Gravitational Waves, India's Coastline, Blood Cancer Cells, Nature of Chaos, AI Farming and more...
Weekly Newsletter | Issue #23 - 04 June, 2025
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In this week’s stories: detecting gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves from the same source, India’s coastline recalculated, a new method to separate cancer cells from blood, exploring turbulence and the nature of chaos, and AI assistance to predict crop yield. In the regional section, we have stories in Hindi and Marathi. There are also STEM stories from other Indian media outlets. Check out the events section for all this week's public science events. Don’t forget to check out Scidle - the science wordle, for a new science word every day.
Stories in this edition
Searching for bangs from cosmic whispers | IIT Bombay
Researchers look for high-energy light from gravitational-wave candidates in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Observation Runs with India’s AstroSat-CZTI.
India adds another 3582 kilometres to its coastline | Survey of India
The revision is not due to a physical change in India's landmass but rather a result of modern measurement methodologies and technologies.
Scientists achieve near-perfect cancer cell separation from blood with microfluidics simulations | IIT Guwahati
They used computer simulations to design a microchip with micro-channels and then separate the different cells in the blood into the channels with Dielectrophoresis.
New study could finally help us understand turbulence and the nature of chaos | IISER Kolkata, ICTS, John Hopkins
Using computer models, the study found that the Lyapunov exponent, a measure of chaos, scales with the Reynolds number in a specific manner, with a precise value.
AI could help farmers predict yields of multiple crops | SVNIT, Arba Minch, ICAR-IIWM
New research examined how a specific type of AI, known as ANFIS, could help predict the yield of several important crops grown in the Nashik region of Maharashtra, India.
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Regional
Hindi (हिन्दी):
ब्रह्मांडीय रव के माध्यम से बैंग विस्फोटों की खोज
Marathi(मराठी):
ब्रह्मांडातील कुजबुज ऐकून शोधता येतील गुरुत्वीय लहरींच्या घटना?
Research Beat | Research-based news in other media
वैज्ञानिकों ने तुलसी में खोजा नया जीन, जो तुलसी को मेडिकल नजरिये से बनाता है और खास - Aaj Tak
Experiments to cultivate heeng in India bear fruit, plants flower for the first time - Tribune India
CSIR develops non-destructive technique to detect damage in aircraft - Tribune India
Silk and collagen based gel to speed up wound healing - Times of India
NEERI’s giant leap with Global South Network for eco sustainability - Times of India
Pashmina or shahtoosh? Hyderabad’s CCMB just developed the first-ever DNA test - The Print
New study by NASA shows tropical trees can warn of volcanic eruptions - The Indian Express
Technology may shine, but it is science that will fuel India’s rise - Money Control
SKUAST-Kashmir creates India’s first gene-edited sheep using CRISPR - Money Control
Events
From the Big Bang to black holes and dark energy - Prof. Brian Schmidt | TIFR, Mumbai - 05 June 2025
INSPIRING MINDS - The Legacy of Prof RL Kapur | NIAS, 06 June 2025
Institute Lecture: From metamaterials to Mie-tronics and metasurfaces | IISc, 10 June 2025