Dr. Aditi Jain New Delhi: Various metabolic processes that take place in our body cause production of hydrogen peroxide, a toxic chemical. Over-production of this molecule is a sign of various diseases. Now scientists from IIT Guwahati havefabricated a nano-chip from laboratory waste that can sense hydrogen peroxide, and thus may find use in diagnosing
Newsroom24x7 Network Gandhinagar: Eminent space scientist Tapan Misra, who heads the Office of Innovations Management, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), today, 4 September 2019, inaugurated Prof. V S Mani Centre of Air and Space Law at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU). Prominent among those present on this occasion were Prof. S Shanthakumar, Director, GNLU, and
Tapan Misra narrates, in first person, the story of dedication of very large number of faceless, unassuming ISROites. At a time when the entire world’s focus is on “Mission Chandrayaan 2” , people are also talking about the Akshay Kumar starrer popular film “Mission Mangal”. The story and plot of this film is inspired by
Dinesh C Sharma New Delhi: The fifth generation of cellular mobile technology or 5G is expected to not just provide super high speed data communication but also facilitate networking of people, machines and things. An array of new technological building blocks to achieve this is being developed. An international group of scientists has developed one
Newsroom24x7 Network Bengaluru: As part of centenary year celebrations of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, father of Indian space programme, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has instituted two categories of awards in journalism. ISRO has announced the “Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research” to recognize and reward journalists who have actively contributed towards
Dinesh C Sharma New Delhi: Serotonin is a brain chemical that plays an important role in controlling a number of behavioural and cognitive functions. Any fluctuation in its level could result in psychotic and neurodegenerative conditions. Serotonin is also secreted in the digestive system and its abnormal levels may be indicative of tumors in gastro-intestinal
Newsroom24x7 Network Bengaluru: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released a 3D animated video of Chandrayaan-2 mission. It shows the entire sequence of events starting right from launch into earth parking orbit, injection into lunar transfer trajectory, lunar orbital capture, landing procedure initialisation, touchdown, communication link establishment with earth and lunar surface exploration. https://wp.me/a5dzYe-6hK
Newsroom24x7 Network Sriharikota: GSLVMkIII-M1 lifts off carrying Chandrayaan-2. India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV MkIII-M1, successfully launched the 3840 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an earth orbit on Monday 22 July 2019. The spacecraft is now revolving round the earth with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 169.7 km and an apogee (farthest point to
Newsroom24x7 Network Sriharkota: The launch countdown of GSLV MkIII-M1/Chandrayaan-2 commenced on Sunday, 21 July 2019, at 1843 Hrs IST. The launch is scheduled at 1443 Hrs IST on Monday, 22 July 2019. Filling of N204 for the Liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV MkIII-M1 was completed Monday (22-07-2019) at 0240 hrs IST. Filling of N204 for
Newsroom24x7 Network Sriharikota: The historic launch of #Chandrayaan2 was called off today after a technical snag was observed in launch vehicle system, 1 hour before the launch. An ISRO tweet at about 3.30 am on Monday 15 July 2019 announced “as a measure of abundant precaution, #Chandrayaan2 launch has been called off for today. Revised
Dinesh C Sharma New Delhi: An anti-pesticide dermal gel, a low-cost insulin pump, new method for screening drugs against malaria and kala-azar, an early diagnosis method for osteoporosis, utilisation of plastic waste for production of fuel range liquid, novel and light-weight thermal insulating ceramics, rapid and non-destructive method for detection of insect infestation and real-time
Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: Constraints have now been overcome and nuclear power programme is poised for rapid expansion in India To increase the share of nuclear power generation, the Government has taken several steps to increase the nuclear power capacity and to provide adequate quantity of fuel. These include: Resolution of issues related to Civil
Umashankar Mishra New Delhi: A new study has found that as many as 2.34 crore people in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh are exposed to high levels of arsenic in groundwater. A total of 40 districts in the state are exposed to high concentration of arsenic in groundwater. Balia, Barabankhi, Gorakhpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Faizabad and
Newsroom24x7 Network Disclosing the information could result in its misuse since it revolved around various medico legal issues on a continuously evolving and dynamic field of research and in many instances patients were likely to be misguided about the benefits from the use of technology by misunderstanding the facts that it would act as a
