Weekly Newsletter | Issue #3

15 Jan, 2025, Read our stories on new pangolin species, offline digital payments, changing wetlands of Mumbai, and using machine learning to understand anxiety in fish.

Jan 15, 2025

Greetings from Research Matters!

This week, GenomeIndia completed its project of sequencing 10,000 genomes from 99 ethnic Indian populations. Check out our infographic and SciQ on the Genome India Project.

We also have stories on new pangolin species, offline digital payments, changing wetlands of Mumbai, and using machine learning to understand anxiety in fish. We also have a story on the Infosys Prize ceremony, where you can read about all the winners and their work. Also, read our featured article on Prof. Rohini Godbole in Marathi. There are also stories from other media and events happening this week. Don’t forget to check out Scidle - the science wordle, for a new science word every day.

Stories in this edition

Scientists discover new species among trafficked Pangolins | ZSI Kolkata

While combing through the DNA of confiscated pangolins, scientists identified a species that had never been recorded before.

ElasticPay: An Offline Digital Payments System | IIT Indore

A smartphone based safe, secure and robust digital payments system that can work even without the internet.

Study maps changes to mangroves and wetlands along Maharashtra’s coastline | IIT Bombay

Researchers from IIT Bombay used LISS IV satellite imagery to map the Land use land cover changes to the Mumbai and Palghar mangroves and wetland areas.

The Infosys Prize 2024 ceremony held in Bengaluru | Infosys Science Foundation

The winners of the Infosys Prize 2024 were awarded their prize at a ceremony held at Taj West End, Bengaluru, on January 11, 2025

Fishy Feelings: How AI is Helping Us Understand Anxiety in Fish | IISER TVM

A new study finds that machine learning models can identify behavioural cues in zebrafish to correctly predict when the fish is anxious.

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रोहिणी गोडबोले यांची उच्च-ऊर्जापूर्ण विद्वत्ता

By Aashima (The Life of Science) and Arati Halbe

भारतीय वैज्ञानिक समुदायाला अभिमान वाटेल असा मोठा बौद्धिक वारसा मागे ठेवणाऱ्या आपल्या लाडक्या कणभौतिकशास्रज्ञ.

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We are thrilled to collaborate with Janasuddi to publish our stories in Kannada. As a bonus, we also have an audio version of the stories. We are grateful to Dr Kollegala Sharma and his Janasuddi team for making this happen.