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Narendra Modi, Amit Shah to begin three-day visit to Pune to attend national conference of top police officials today
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the national conference of directors-general and inspectors general of police to be held in Pune from 6 to 8 December
Scientific community celebrates 100 years of a solar eclipse that made Albert Einstein famous
•The event helped verify Einstein's Theory of Relativity, which underpins critical modern technologies like GPS.
Mini ice-age, planet cooling from natural dip in Sun's heat ruled out: Study
Venkateswaran •The Sun likely won't come to our rescue by cooling of the global climate, study says.
Supercapacitors to charge Galaxy Note 9's S Pen: What is it and how does it work?
Rishirajbhagawati •Sticking the S Pen into the Note 9 phone for 40s will power it for 30 mins. But how does this work?
Scientists uncover a piece in the puzzle of macrophage activation; could help with understanding functioning of the immune system
Ratnesh •Researchers are trying to shed light on how macrophages get activated so as to help control such problems.
New study says odd-even scheme in Delhi led to an increase in number of vehicles and hence, emissions
Sunderarajan Padmanabhan •A large number of personal vehicle owners seemed to have opted to commute earlier in the morning and later in the evening, before and after the odd –even rule.
Understanding positioning system of cells may help unravel key diseases
Ratnesh •An understanding of how molecules like RDGB control lipid composition may help to get an insight into complications that lead to cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
Study shows how motor protein Kinesin helps maintain the amount of fat in blood
Shikha T Malik •Triglycerides are main components of fat, and molecules called very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) carry them.
Scientists decipher how Salmonella bacteria survives in human cells
Ratnesh •A team led by Dr Mahak Sharma at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali has uncovered the mechanism of how Salmonella manages access to membranes and nutrients in human cells
More than 40 scientists from 13 Indian institutions played a role in the observation of gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars
Ians •The Indian scientists were part of the team of 1,200 scientists from 100 institutions worldwide.