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Birds’ gravity-defying beak eating mystery unravelled

Washington, May 16: A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has solved the gravity-defying mystery behind a bird’s beak, by finding that certain types of shorebirds defy gravity to get morsels o

US encourages discussion to resolve J-K issue

Washington, May 16: The United States has reiterated its support for the peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue, saying it would continue encouraging discussion among parties to resolve

Current CO2 and methane levels highest in 800,000 years

Washington, May 15: The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores has confirmed that current levels of concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane are the highest in 800,000 ye

Aluminium oxide layer improves solar cells’ efficiency by over 1pc

Washington, May 15: A collaborative study by experts at Eindhoven University of Technology and Fraunhofer Institute has helped improve the efficiency of solar cells by more than one per cent.

Nanowires may help to boost solar cell efficiency

Washington, May 15: Electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.

Mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes identified

Washington, May 15: Physicists at Penn State in the US have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes.

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