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Innovation Policy

First grassroots innovation-based standards formulated by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

June 22, 2022
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The standard can help grassroots innovations march hand-in-hand with innovations in the formal sector.

Chemical Engineering

Scientists develop new ultrathin heteroprotein film

June 22, 2022
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The film with excellent thermal, mechanical and pH stability which can pave the way for expanding applications of thin films in biomedical and food packaging industries.

Physics

Novel experimental framework in fluid dynamics

June 22, 2022
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Which can help in developing early warning systems to minimize damage due to catastrophic events like landslides/earthquakes.

Neuroscience

Gene discovery indicates motor neurone diseases caused by abnormal lipid processing in cells

June 22, 2022
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This theory will help pave the way to new diagnostic approaches and treatments for this group of conditions

Chemical Engineering

New approach topples major barrier to commercialisation of organic flow batteries

June 22, 2022
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The process will improve the commercial viability of a technology that has the potential to safely and cheap storage of energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

Computer Technology

World's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor

June 22, 2022
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New research uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing – enhancing computing density by several orders over conventional electronic chips.

Computer Technology

Students develop software to revolutionise computer use for millions

June 22, 2022
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Ground-breaking software allows users to control their PC through their webcam using face and body movements.

Microbiology

Bacterial intimacy insights could help tackle antimicrobial resistance

June 22, 2022
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Researchers have uncovered new details about how bacteria hook up to exchange DNA that helps them resist antibiotics.

Earth Science

Study on how the plates of the Earth’s crust move

June 22, 2022
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Researchers demonstrate that it depends largely on the behaviour of the rocks below them in the mantle.

Engineering Science

Boosting light power revolutionizes communications and autopilo

June 22, 2022
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Scientists develop device that produces record output power compared to commercial fiber amplifiers, a first in the development of integrated photonics over the last decades.

Nanotechnology

Nanoparticles control light like road signs direct traffic

June 22, 2022
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Researchers have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images depending on the direction in which light travels through them.

Robotics

Tiny robots to bring health care closer to precisely targeted drug delivery

June 22, 2022
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Engineer creates multifunctional wireless robots to maximize health outcomes and minimize invasiveness of procedures.

Engineering Science

Nanoparticle sensor can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia

June 22, 2022
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Using this diagnostic, doctors could avoid prescribing antibiotics in cases where they won’t be effective.

Biomedical Science

Antibodies in breast milk help shape infants’ gut bacteria and immunity

June 22, 2022
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Study shows that one specific set of antibodies that is induced naturally by gut beneficial bacteria can be transferred from mothers to infants through breast milk and help infants defend against infection-induced diarrheal illness.

Artificial Intelligence

AI detects autism speech patterns across different languages

June 22, 2022
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Breakthrough offers possible clues to diagnosis, understanding of condition

Computer Technology

Can computers understand complex words and concepts?

June 22, 2022
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Researchers report that artificial intelligence systems can indeed learn very complicated word meanings, and they discovered a simple trick to extract that complex knowledge.

Neuroscience

Neuroscientists find new factors behind better vision

June 22, 2022
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The size of our primary visual cortex and the amount of brain tissue we have dedicated to processing visual information can predict how well we can see; a new study shows.

Nanotechnology

DNA nanotech safe for medical use, new study suggests

June 22, 2022
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Study found that while high amounts of these DNA devices can cause a slight immune response, it isn’t marked enough to be dangerous.

Robotics

Humans in the loop help robots find their way

June 22, 2022
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Computer scientists’ interactive program aids motion planning for environments with obstacles

Astronomy

Martian meteorite upsets planet formation theory

June 22, 2022
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A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth and Mars acquire volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and noble gases as they form.

Neuroscience

A novel membraneless organelle that could play a role in Alzheimer's treatment

June 22, 2022
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Researchers discover a novel organelle — a previously unknown cell structure whose function it is to help clean up faulty proteins in times of stress and keep cells functioning in top condition

Astronomy

A weird star produced the fastest nova on record

June 22, 2022
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The unusual event drew scientists’ attention to an even more unusual star.

Evolutionary Science

Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance

June 22, 2022
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Researchers have shown that a group of frogs have become so small they’re no longer able to maintain balance during quick maneuvers, like jumping.

Ecology

Pigment or optical illusion? What makes this berry blue?

June 22, 2022
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To create its unique color, these blue fruits use microscopic structures in their skin to manipulate light and reflect the wavelengths our eyes perceive as blue, giving it a distinctive metallic finish.

Physics

What quantum information and snowflakes have in common, and what we can do about it

June 22, 2022
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Scientists demonstrated that it could read out the signals from a type of qubit called a superconducting qubit using laser light—and without destroying the qubit at the same time.

Neuroscience

How the brain interprets motion while in motion

June 22, 2022
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New findings about how the brain interprets sensory information may have applications for treating brain disorders and designing artificial intelligence.

Computer Technology

Neutral electron flow detected in Graphene

June 15, 2022
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The discovery could shape future quantum computation

 

Event

DBT and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation renew MoU

June 15, 2022
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The partnership supports innovative approaches for developing new preventions, therapies and interventions needed to solve health (human and animal), food and nutritional inequities

Genetics

One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, putting them at higher risk of several common diseases

June 15, 2022
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Study reports around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome – most of them unaware – putting them at increased risk of diseases

Microbiology

Scientists compile an inventory of endangered microorganisms

June 15, 2022
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Scientists have performed an inventory of the microorganisms in these ecosystems and complied the information into a database, which will be a useful resource for future studies on climate change microbiology.

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