New Delhi, June 12, 2022: A new telescope facility atop a mountain in the Himalayan range will now keep a watch on the overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids. The telescope, commissioned at Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand, will help in surveying the sky making […]
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New manufacturing process for steel alloy powder for developing efficient cooling channels can make pressure die casting more efficient
New Delhi, June 10, 2022: Researchers have developed a manufacturing process for steel alloy powder that can act as a tool for developing efficient cooling channels for pressure die casting. This can help improve the tool service life, quality of cast parts and reduce number of rejections during the casting process. Pressure die casting is used […]
Study attributes tectonic linkage in the northeast edge of the Indian plate to great Assam Earthquake
New Delhi, June 0 4, 2022: Researchers have traced the great Assam Earthquake to complex tectonics of the North Eastern fringe of the Indian Plate in the Eastern Himalaya and the Indo-Burma Ranges (IBR) and the interactions between the two, which can produce deeper earthquakes in IBR and crustal ones in the Eastern Himalaya. The north-eastern […]
Human Health in Indian Context: Under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
New Delhi, June 03, 2022: To commemorate 75 years of Independence of India, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) had taken initiative under the scheme of the Government of India ie. “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” and is planning to bring out a special issue of journals in their respective subject areas. In this […]
Smart material which responds to light stimulus can harness solar energy for applications in soft robotics
New Delhi, June 01, 2022: Scientists have developed a smart material which responds to light stimulus easily by converting light into thermal energy. This can be helpful for harnessing solar energy for applications in soft robotics and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. Many smart materials have successfully replicated stimuli-responsive behavior seen in abundance in nature like in […]
Artificial Intelligence to make roads in India safer to drive
New Delhi, May 29, 2022: Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered solutions may soon make roads in India a safer place to drive. A unique Artificial Intelligence approach that uses the predictive power of AI to identify risks on the road, and a collision alert system to communicate timely alerts to drivers, to make several improvements related […]
Low-cost super-elastic buckling restrained braces can improve earthquake resistance of structures
New Delhi, May 26, 2022: Researchers have developed low-cost buckling-restrained braces that can give improved protection to constructions from earthquakes. These braces have several advantages, such as all-steel components, onsite fabrication and assembling process, post-earthquake inspection, and easy replacement. The earthquake resistance of civil structures is often improved by using seismic force-resisting systems or vibration control […]
Scientists discover almost 35 million years old rare snake fossil from Ladakh Himalaya
New Delhi, May 19, 2022: Scientists have reported spotting of the fossil of a Madtsoiidae snake from the molasse deposits of Ladakh Himalaya for the first time indicating their prevalence in the subcontinent for a much longer time than previously thought. Madtsoiidae is an extinct group of medium-sized to gigantic snakes, firstly appeared during the […]
New low-cost iron aluminide coatings can increase corrosion resistance in harsh media to four times of mild steel
New Delhi, May 14, 2022: Scientists have developed low-cost Fe-based intermetallic powders that can be used as a corrosion-resistant coating for materials exposed to harsher environments like high temperature in thermal power plants where oxidation, corrosion, and wear and tear takes place simultaneously. The coatings showed 4 times increased corrosion resistance in the aqueous corrosive media […]
Scientists develop a new model for inferring density inhomogeneity in the solar corona
New Delhi, May 13, 2022: Scientists have developed a new theoretical model to quantify the inhomogeneity in density of solar corona generated by the turbulence in the electrically conducting, magnetized fluid present as plasma in it. The solar corona is an extremely dynamic medium. It is well established from the last few decades that electrically conducting, […]