AIIMS Bilaspur made remarkable growth, to soon set up viral research lab
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) AIIMS Bilaspur has made remarkable growth, and will soon set up a regional viral research and diagnostics laboratory, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday. The Union Health Minister on Friday visited the state-of-the-art Renal Transplant ICU and Facility at AIIMS Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. Launched in 2017, AIIMS […]
AIIMS Bilaspur made remarkable growth, to soon set up viral research lab
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) AIIMS Bilaspur has made remarkable growth, and will soon set up a regional viral research and diagnostics laboratory, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday. The Union Health Minister on Friday visited the state-of-the-art Renal Transplant ICU and Facility at AIIMS Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh. Launched in 2017, AIIMS […]
INST’s new artificial synaptic chip to help transform information tech
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have created an artificial synaptic device that emulates the behaviour of biological synapses to transform information technology through more efficient computing models. The team focussed on the workings […]
8 out of 10 people with ruptured aortic aneurysm don’t reach hospital alive
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) As Tamil megastar Rajinikanth was successfully treated for swelling in his aorta, or the main blood vessel leaving his heart, health experts on Wednesday said eight out of 10 individuals with a ruptured aortic aneurysm do not reach the hospital alive. An aortic aneurysm is a dangerous condition where the […]
Indian Army to get quantum key distribution technology
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Under the initiative of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Indian Army signed the eight procurement contracts through Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) on Monday. According to the Ministry of Defence, QuNu Labs had proposed a 200 km single-hop Quantum key distribution in Open Challenge 2.0 under iDEX. It will replace the algorithm-based […]
Indian Army to get quantum key distribution technology
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Under the initiative of Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Indian Army signed the eight procurement contracts through Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) on Monday. According to the Ministry of Defence, QuNu Labs had proposed a 200 km single-hop Quantum key distribution in Open Challenge 2.0 under iDEX. It will replace the algorithm-based […]
IIT Delhi researchers develop ML tool to map extent of landslides
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Researchers from the IIT Delhi on Monday announced the development of a ground-breaking cloud computing and machine learning-based tool that can help map a landslide’s extent using satellite data. This easy-to-use and publicly-available tool ML-CASCADE requires an approximate date and location of a landslide event. In case of a complex […]
How targeted therapies are boosting outcomes for bone marrow cancer
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) — a type of cancer of the bone marrow — are seeing better outcomes with targeted therapies, said experts on Monday. CML is a slow-growing cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood. The US National Institute of Health (US) estimates that 1.2 to […]
NASA’s Europa Clipper ‘fuelled up & nearly ready to go’ on October 10
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for journey to Jupiter and its moon Europa, is “fuelled up and nearly ready to go” on October 10. Europa Clipper is set to launch its first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA […]
Healthcare sector at forefront of nanotechnology innovation
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Healthcare industries are pioneering nanotechnology innovation with use in diagnostics, drug delivery, and medical imaging, according to a report on Monday. Nanotechnology has the potential to transform numerous industries with a growing demand for sustainable materials, environmental remediation, faster electronics, and innovative therapies. The report by GlobalData, a data and […]
NASA-SpaceX to launch Crew 9 mission to bring back Sunita Williams
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) NASA-SpaceX is set to launch the Crew-9 — an astronaut and a cosmonaut — to the International Space Station (ISS), in a mission that aims to bring back stranded Indian-Origin Sunita Williams back to Earth in February next year. According to NASA, the liftoff is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT […]
Sweden joins ISRO’s Venus Orbiter Mission
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Sweden has officially joined ISRO’s Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), approved last week by the Union Cabinet. The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) will reportedly provide ISRO with the Venusian Neutrals Analyser instrument (VNA) — a lightweight, low-power but highly capable energetic neutral atom (ENA) analyser. The VNA will study […]
Indian astronomers map differential rotation of Sun’s chromosphere
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Using 100 years of daily records of the Sun at the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of DST, have succeeded in mapping, for the very first time, the variation in the rotation speed of the Sun’s chromosphere — from the equator […]
AIIMS Delhi, Intuitive sign MoU to establish surgical robotics training centre
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), New Delhi and Intuitive on Tuesday signed an MoU to establish an innovative new training centre for robotic-assisted surgery at the hospital. The AIIMS da Vinci RAS training centre will focus on equipping surgeons and care teams with the skills and […]
Placing India at centre of global striving for development, peace, PM Modi says it will work for all humanity (Lead)
United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS) Placing India at the centre of the global striving for development and peace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared, on behalf of the “one-sixth” of humanity, that they will work for “all humanity and for global prosperity”. Speaking at the UN’s Summit of the Future which aims to chart […]
Indian scientists show quantum interferences in atomic medium can store light
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Scientists at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have obtained a suitable optical response in an atomic medium that can be used to store light for a significant amount of time. This can help facilitate designing applications for several quantum […]
PM Modi interacts with top tech CEOs, highlights India’s strides in field of technology
New York, Sep 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the CEOs of leading American tech companies in a roundtable in New York and discussed aspects relating to technology, innovation and more. The Prime Minister in a post on X on Monday said that he had a “fruitful roundtable with tech CEOs in New […]
Indian scientists find radio jet from dwarf galaxy interacting with interstellar gas
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) In a first, scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have discovered interaction between a radio jet from a dwarf galaxy and interstellar gas causing shock waves. The team found that the radio jet emitted from the Active […]
Sunita Williams celebrates 59th birthday, second in space
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has celebrated her 59th birthday — the second in space. Williams is currently stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) after Boeing’s faulty Starliner spacecraft was declared unfit for human travel by NASA. While Starliner is back on Earth unharmed, Williams is expected to return on […]
Scientists develop 5D ‘everlasting’ memory crystal, Musk urges to write human knowledge
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) In a groundbreaking scientific development, UK scientists on Thursday announced the development of a novel 5D “everlasting” memory crystal, where tech billionaire Elon Musk suggested storing “all of human knowledge”. The 5D memory crystal is a revolutionary data storage format that can survive for billions of years. Unlike other data […]