Kautilya

Scientists Take A Major Step Towards Unification Of Classical & Quantum Gravity

Mr. Soham Sen and Prof. Sunandan Gangopadhyay of the Department of Astrophysics (IIA) and High Energy Physics at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, have been engaged in finding signatures of quantum gravity in terrestrial systems which would lead towards a better understanding of a complete quantum theory of gravity, a fundamental problem which is unsolved from the time of Albert Einstein.

New Notary Portal Launched to Make Appointment of Notaries  Seamless, Efficient and Transparent

The Notary Portal provides an online interface between the notaries and the Government for various services like submission of applications for appointment as notaries, issuance and renewal of Certificates of Practice, change of practice area, submission of annual returns, etc.  With the launch of the Notary Portal, the Central Notaries will not be required to submit applications/ requests in physical mode.  They can submit applications online; monitor its progress; and download digitally signed Certificates of Practice from their digilocker accounts.

New High-Performance Gas Sensor can Monitor Low Level Nitrogen Oxides Pollution

Addressing the limitations of existing sensing materials, researchers from Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), an autonomous institute of DST have developed a gas sensor based on mixed spinel zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) nanostructures. This sensor detects nitrogen oxides (NOx) at ultra-low concentrations of parts-per-billion (ppb) levels, even at room temperature marking a significant breakthrough in gas sensing technology.