News on Science, Technology and Research in India
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) has identified and mapped more than 1,300 islands and submitted the report to the government, which is expected to use the information for holistic planning and development, including putting in place infrastructure for strategic reasons.
An Indian startup named “Botlabs”, funded by the Technology Development Board (TDB) under Union Ministry of Science & Technology and led by IIT Delhi alumni, will fly 1,000 Drones in the “Beating Retreat” ceremony today evening, as a part of the Light Show marking the conclusion of the nearly week long programmes related to Republic Day.
A new study, conducted by the researchers at the Indian Institute of Technolgy (IIT), Indore, reveals how Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infected gastric patients suffered from compromised immunity.
A research group at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research headed by an Indian scientist, Dr. Manish Garg, has come up with a solution that overcomes the long-standing problem. Researchers have developed a new technique that combines scanning tunneling microscopy and ultra-fast laser pulses in such a way that both can play to their strengths, without their weaknesses playing spoilsport.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati researchers have developed 3D printed urban furniture using construction material made from local industrial wastes. Traditionally, these structures were mold cast which requires more concrete material, labour, and formwork preparation. However, with 3D concrete printing, optimized designs are printed with 75 percent less concrete and without the need for mold.
Lignin, which is a natural and a nontoxic biopolymer, is an emerging material for developing coatings, films, gels, adhesives, and adsorbents. It also acts as a capping, stabilizing, and reducing agent for fabricating nanomaterials. In the new study, a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Centre of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT-CIAB), at Mohali have developed a lignin-based coating material, which when applied to a cotton cloth, was found to have antimicrobial properties.
A gene called β-MYH7 is one of the major genes implicated in cardiac diseases globally. However, not many genetic studies have been carried out on Indian cardiomyopathy patients. In the new study, the researchers chose to fill the gap by sequencing the β-MYH7 gene from 137 dilated cardiomyopathy patients along with 167 ethnically matched healthy controls to identify the mutation(s), if any, that are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy in Indian patients.
Somanath is an expert in the area of system engineering of Launch vehicles and is now the ISRO Chief. He replaced Kailasavadivoo Sivan as his tenure is ending on January 14, 2022.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has launched a start-up of IIT alumni that uses Artificial Intelligence for water purification at an affordable cost.
Now, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed a novel improved natural draft charcoal retort (INDCR) to address the technological and capital investment challenges of Indian charcoal makers.
