By Dr P Surat (Twitter: @psurat22) Faridabad, March 26 (India Science Wire): India is a leading player in nanotechnology research globally. To facilitate research in this sector, a national facility for Atom Probe Tomography has been established at the Indian Read More …
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Giant LEAP to view materials–one atom at a time
Records of historical supernova found in Karnataka
By Dr B S Shylaja Bangalore, March 22 (India Science Wire): Imagine walking at dusk under a blue sky that is gradually turning black. Twinkling stars are beginning to appear here and there. And suddenly you discover new star dazzling Read More …
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in river water
By Dr. Aditi Jain (Twitter handle:@AditiJain1987) New Delhi, March 18 (India Science Wire): Antibiotic resistance appears to be spreading in the environment. A new study has found a large number of bacteria which are resistant to commonly used antibiotics in Read More …
West Nile Virus case reported in Kerala
Recently there was a report that a seven year old boy from Malappuram District of Kerala is suffering from a West Nile Virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne disease. It is not first time that disease has been reported in India. It Read More …
Scientists transform the bane of black soot into a boon for water purification
By Rayies Altaf (Twitter @rayies_sts ) New Delhi, March 11 (Indian Science Wire): Hitting two birds with one stone, a group of Indian scientists have come up with a new process which promises to help utilize black carbon soot, which Read More …
Hyderabad scientists make magnetic graphene for NextGen digital devices
By Sivasubramani Santhosh (Twitter handle: @ragansanthosh) Hyderabad, March 11 (India Science Wire): The growing popularity of digital devices has spurred the need for integrated circuits that are light weight, consume ultra-low power and are highly efficient. Technology companies are increasingly Read More …
AstroSat discovers new group of stars in globular cluster NGC 2808
By Dr Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (Twitter handle: @nirujmohan) Pune, March 7 (India Science Wire): The Indian multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat launched in September 2015 continues to yield exciting results. Using this observatory, astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have Read More …
STI council leveraging S&T through nine societal missions
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, March 6 (India Science Wire): As part of an exercise to leverage scientific research for societal benefits, the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council has taken up nine mission mode Read More …
How AI may help diagnose mental illnesses
By Dr P Surat (Twitter handle: @psurat22) Faridabad, March 6 (India Science Wire): Artificial intelligence is finding new applications in a range of fields. Now researchers from India and Canada have developed a machine learning-based tool that can diagnose schizophrenia Read More …
ISRO launches ‘YUva VIgyani KAryakram (Yuvika)
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has launched a special programme for School Children called “Young Scientist Programme” “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (युविका) from this year. AIM The Programme is primarily aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to Read More …
Awards presented for science popularization
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, February 28 (Indian Science Wire): Marking the National Science Day, the Ministry of Science and Technology today presented awards to 10 science communicators from different parts of the country with the National Read More …
IIT researchers develop Braille laptop for visually impaired
Umashankar Mishra (Twitter handle: @usm_1984) New Delhi, February 28 (India Science Wire): Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have developed a Braille laptop called Dot Book, which can be useful for the visually impaired. The laptop has got Read More …
Prime Minister confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes
By SunderarajanPadmanabhan New Delhi (India Science Wire): Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, on February 28, 2019 stressed the need for science, technology and innovation to be connected with the aspirations and requirements of societyand said scientific institutions must be aligned Read More …
विज्ञान को लोकप्रिय बनाने के लिए संचारकों को राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार
उमाशंकर मिश्र (Twitter : @usm_1984) नई दिल्ली, 28 फरवरी (इंडिया साइंस वायर): विज्ञान दिवस के अवसर पर देश भर के दस विज्ञान संचारकों को वर्ष 2018 के राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संचार पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया है। इस मौके Read More …
ISRO celebrated 50th anniversary of ‘Mrinal’
ISRO on February 27, 2019 honoured surviving members who developed ‘Mrinal’, the Indian space programme’s first composite solid propellant for launch vehicles. The surviving members of the Propellant Engineering Division of VSSC gathered at the centre which was addressed by Read More …