News on Science, Technology and Research in India
According to the published research paper in the Solar Energy Journal, the dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) is based on New Fuchsin (NF) dye with aqueous electrolyte and platinum-free counter electrodes.
Now a group of Indian researchers has developed a nanotechnology-based biosensor for detection of serotonin in blood and urine. They have developed a new nanocomposite material made of gold nanorattles-reduced graphene oxide coated onto glassy carbon electrodes with gold nanoparticles.
Using indigenously developed technology, scientists at Anand Agricultural University (AAU) have make lactose-free milk, which, if scaled up by the dairy unions, can completely stop dependence on imports.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal released the Global Innovation Index (GII) rankings here.
Researchers from Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram,have fabricated a three-component nano-drug delivery system. Preliminary laboratory results indicate that the nano-gel targeted cancer cells specifically and efficiently unloads the drug at the site.
In the first half of 2020, the Isro will attempt a purely scientific mission to the Sun, previous announcements by the agency said. The mission to the Sun, called Aditya-L1, will see Isro sending a satellite 1.5 million kms away from Earth to the L1 point.
A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all its genes. It contains all the information needed to build and maintain that organism. By sequencing the genome, researchers can discover the functions of genes and identify which of them are critical for life.
Chandrayaan-2 lifted off onboard Isro’s most powerful launcher, the 640-tonne rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III), from the country’s only launch site Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Thousands of people watched the launch as the heavy-lift rocket roared off into the skies.
Many geologists had told ISRO that near Salem in Tamil Nadu there were “anorthosite” rocks that would be similar to features of moon soil or regolith.
ITER — a project proving that fusion power can be produced sustainably on a commercial scale — is now 65 per cent ready.
