In a significant initiative as part of the nation-wide ‘Act4Dyslexia’ campaign, the highest offices of the Government and key monuments in Delhi were illuminated in red, the colour for Dyslexia Awareness on 28 October.
Category: Science&Tech
Weather Forecasting at the Gram Panchayat Level
The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj in collaboration with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) launched a new initiative to provide Gram Panchayats with daily weather forecasting and provision to check hour weather forecast.
Center for Generative AI, Srijan (“GenAI CoE”) at IIT Jodhpur
IndiaAI and Meta have announced the establishment of the Center for Generative AI, Srijan (सृजन) at IIT Jodhpur.
Karin, Koronis and Massalia
Recently, a team studied the composition of meteorites found on Earth and conducted a telescopic survey of the materials that make up the major asteroid families in the asteroid belt. Chondrites
Connections established between Volcanic Eruption & Ionospheric Disturbances
A new study has revealed a previously unexplored ionospheric connection between the massive eruption of the Tonga volcano, a submarine volcano in the South Pacific, on 15 January 2022 and the formation of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (EPBs) or an ionospheric Read More …
Candy Leaf plant has therapeutic properties, says new study
According to a new study, Candy Leaf (Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni) plant also has therapeutic properties for diseases like endocrine, metabolic, immune, and cardiovascular diseases, because of its effect on cellular signalling systems . Assam exports Stevia worldwide.
NNC2215 Smart insulin
Scientists have developed a “smart” insulin that responds in real time to fluctuations in one’s blood sugar level.
Brown dwarfs Gliese 229Ba & Gliese 229Bb
In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet – sort of a celestial tweener.
blood-brain barrier (BBB) & Chitosan
Scientists at Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have created a unique way to deliver Tuberculosis (TB) medicines directly to the brain bypassing the challenging blood-brain barrier (BBB) that limits the effectiveness of many brain TB medicines. Chitosan Read More …
Thermite
Recently, dragon drones were in the news in the Russia-Ukraine war. Dragon drones essentially release a substance called thermite — a mixture of aluminium and iron oxide — developed a century ago to weld railroad tracks. Thermite
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket on 5th test flight
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on October 13, 2024 on its boldest test flight yet, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. About Starship plant
X-band radar in Wayanad
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences approved an X-band radar to be installed in Kerala’s Wayanad district. About Radar Doppler radar X-band radars (Source: The Hindu)
Hanle Dark Sky Reserve Star Party
Expert astro-photographers and amateur astronomers came together at the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve between 29 September to 4 October 2024, for the second Star Party.
2024 Nobel Prize in physics
The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks (ANN).”
2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine
The 2024 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. These two American scientists were honoured for “the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation”. About MicroRNA