New Delhi, December 31, 2022: Shalini Kumari from India received first prize in the Grassroots Innovation Competition at the 3rd ASEAN India Grassroots Innovation forum for her innovation ‘Modified walker with adjustable legs’. The technology which was transferred to the industry, Vissco Rehabilitation Aids, a leading manufacturer of orthopaedic products in the country, is available […]
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Green tea component aids air filtration technology that can mitigate air-borne infection
New Delhi, December 28, 2022: A newly developed air filter can deactivate the germs ‘self-cleaning’ them out of the system using ingredients commonly found in green tea. Impure air might make our life shorter, to the extent that Indians lose 5-10 years of their lives because of air-borne contaminants leading to respiratory diseases, adversely affecting […]
Mysterious Circles of Radio Emission Detected in Space May Come From Supernova Explosions or Massive Black Hole
New Delhi, December 27, 2022: A new research offers plausible explanations for mysterious hazy circles of radio emission deep in celestial space called Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) detected recently using some of the most sensitive international radio telescopes. Astronomers recently identified these ORCs using the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in Australia & South Africa, the Giant […]
Inclusion of Yoga in the treatment of breast cancer patients is highly beneficial
New Delhi, December 25, 2022: As per a study by the Tata Memorial Hospital, inclusion of Yoga in the treatment of breast cancer patients is highly beneficial. The inclusion of Yoga resulted in a 15% relative improvement in disease free survival (DFS) and 14% in overall survival (OS). The yoga intervention was carefully designed with inputs […]
Carboplatin increases cure rate and survival in triple-negative breast cancer
New Delhi, December 24, 2022: The results of the study by the Tata Memorial Centre show that a commonly available and inexpensive drug, carboplatin, increased the cure rate and survival of a very aggressive type of breast cancer, called triple-negative breast cancer, especially among young women who have this disease. Until the results of this […]
Application for the prestigious National Technology Awards, 2023
New Delhi, December 23, 2022: 11th May is being observed as National Technology Day, with an aim to commemorate the achievements of scientists, researchers, engineers and all others involved in the field of science and technology. To celebrate this special day, the Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology, […]
Climate change likely to increase rough wave days in Indian Ocean, northern sector of Arabian Sea, & central Bay of Bengal
New Delhi, December 19, 2022: A recent study of extreme wave events shows that Indian Ocean, northern sector of Arabian Sea, and central Bay of Bengal are likely to experience an increase in rough wave days in the near future. It could help timely warning and planning to prevent major impacts on life and property, especially […]
First data taken by the 3.6-meter telescope detects unexpected kilonova emission from ‘a long-duration gamma-ray burst’
New Delhi, December 18, 2022: While tracing a burst of high-energy light detected on December 11, 2021, from the outskirts of the Milky Way located approximately 1 billion light-years away, astronomers have spotted the first astronomical event in which a long GRB has been accompanied by the unexpected discovery of a kilonova emission. Generally, kilonova are […]
New low cost ‘Powerless Heating System’ activated with water can heat food in remote areas
New Delhi, December 08, 2022: A new low-cost heating system which can be activated by plain water anytime anywhere and does not require any fuel or electricity to heat or power it, can act as a heating solution in any location. Lack of heating sources at remote places with no access or uncertain access to power […]
SARAS radio telescope provides astronomers clues to the nature of Universe’s first stars and galaxies
New Delhi, December 05, 2022: Scientists have determined properties of radio luminous galaxies formed just 200 million years post the Big Bang, a period known as the Cosmic Dawn thus providing an insight to the properties of the earliest radio loud galaxies that are usually powered by supermassive black holes. Humans in their curiosity about how […]