News on Science, Technology and Research in India
Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind so far which is flexible, transparent and conducts heat and electricity 10 times better than copper, making it ideal for anything from flexible nano-electronics to better fuel cells.
This mega project will collate and integrate molecular information on human tissues and organs that currently lies hidden in research articles in an unstructured and disorganized form. The project would utilize large biological community, both students and scientists, for extracting and adding the information from scientific literature at the level of cells and organs.
One of the highlights of Modi’s Bhutan visit might be the inauguration of the satellite tracking and data reception centre. The “ground station” of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is likely to double up as “a strategic asset” for New Delhi, given its location between India and China.
Isro chairman K Sivan told TOI in March that the agency was most likely to pick Russia given that the two agencies have had previous experience—Russian took India’s Rakesh Sharma to space—and the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) under the Indian Air Force (IAF) has also worked with Russia.
The parasite causing kala azar mainly affects liver, spleen and bone marrow. There are only few drugs available for treatment and those available are expensive, cause toxicity and need parenteral administration over long periods. In addition, multi-drug resistant strains are emerging.
The gloves’ Arduino mega microcontrollers analyse sensor readings to identify the gesture from a library of learned gestures. The Bluetooth module transmits the gesture to a smartphone. Using the device, ASL speakers may be able to communicate with others in an affordable and convenient way.
The centre, under the Make in India programme, will not only boost vessels based on electricity, battery and LNG but will also be developed as a hub for global research for vessel designs, he said after the Ministry of Shipping inked a pact with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, here.
The first-ever sighting of the rare Impressed Tortoise or Manouria impressa will help to focus on turtle conservation in Northeast India.
In a bid to develop a ‘green’ alternative, researchers from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, have fabricated an anticorrosive material made from mango leaves. They have tested the substance on commercial steel specimen and subjected it to harsh environmental conditions. The mango leaf – based product was found to be efficient in inhibiting corrosion.
