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Lubricant Selection and LIS: Fight the Current Lack of Supply

Jim Fitch wrote a pretty comprehensive article recently, going into the finer minutia of what to do when you can't get the lubricants that you normally use. I wanted to take some time and give you a pretty good strategy to help mitigate some of the woes of having to swap suppliers to get the lubricants that your machines need for proper operation.

Little Known Sources of Contamination Ingression

You are probably familiar with a lot of the different ways contaminants can find their way into your machinery. For example, one of the most common ways that contaminants enter your lubricant is through poor headspace management.

To The Moon And Back - Chandrayaan-3

In a very optimistic note, the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) was working on a project to make its second attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon.

Watered down

Most states have recently started reviving their small rivers, but the progress remains far from satisfactory

COOL SOLUTIONS

India can significantly reduce the energy consumed by its building and construction sector by promoting contextual cooling mechanisms

More give than take in secret trade deals

The tight secrecy over trade negotiations means citizens are not privy to the deals that affect them directly

BOOKS

Book review

'We may have tracked one of the sources of the gravitational waves'

Earth is not big enough for the apparatus required to sense gravitational waves of the kind scientists announced having detected on June 28. In fact, the solar system is not big enough for it. Scientists overcame the problem by turning the Milky Way galaxy into an observatory

FAUX FISH

A herb that tastes and smells like fish, and has traditionally recognised health benefits

A DEVELOPING CRISIS

Most big pharmaceutical companies have all but quit research and development of new antibiotics since it is a low-return venture. Rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance means the old ammunition is misfiring. Without effective antibiotics, global healthcare will lose the treatment framework it stands on. A report by AMIT KHURANA, RAJESHWARI SINHA and GAURI ARORA on the precipitating global health crisis

A job not done

As multiple states launch urban employment guarantee schemes, the need for a Central Act similar to MGNREGA becomes stronger

HASTE MAKES WASTE

Non-profits and civil society organisations are increasingly opting for quick-fix solutions to all issues, a tendency that needs to be moderated

Heal the system

Hurdles in practising Ayurveda are limiting its potential to help India improve healthcare access

Money matters

The last meeting before COP28 gets little work done as developed and developing countries fight over climate finance

TOXIC TRAIL

How a polluted seasonal rivulet in Ludhiana causes cancer, cognitive impairment and organ damage cases in districts 200 km away

ALARMING TRENDS

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea provides yet another example of the changes that storm systems are exhibiting due to warmer waters

TIME AFRICA SWITCHED

Africa has always been energy-poor, and the scenario has gotten worse in the past decade. The continent must leapfrog to renewables to become energy-secure, and the West would do well to aid the transition.

GREEN PROMISE

Although a weed, silver cockscomb is high in nutrients and shows potential for use as a leafy vegetable

Writing on the wall

Excessive groundwater extraction is triggering subsidence in the Indo-Gangetic plain

Fix at source

Bengaluru must close data gaps, rope in bulk waste generators to cope with its growing piles of rubbish

Third pole melting away

Himalayan glaciers disappearing 65% faster since 2010. This will drastically reduce water flows in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra

Empowered by water

Access to water in households helps women save time to earn additional income and improve their quality of life RUBY SARKAR

Engage

Time we solved the population question

Train that moves Delhi

DELHI METRO IN RASHMI SADANA'S THE MOVING CITYIS A FORCE THAT ATTEMPTS TO BRING ORDER TO THE CITY

The Arctic Could Go Ice-Free In Summer By 2030

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km

Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health

CYTISINE: Smoking Cessation Aid

Smoking remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with over a billion people being smokers and up to 7 million deaths annually being attributed to tobacco use

Glutamate Receptor Antagonist: A Potential Threat to Developing Nervous System

Glutamate receptor antagonists are powerful drugs that are extensively used in modern medicine for their analgesic and anaesthetic properties

E-Cigarettes And Cocaine Delivery

Cocaine is a potent stimulant drug that is widely used for recreational purposes. It has been known to provide an intense high that can quickly lead to addiction and other negative consequences

Origins and composition of planet Mars

A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution