IIT-M Develops Device to Produce ”Clean” Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater
Using the technology, described in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, hydrogen can be produced on-demand at the point of use, and hence it need not to be stored.
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First Indian e-Device to Control Smog is Here
The “electrostatic dust mitigation and smog control device” designed and tested by the Chandigarh-based Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, a lab under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, will hit the market in a month after the completion of transfer of technology to the industry.
India’s Gsat-30 Successfully Launched from French Guiana
The 3,357-kg Gsat-30 will serve as a replacement to Insat-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage. The satellite will provide Indian mainland and islands coverage in Ku-band and extended coverage in C-band covering Gulf countries, a large number of Asian countries and Australia.
NASA’s Raja Cahri becomes 3rd Indo-American to Venture Into Space
Indo-American Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari’s graduation from NASA has made him third Indian origin American to go into space after Sunita Williams & Kalpana Chawla
After Gaganyaan, ISRO to Set Sights on SpaceStation
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) aims to undertake more human space flights and also build a station in the outer space, once it successfully completes its maiden mission — Gaganyaan — in 2022, Isro chairman K Sivan said
Kaziranga Records 96 Species of Wetland Birds
Officials of the Kaziranga National Park and avian specialists conducted the second wetland bird count on January 9-10. The teams counted a total of 19,225 birds belonging to 96 species under 80 families.
ISRO Announces Launch of Communication Satellite GSAT30 on January 17
Weighing 3357 kg, GSAT-30 is to serve as replacement to INSAT-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage. The satellite provides Indian mainland and islands coverage in Ku-band and extended coverage in C-band covering Gulf countries, a large number of Asian countries and Australia.
A Step Towards A Drug for Schizophrenia like Diseases
The development assumes importance as GluD1 receptor is a subtype of a family of proteins called glutamate receptors and these play crucial roles in motor coordination and motor learning, high-frequency hearing and are also key to many other brain functions. Besides, they are linked to social and cognitive deficits and neuronal disorders like Schizophrenia and cocaine addiction.
Gaganyaan to be Tested in Wind Tunnel Facility of CSIR Laboratory
“The mission is complex and needs collaboration between CSIR, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for achieving the objective. CSIR will play a vital role in design of the space shuttle which will be tested in the wind tunnel facility at NAL,” said the DG CSIR.
First Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Black Pearl Created
: Mahindra Ecole Centrale (MEC) has announced the launch of its first Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) named Black Pearl. Created by MEC students and mentored by their professors, the Black Pearl is a self-propelled, unmanned, untethered underwater vehicle capable of carrying out simple activities with little or no human supervision.