News on Science, Technology and Research in India
Researchers at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology have developed a new process for the synthesis of quantum efficient and biocompatible quantum dots (QDs) used in capturing images of cellular organelles and processes within visible wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum.
The Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials (ACRHEM) — a DRDO Centre of Excellence in University of Hyderabad — has been granted a patent for a process that finds major application in aerospace engineering and other areas.
With clean, fast flowing river full of fish, the lockdown has turned the Beas Conservation Reserve – a 185-km stretch of the Beas River- into a perfect habitat for the gharials, which were re-introduced in the river over two years ago.
Recently, scientists from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology,Kolkata, teamed up to find a solution to this issue. The leader of the IIT (ISM) team Dr. Umakanta Tripathy, who is a physicist, studies nonlinear behaviour of biomaterials using Z-scan technique, a machine that he himself built at his home institute. Dr. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, on the other hand, is a biophysicist who has been working to understand ASyn aggregation and its implications in Parkinson’s disease.
If you thought black panther is a mythical creature, and lives only in the world of Marvel comics, this picture will make you ponder again. A photo is going viral these days, wherein a black panther can be seen roaming in South Goa’s Netravali wildlife sanctuary. The whole country was shocked and excited when the Chief Minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant shared the picture of the big black cat, caught on camera in one of the state’s wildlife sanctuaries.
The signals are named after the chemical ions that are used. For instance, a signal system that uses calcium ions is called a calcium signal and the channels through which the calcium ions move are called calcium channels.
CSIR is leading the fight against Covid-19 using multi-pronged approach and multiple models of engagement. On one hand CSIR labs themselves are developing technologies and products and are working with industry and PSU partners for deployment. On the other hand, CSIR is also supporting new ideas and projects from other academic and industries through its flagship New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) program.
Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have fabricated an economical and energy-efficient wafer-scale photodetector (thin slice-based) using gold – silicon interface, for security applications.It could help detect weak scattered light as an indication of unwanted activity.
The Lakshadweep administration has created the world’s first conservation area for sea cucumbers known as Dr. KK Mohammed Koya Sea Cucumber Conservation Reserve.
A recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by the Department of Science & Technology(DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi,along with his group, has made significant achievements in developing nanomaterials based supercapacitors to achieve high energy density and power density of supercapacitors.
