News on Science, Technology and Research in India
The new policy to be helmed by the Department of Science and Technology would highlight various challenges that India needs to address with innovation in the science and technology sector.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
“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.
