News on Science, Technology and Research in India
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.
Indian scientists have developed a comprehensive database of such chemicals belonging to a particular category known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs. These chemicals can interfere with hormones in human body, causing adverse health effects related to development, growth, metabolism, reproduction, immunity, and behaviour
Now researchers from Bengaluru-based National Center for Biological Sciences and Manipal Academy of Higher Education have found a way to visualise the muscles using Micro-level computed tomography (microCT) scanning.
The winners were chosen from over 2400 applicants who presented innovations that aim to bring large scale social impact and industrial transformation in the country. Each startup awardee gets a grant of Rs 25 lakh, while university teams get Rs 10 lakh each to further develop and mature technology solutions proposed by them.
A team of researchers from Kolkata-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Bose Institute and Jadavpur University have figured out how tuberculosis bacterium is released from its reservoir inside the human body.
