Rahul Mohan

#AntarcticScience #OceanicMicropaleontolgy
@NCAOR@Tweeting in my personal capacity

[sridevi sreedhar @sridevisreedhar]

Attention - Air Travelers inbound to India

​It is mandatory for all international travelers arriving in India to fill a Self Travel and Health Declaration online 24 hours ahead of flight regardless of origin.

[Satyajit Dash @dsatyajit]

KEY HIGHLIGHTS:

✅Revised obesity guidelines - greater importance on waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) instead of relying only on BMI.

✅ Abdominal obesityis a major health risk for Indians - Closely linked to insulin resistance.

✅ A person may now be considered at risk even if their BMI is normal but their waist measurement is high.

✅ Obesity: waist circumference >90 cm for men and >80 cm for women, or a waist-to-height ratio above 0.5.

✅ The guidelines: obesity based on both body fat distribution and the presence of obesity-related diseases.

✅ Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritisare included while assessing obesity severity.

✅ For Asian Indians, whose metabolic risk often appears at lower BMI levels than Western populations.

✅ Overall, the shift in focus from body weight alone to metabolic health and abdominal fat, making obesity assessment more accurate for Indians.

[Sahina Gazi @SahinaGazi]

'A Plankton Spacecraft'

What if alien spacecraft looked less like machines and more like plankton ? A marine dinoflagellate when reimagined through color resemble a spacecraft-an example of how microscopic life can inspire macroscopic engineering 🔬🚀

#Biomimicry #SEM #SciArt

[Rohan Khaunte @RohanKhaunte]

Proud Moment for Goa as Dr. Armida Fernandez is conferred PadmaShri for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine & Public Health through Pioneering Works in Neonatal Care , Maternal and Child Healthcare besides founding Asia’s First Human Milk Bank. Her Dedication to Healthcare has touched Countless Lives for the Better.

#PadmaShri #ProudGoan

@rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi

[pallavi ghosh @_pallavighosh]

Big clarification comes in from govt sources- For all friends in Media:

It was not decided yesterday that the Passport is not a proof of citizenship.
It was not even decided in the last 12 years.

The Passport has never been a proof of citizenship.

The Passport Act 1967 says that passports can be given to non-citizens.

Judgments of the Bombay HC from 2013 have made it clear that passport is not a proof of citizenship

[Rahul Mohan @Rahul_Mohan_GOA]

@ANI Poor connections from Indian tourist destinations to Varanasi strangely

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Varanasi, UP | Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson says, "Air India flight 1111 connects Varanasi seamlessly to various destinations such as London, Frankfurt, Singapore... In the coming months, we will expand to connect more cities across India such as Amritsar, Vadodara, Kochi..."

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

The Indian passport is a “travel document” and not a “citizenship document”, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). The purpose of the Indian passport is to help Indians transit and travel through foreign ports and territories and it should not be compared with other documents that are used to establish citizenship rights, the official said, reports @janusmyth

https://t.co/csvyf94xlv

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

Winning against the Chinese. In China.

At the Asian Relay Championships.

Srabani, Sudeshna, Sneha & Tamanna in the 4x100 relay.

Power. Speed. Grace. Commitment.

But above all, teamwork.

This clip has it all.

I’m watching it on loop.

More of this please. 🇮🇳

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

I have a VOTER ID card, but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
I have a AADHAR card but NO, it is not proof of citizenship
I have a PAN Card, but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
I have a PASSPORT but NO, it is not proof of citizenship.
So who will give me a CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE? A govt bureaucrat?
My question is simple: is the problem with the citizen, or with the Mai Baap State itself?😡

[AntarcticTreaty @AntarcticTreaty]

Today marks the 65th anniversary of the entry into force of the #AntarcticTreaty. For over six decades, this landmark agreement has successfully reserved #Antarctica for peace and science, demonstrating the enduring power of dialogue and international cooperation. 🇦🇶🌍

[Simply Padmaja @Padmaja_Yatra]

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What Are Jamun Fruits Trying to Tell Us?

This year, I am seeing more jamun (Indian blackberry) fruits in the markets than I have ever seen in the last thirty years.

The fruits are literally raining down from the trees. Even trees that bore only a few fruits last year are heavily laden this season. Trees that usually produce well are dropping an even more abundant harvest.

Why is this happening?

My grandmother used to say:

“If jamun trees shed unusually large quantities of fruit during summer, there is a higher chance of drought that year.”

Interestingly, modern science lends

[Weather India @weatherindiaoff]

Educational Series #1
The Engine Starts

​Ever wonder why India gets such a massive monsoon? 🌧️ It all starts with the powerful Somali Jet. This low-level wind (the blue arrow) crosses the equator and acts like a conveyor belt, targeting the Indian subcontinent.

Let's break it down 👇

The Driver

​The Somali Jet doesn't just appear—it needs a mechanical push. 💨 That push comes from thousands of kilometers away: the Mascarene High. This high-pressure system near Madagascar acts as a pump, forcing trade winds north across the equator. Earth's rotation (Coriolis force) then curves and intensifies this flow into the Somali Jet 🌍.

The Fuel

​A strong wind is powerful, but a wet wind is a monsoon. ⛽️ As the Somali Jet accelerates across the Arabian Sea, it travels over extremely warm waters. This heat causes massive evaporation, effectively "fueling" the jet with incredible amounts of moisture. It’s now a loaded atmospheric engine heading straight for India.

The Impact

​Finally, the jet hits the Indian coast. ⛰️ Because the moisture-laden air is forced to rise over the Western Ghats (a process called Orographic Lift), it cools and condenses, resulting in heavy rainfall. This is the moment the monsoon officially arrives and transforms the landscape.

[NCPOR @ncaor_goa]

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐂𝐏𝐎𝐑

NCPOR celebrated the International Day of Yoga 2026 with great enthusiasm and participation. The event brought together Scientists, employees, and young researchers in a collective celebration of wellness, mindfulness, and healthy living.

Aligned with this year's theme, "Yoga for Healthy Ageing," the session highlighted the importance of yoga in promoting physical health, mental well-being, and a balanced lifestyle.
Here is a glimpse of the celebration.

#InternationalDayofYoga2026 #YogaDay2026 #YogaForHealthyAgeing #NCPOR

@DrJitendraSingh
@moesgoi
@moayush
@Ravi_MoES
@TMeloth

[Ajay Jadeja @AjayJadeja171]

When everyone was busy watching Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and India A hammering Sri Lanka A, Our Indian Women's Hockey Team defeated New Zealand by 2-0 in the Finals of Nations Cup 💥

With this win, Our Women's have Qualified for the FIH Women's Pro League 👏

[NCPOR @ncaor_goa]

From Frozen Frontiers to Mountain Heights: Yoga Unites Us

On International Day of Yoga 2026, expedition members stationed at Indian research stations, Himadri (Arctic), Himansh (Himalaya), Bharati and Maitri (Antarctica), celebrated the spirit of wellness and resilience in some of Earth's most challenging environments.

Yoga transcends borders, climates, and continents.

#InternationalDayOfYoga2026 #IDY2026 #YogaForHealthyAgeing #YogaDay2026 #NCPOR

@PMOIndia
@mygovindia
@DrJitendraSingh
@moesgoi
@moayush
@TMeloth

[NCPOR @ncaor_goa]

Celebrating the International Day of Yoga, at the top of the world!

The International Day of Yoga was enthusiastically celebrated at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, one of the world's northernmost international Arctic research settlements. The event was organized by the Indian expedition members stationed at India's Arctic research station, Himadri.

Researchers and personnel from several international research stations joined the celebrations with great enthusiasm, embracing the spirit of yoga, harmony, and well-being amidst the breathtaking Arctic landscape.

#InternationalDayofYoga2026 #YogaDay2026 #YogaForHealthyAgeing #NCPOR

@PMOIndia
@mygovindia
@DrJitendraSingh
@moesgoi
@moayush
@TMeloth

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

After decades of warnings, new data suggest the Atlantic’s vital circulation may withstand climate warming better than feared.

Learn more: https://t.co/uD6tG3h1hA

[NCPOR @ncaor_goa]

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - "Yoga for Healthy Ageing"

Yoga is more than a practice, it’s a pathway to physical well-being, mental resilience, and healthy ageing. As we celebrate International Day of Yoga 2026, we reaffirm the importance of integrating yoga into our daily lives to foster balance, mindfulness, and holistic health.

#InternationalDayOfYoga2026 #IDY2026 #YogaForHealthyAgeing #YogaDay2026 #NCPOR

@PMOIndia
@mygovindia
@DrJitendraSingh
@moesgoi
@moayush
@TMeloth

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

I'm a cardiologist. Something just happened today that I genuinely did not see coming — and it could change the future of preventive medicine more than anything I've written about on this platform.
Midjourney — the AI company that became famous for generating images from text prompts — just announced a medical hardware division and unveiled a working prototype of a full-body scanner unlike anything that's ever existed.
It's called the Midjourney Scanner. And it works like this.
You step into a shallow pool of water. You stand on a platform that slowly descends — about two inches per second — through a ring containing roughly half a million tiny ultrasonic transducers, each the size of a grain of sand. Every one of them acts as both a speaker and a microphone, sending ultrasonic waves through your body from every angle and recording what comes back.
60 seconds later, you step out. The scan is done.
No radiation. No magnets. No claustrophobia. No IV contrast. Just sound, water, and an almost incomprehensible amount of computing power — roughly 2 petaflops processing 17 gigabytes per second of raw acoustic data — reconstructing a 3D map of your entire internal anatomy down to half a millimeter resolution.
Organs. Tissues. Blood vessels. Bones. Muscle. Fat distribution. All segmented by AI in real time.
As a cardiologist who has spent months writing about how the standard screening playbook misses the majority of future heart attacks — this is the technology I've been waiting for without knowing it existed.
Here's why this matters for the future of your heart.
Right now, getting a detailed look inside your cardiovascular system requires either a CT scan (radiation), an MRI (magnets, claustrophobia, 45-60 minutes, $1,000+), or a coronary CT angiogram (radiation, IV contrast, limited availability). These are powerful tools. I order them regularly and they save lives.
But they're reactive. You get them when something is already suspected. They're expensive. They're uncomfortable. And for most people, they happen once — maybe twice — in a lifetime.
Imagine instead: a 60-second scan with no radiation that you could repeat monthly or quarterly. Tracking cardiac structure over time. Watching body composition shift. Detecting changes in organ size, fluid distribution, or vascular architecture before symptoms ever develop. Building a longitudinal dataset of YOUR body that AI can analyze for patterns no single snapshot would reveal.
That's what Midjourney is building toward.
The company plans 50,000 scanners worldwide over six years, with capacity for a billion scans per month. The first location — the "Midjourney Spa" in San Francisco — opens at the end of 2027 with 10 scanners alongside saunas, cold plunges, and a gym. The scan costs a few dollars. The experience is designed to feel like wellness, not medicine.
The technology is built on Butterfly Network's ultrasound-on-chip platform — 40 modules per scanner — combined with Midjourney's own AI segmentation and reconstruction stack. David Holz, the founder, claims the system aims for image quality comparable to MRI in many aspects but at nearly 100x the speed with zero radiation.
Now the caveats — because I'm a physician and the caveats matter enormously.
This is a Gen 1 prototype. About a dozen people have been scanned so far. Current scan time is actually closer to 20 minutes, not 60 seconds — the system is bottlenecked by bandwidth and reconstruction algorithms. The 60-second target is aspirational for future hardware generations.
It is not FDA-cleared for diagnostic use. Midjourney is starting with body composition maps — a category below diagnostic imaging in the regulatory hierarchy. The path from "beautiful 3D body scans" to "clinically validated diagnostic tool that your cardiologist can act on" runs through years of clinical trials, comparative studies against MRI and CT gold standards, and FDA review.
No independent clinical validation has been published. The imaging claims come from Midjourney's own demonstrations. Comparative data against established modalities does not yet exist.
And the privacy implications of full-body internal scans at planetary scale — a billion scans per month — is a conversation that hasn't even started yet.
So I want to be precise. This is not ready for clinical medicine today. It may not be ready for years. Many ambitious medical hardware projects have failed in the gap between prototype and product.
But.
The fact that a working prototype exists — producing real segmented 3D anatomy from sound waves and compute alone — means the physics works. The engineering works. The question is no longer "is this possible" but "how fast can it be validated and scaled."
And if it is validated — if the resolution holds up against MRI, if the AI segmentation proves reliable, if the regulatory path clears — then what we're looking at is the most significant new imaging modality in 50 years.
For my entire career, preventive cardiology has been limited by the fact that seeing inside the body is expensive, slow, uncomfortable, and infrequent. We catch disease late because we image rarely. We image rarely because imaging is hard.
A 60-second, no-radiation, spa-based full-body scan that costs a few dollars would demolish every one of those barriers.
I've written about AI detecting inflamed arteries. About gene editing curing cholesterol. About GLP-1 drugs rewriting metabolic medicine. About cellular reprogramming reversing aging.
This is the missing piece: the ability to see inside every human body, routinely, safely, and affordably — so all of those interventions can be deployed before the disease arrives instead of after.
The company that taught AI to generate images from imagination just built a machine that generates images from the human body.
The future of medicine showed up today from the last place anyone expected.