Category: Science&Tech

The Chang’e-4 spacecraft of China touched down on the far side of the Moon on January 3, 2019. It touched down at a targeted area near the moon’s south pole in the Von Karman Crater. Previous Moon missions have landed Read More …

  By SunderarajanPadmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) Jalandhar, January 4 : The 106th session India Science Congress underway here had a unique moment today when a time capsule containing 100 items representing India’s scientific prowess and the range of technology available in Read More …

As a part of the on-going five-day Indian Science Congress, Rashtriya Kishore Vaigyanik Sammelan(Children Science Congress) was inaugurated on January 4, 2019 in Jalandhar by Nobel Laureates Avram Hershko from Israel and F.Duncan M.Haldane from USA. While inaugurating the Congress, Avram Read More …

By Yogesh Sharma (Twitter handle: @Yogesh21Sharma9) Hyderabad, January 2 : Smartphones are increasingly finding their way into the health sector. Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have developed a biosensor and a mobile app, which together can be used Read More …

By SunderarajanPadmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) Jalandhar, Jan 2 : Jalandhar city in Punjab is all set to host the 106th edition of the Indian Science Congress, which is beginning tomorrow and will go on until January 7. The congress, with the Read More …

As part of the enhanced outreach programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new platform named “Samwad with Students” (SwS) was launched in Bengaluru on January 1, 2019. Through the SwS initiative, ISRO aims to constantly engage youngsters across Read More …

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of January 1, 2019, and conducted the farthest exploration of any world in history. Ultima Thule is located in Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial objects that holds Read More …

The Central Government on December 28, 2018 approved the Gaganyaan Programme with demonstration of Indian Human Spaceflight capability to low earth orbit for a mission duration ranging from one orbital period to a maximum of seven days. A human rated Read More …

The 26th National Children’s Science Congress has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik on December 27, 2018 in Bhubaneswar. It is being held at SOA University in Bhubaneswar. This year’s theme is ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for a Read More …

By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma)   New Delhi, December 24 : The year 2018 is ending with spectacular success of Indian scientists and technologists in space and defence sectors, with a series of high impact missions. But that’s Read More …

China on December 22, 2018 launched its first communication satellite Hongyun project to provide broadband internet services worldwide in an apparent bid to rival Google and other international firms. The satellite is the first in the project planned by China Read More …

By Yogesh Sharma (Twitter: @Yogesh21Sharma9)   Hyderabad, December 19 : When dengue virus infects human bodies, white blood cells get activated to fight it. But instead of destroying the virus, white blood cells are targeted and infected by the virus. The Read More …

By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, December 19 : Assessing a burn wound to know the status of healing is currently an invasive processs uch as biopsy which is both painful and scarring. Now scientists have developed Read More …

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on December 18, 2018 successfully launched the communication satellite GSAT-7A from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota from Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-GSLV-F11 . The GSLV-F11 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Read More …