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"Chandrayaan 3: India's Quest for Lunar Excellence Continues" | ISRO | C...

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Has Prosecco research lost its fizz?

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There are many reasons to celebrate International Prosecco Day – but are researchers also raising a glass to one of Italy’s finest exports? Simon Linacre offers a quick taste of what we can learn from recent vintages of research outputs. For many of us, prosecco seems to have become the sine qua non of any gathering, combining as it does the popping cork, light fizz and often considerable price benefit compared to champagne. Celebrated on 13 August each year, it offers a chance for prosecco producers to market their wines, and for the rest of us to, well, enjoy them! But aside from the marketing fluff, what’s going on academically with prosecco? Dimensions and Altmetric – as well as being fantastically powerful tools to aid deep investigation of research topics – can also offer insight into almost any field of study. So, what can we glean from recent studies on prosecco? Sparkling wine glasses raised. Stock image. In Figure 1, we can see that the number of articles that men

"Save Water Save Life" Make water conservation mandatory

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  International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering Online Nomination:  https://x-i.me/veershen With country facing worst ever water crisis in decades, I request both the Government of India and Citizens of India to make definitive steps in this regard. First as a citizen can't we conserve water at every activity in our life. There is a famous quote in novel cloud atlas, “My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?” remembering the same if every signatory of this petition sincerely vows to save water in each and every activity of life it could be substantial step. The routine tap running while shaving and brushing can be changed with mug, using bucket instead of shower, reusing water used for rice cooking and vegetable washing. Each of us can implement a rain water harvesting system with collection and ground water recharge and there are many more which many of us know but just don't follow. At s