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Finally, a made-in-India vaccine against childhood diarrhoea
Almost 30 years in the making, the first India-developed vaccine for rotavirus � cause of severe diarrheoa in children � has shown positive results in third phase of clinical trials. #India #ThisisNext #Medicine #science #diarrheoa #first India-made diarrheoa vaccines
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Soyuz space capsule carrying Chris Hadfield lands safely in Kazakhstan
Live footage on Nasa TV showed the Soyuz TMA-07M capsule slowly descending by parachute onto the sun-drenched steppes under clear skies. Russian search and rescue helicopters hovered over the landing site for a quick recovery effort. #Technology #NewsTracker #science #YouTube #Nasa #International Space Station #ISS #Chris Hadfield #Space Oddity
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How Einstein's theory aided the discovery of a new planet
"Einstein's planet," formally known as Kepler-76b, is a "hot Jupiter" that orbits its star every 1.5 days. #Tech #didyouknow #science #Jupiter #Albert Einstein #exoplanet
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India, US firms join hands to make HIV war affordable
A big US pharma company has finally taken proactive measures (learning from history no doubt) to license innovative drugs to low-cost drug makers in India so that they reach the people who need them the most. #Ranbaxy Laboratories #GeekSpeak #HIV/AIDS #Antiretroviral drug #Gilead Sciences
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Where did we lose the joy of Engineering?
The 74 participants at the first Joy of Engineering, Design and Innovation (JED-I) have given India new hopes of producing a generation of engineers who will actually get back to basics and build things - solving real world problems. #ThisisNext #Indian Institute of Science #JED-I
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Around The Mall Blog: SmithsonianHow Astronaut Sally Ride Brought Women to Science
Ride, who became the first American woman in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, was an outspoken advocate for women scientists and improved science education. Her highly decorated career included two trips and more than 343 hours in space, wo #NASA TV #Sally Ride #Earth (planet)
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AlphaGalileo,orgBig Science Communication Summit
Join us on the 6th & 7th June for a two-day Summit to map the emerging challenges for science communication in Australia and to collaboratively develop best-practice solutions. Inspiring Australia, TechNyou and ScienceRewired are bringing together the na #Australia #Sydney
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China DailyScience students calculate formulas for love
Writing rosy poetry should be second nature to liberal arts students, but now Chinese science and engineering students have their own literature. On May 20, a date that in Chinese sounds similar to "I love you", the 10 most romantic love poems written by #Shanghai #Beijing #China