Sumita Mitra has been honoured with the European Inventor Award 2021 in the ‘Non-European Patent Office countries’ category. She was the first to have successfully integrated nanotechnology into dental materials to produce stronger and more aesthetic…

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Xiaomi files patent for a Sound Charging technology for smartphones.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has developed a technology that allows smartphones and other electrical devices to charge using sound.  The patent has filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). The system uses mechanisms for storing energy and…

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International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice - 21 June.

International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice is observed globally on 21st June. This day bring awareness about solstices and equinoxes and their significance for several religions and ethnic cultures. The International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice was proc…

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World's Most Powerful Magnet.

France is set to get the world's most powerful magnet for a fusion reactor that aims to replicate the process that powers the Sun. Dubbed as Central Solenoid, the powerful magnet is strong enough to lift an aircraft carrier 6 feet in the air. It will be a central compone…

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Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella as chairman.

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, named Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella as its new chairman, in place of John Thompson. Mr. Nadella, who took over as CEO in 2014 from Steve Ballmer, has been instrumental in scaling up its business including billion-dollar acq…

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China's Shenzhou-12 delivers first crew to Tianhe module.

China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country's new space station. The three men - Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo - are to spend three months aboard the Tianhe module some 380km (236 miles) above the Earth. It will be China…

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The world’s first wooden satellite should be in space by the end of 2021

WISA Woodsat, a nanosatellite that measures 4 by 4 by 4 inches (10 by 10 by 10 centimeters) and weighs about 2.2 lbs. (1 kilogram), uses a special type of coated plywood (called WISA) for its surface panels.  The wooden satellite will launch as part of a mission, designed by…

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European Space Agency to Launch ‘EnVision’ Mission to Venus in 2030.

Following NASA’s footsteps, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it has selected EnVision as its next orbiter that will visit Venus sometime in the 2030s.  EnVision is an ESA led mission with contributions from NASA. It is likely to be launched sometime in the 2030…

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Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 in 2025.

Microsoft has announced that it will end support for Windows 10 in 2025. The company’s updated Windows lifecycle fact sheet states that the company will drop support for Windows 10 Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, and Pro Education on October 14, 2025. This means that the U…

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Russian navy builds first fully stealth warship.

The Russian navy is building its first fully stealth warship to make it harder to detect. The hull of the Mercury naval corvette, known as project 20386, has already been constructed and the ship is expected to be delivered to the navy next year. According to state media outl…

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Bdelloid rotifer survives 24,000 years frozen in Siberia.

A microscopic multi-celled organism has returned to life after being frozen for 24,000 years in Siberia, according to new research. Scientists dug up the animal known as a bdelloid rotifer from the Alayeza River in the Russian Arctic. Once thawed, it was able to reproduce ase…

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Scientists discover new exoplanet named as "TOI-1231 b".

An international group of collaborators, including scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and The University of New Mexico, have discovered a new, temperate sub-Neptune sized exoplanet with a 24-day orbital period orbiting a nearby M dwarf star.  The planet has…

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Google to build undersea cable connecting North and South America.

Google has announced it is building an undersea cable that would connect the US, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina to increase internet connectivity between the regions amid a surge in demand for online services during the pandemic. The cable, called Firmina, will be the longest…

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National Geographic adds 5th ocean to world map.

National Geographic announced Tuesday 08 June 2021 that it is officially recognizing the body of water surrounding the Antarctic as the Earth's fifth ocean: "The Southern Ocean" . The change marks the first time in over a century that the organization has redraw…

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An arc of galaxies 3 billion light-years long may challenge cosmology.

A giant arc of galaxies appears to stretch across more than 3 billion light-years in the distant universe. If the arc turns out to be real, it would challenge a bedrock assumption of cosmology: that on large scales, matter in the universe is evenly distributed no matter whe…

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World’s Third-Largest Diamond Unearthed in Botswana.

A 1,098-carat diamond has been discovered in Botswana, by Debswana Diamond Company, a joint venture between the government of Botswana and the South African diamond company De Beers. The newly discovered diamond is believed to be the third-largest gem-quality stone ever to …

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Scientists say new dinosaur species is largest found in Australia.

Scientists in Australia have classified a new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2007, as the largest ever found on the continent. The Australotitan cooperensis or "the southern titan", is among the 15 largest dinosaurs found worldwide. Experts said the titanosaur w…

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Jeff Bezos is going to space.

Jeff Bezos will be flying to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin. The flight is scheduled for July 20th, just 15 days after he is set to resign as CEO of Amazon. Blue Origin said Bezos' younger broth…

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Boeing and Alaska Airlines Partner to Make Flying Safer and More Sustainable.

Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced that, they are partnering on the latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator program and will flight test about 20 technologies on a new 737-9 to enhance the safety and sustainability of air travel. In flights beginning this summer, Boeing and Alaska w…

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NASA is getting serious about Unidentified Flying Objects.

NASA's new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office. Bill Nelson, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, told during a wide-ranging interview that it's not clear to anyone — even in the u…

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