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The research was led by Devendra Verma, along with research scholars Shreya Chrungoo and Tanmay Bharadwaj. The team has secured a patent for their invention, described as a high shape-fidelity protein-polysaccharide composite bio-ink. Their work addresses a key global challenge in bioprinting: the lack of materials that can combine structural strength, printability, and biological compatibility in a single system.

Earlier, scientists believed that Syzygium originated in Australia or Southeast Asia around 51 million years ago. However, new research suggests a much older origin—about 80 million years ago in East Gondwana, with India acting as a major centre for early diversification.

ISRO’s 2040 Moon goal fits squarely within the Government of India’s formal space roadmap. In September 2024, the Union Cabinet approved the first phase of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, with the first module targeted for 2028 and the full station targeted for 2035; the same decision explicitly linked these steps to a crewed Indian lunar mission by 2040.

The significance of the study goes well beyond a niche galactic puzzle. Supermassive black holes are commonly observed in large galaxies, but dwarf spheroidal galaxies are faint, poor in gas, and heavily dominated by dark matter, making any central black hole extremely hard to detect directly.

Shukla’s work has received a Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation, a competitive programme under which researchers can receive support of up to Rs 60 lakh plus overheads for three years. IIIT Hyderabad said he was selected among roughly 700 researchers from more than 6,000 proposals, giving the project both national visibility and a funding path for early-stage development.

In this study, the researchers focused on the rare cases where a filament shows both longitudinal and transverse oscillations simultaneously, giving them a stronger handle on the underlying magnetic conditions.
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The new sensor is based on an iron metal-organic framework, or Fe-III-MOF, designed in the form of microscopic nanospheres. Researchers said the material contains tiny pores that can trap nicotine-related molecules. These Fe-MOF nanospheres were synthesised through a solvothermal process and then tested for safety and performance.