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Badri Cattle: OPU-IVF Calf Born at Pantnagar via a Sahiwal Recipient

Badri Cattle: OPU-IVF Calf Born at Pantnagar via a Sahiwal Recipient

Why in news? A healthy female Badri calf was born at Pantnagar on 11 September 2026 through in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. The Agriculture Ministry a...

Steel Slag Road: Guinness Record for 1.85-km Raigarh Stretch

Steel Slag Road: Guinness Record for 1.85-km Raigarh Stretch

Why in news? India’s Science and Technology Ministry announced Guinness recognition for a 1.85-kilometre steel-slag road at Raigarh on 12 September ...

Fermat's Last Theorem: Full Proof Formalised in Lean in 11 Days

Fermat's Last Theorem: Full Proof Formalised in Lean in 11 Days

Why in news? Anthropic announced on 4 September 2026 that its Claude system had produced a complete computer-checked proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem....

Childhood Proteome: Protein Signatures and Adult Disease Risk

Childhood Proteome: Protein Signatures and Adult Disease Risk

Why in news?A study published in Nature Metabolism on 11 September 2026 examined protein patterns associated with childhood health risks. Researchers ...

AlphaGenome Atlas: DeepMind Scores Nine Billion DNA Variants

AlphaGenome Atlas: DeepMind Scores Nine Billion DNA Variants

Why in news?Google DeepMind introduced AlphaGenome Atlas on 8 September 2026. The resource contains precomputed predictions for approximately nine bil...

Lasker Award 2026: Orexin and the Biology of Narcolepsy

Lasker Award 2026: Orexin and the Biology of Narcolepsy

Why in news?The Lasker Foundation announced its 2026 Basic Medical Research Award on 9 September. Emmanuel Mignot and Masashi Yanagisawa share the hon...

Perylene Diimide: CeNS Metal-Free Nanosheets for Water Splitting

Perylene Diimide: CeNS Metal-Free Nanosheets for Water Splitting

Why in news?Indian researchers reported a metal-free material for sunlight-driven water splitting on 9 September. It combines perylene diimide with th...

Navier-Stokes: Weighing OpenAI's Finite-Time Singularity Claim

Navier-Stokes: Weighing OpenAI's Finite-Time Singularity Claim

Why in news?OpenAI released a 166-page mathematical paper and a formal Lean file on 8 September. The company says its system proved finite-time singul...

ORV Sagar Manthan: GRSE Launches India's New Research Vessel

ORV Sagar Manthan: GRSE Launches India's New Research Vessel

Why in news?India launched Ocean Research Vessel Sagar Manthan in Kolkata on 9 September. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers is building it for t...

Endometriosis: First Indian Genome-Wide Study Finds 21 Loci

Endometriosis: First Indian Genome-Wide Study Finds 21 Loci

Why in news?A nationwide genetic study of endometriosis appeared in Scientific Reports on 5 September. It analysed 2,523 participants from an Indian m...

Foot-and-Mouth Disease: SAT1 Serotype Spreads to New Regions

Foot-and-Mouth Disease: SAT1 Serotype Spreads to New Regions

Why in news?The World Organisation for Animal Health reviewed the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype SAT1. Notifications show movement be...

Atherosclerosis: Histone 2B Antibody Points to an Autoimmune Role

Atherosclerosis: Histone 2B Antibody Points to an Autoimmune Role

Why in news?A study published on 7 September 2026 identified a specific autoimmune pathway that worsened atherosclerosis in mice. Researchers found an...

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