Research

“There are 18,000 scientists, belonging to 111 nationalities at CERN, and 400 of them are from India. Most of these 400 are from institutes within India, while some also come through affiliations of other premier institutes from across the world, mostly the US,” Gianotti said.

professors also have another reason for their delight — they recently completed trials of the world’s first robot exoskeleton hand that will significantly help in the rehabilitation of stroke patients.

The sensor canoperate at room temperature and under ambient light. Tests performed under dark and illuminated conditions indicate that it has high sensitivity and could detect particulate matter as low as one part per million. Nitrogen oxides areemitted by automobile vehicles and thermal power plants and are toxic.

Citizen science is nothing but scientific work undertaken by common people, in collaboration with scientists and research institutes. People participating in such projects are not scientists themselves or even students of science. All they need is inclination towards science and basic knowledge about data collection.

“The next launch will be cartography satellite Cartosat-3. The launch will be towards the end of October or early November this year,” Sivan told.

IIT-Madras has established a cancer genomics facility, and in the last four years, has collected 3,000 tissue and blood samples of cancer patients in and around Chennai. The idea was to collect 10 lakh tissue samples from across the country.

Having committed about Rs. 17,500 crores, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of this mega project on his recently concluded trip to France. India, by contributing to about ten per cent of the cost, gets access to one hundred per cent of technology. This is the most expensive mega-science effort India is participating in and globally ITER is the most expensive science project on Earth ever to be undertaken in the 21st century. The total weight of the ITER reactor will be about 28,000 tonnes.

Scientist in Pune have found that a traditional herb Tinospora cardiofolia commonly known as gudduchi or giloy could be useful in treating inflammation-induced anemia.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad have found that fly ash – waste byproduct of power plants that poses a threat to the environment – can be modified into a waterproofing material.

The new work is based on tapping what is called the ‘Seebeck Effect’. It is a phenomenon in which temperature difference between two dissimilar electrical conductors or semiconductors produces a voltage difference between the substances. When heat is applied to one of the two conductors or semiconductors, heated electrons flow toward the cooler one. If the pair is connected through an electrical circuit, direct current flows through that circuit.