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August 14,2017 | India Science Wire
New Delhi, August 14 (India Science Wire):Shedding its hesitant and cautious approach of the past with regard to participating in global mega science projects, India has taken bold steps in recent years to join international scientific quests.
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August 14,2017 | India Science Wire
New Delhi, August 14 (India Science Wire): As India completes 70 years of its independence, it is time to introspect at the contribution of science and technology to national development. Several scientific and technological developments have touched the lives of common people in the last seven decades
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New Delhi, August 11 (India Science Wire): Soldiers sometimes have to be at high altitude with sub-zero temperatures for prolonged periods of time. To keep warm, they use a variety of strategies. This could include warm clothing, using heat packs, or electric blankets. [read more]
New Delhi, August 11 (India Science Wire):दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन (सार्क) देशों में बिजली आपूर्ति की दिक्कतों को दूर करने के लिए वैज्ञानिकों ने शत प्रतिशत अक्षय ऊर्जा पर आधारित संकेंद्रित विद्युत प्रणाली के लिए एक ग्रिड एकीकरण मॉडल तैयार किया है। [ read more ]
New Delhi, August 10 (India Science Wire): विभिन्न राज्यों में भूजल के गिरते स्तर पर समय-समय पर विशेषज्ञ चेतावनी देते रहे हैं। पंजाब में किए गए एक नए अध्ययन से पता चला है कि भूजल में गिरावट के लिए किसानों को दी जाने वाली बिजली सब्सिडी भी जिम्मेदार हो सकती है। [read more]
New Delhi, August 10 (India Science Wire):Round-the-year availability of vegetables like okra (bhindi) and green peas are not only adding to the choice of consumers but also to incomes of vegetable farmers.[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 09 (India Science Wire): Indian scientists have demonstrated that waste water from some of the dirtiest industrial processes can be turned into a carbon source for preparation of energy storage materials. [read more]
New Delhi, August 08 (India Science Wire):Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have found a new method to increase shelf life of tender coconut water. They claim that it can help retain original taste of coconut water for as long as up to 18 weeks.[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 08 (India Science Wire): A neglected and old anti-parasitic drug used during the World War II is emerging as a new weapon in the fight against malaria as malaria parasite becomes resistant to currently available drugs. [read more]
New Delhi, August 08 (India Science Wire):कुंभ जैसे आयोजनों में लाखों की संख्या में लोग शामिल होते हैं। इन आयोजनों में उच्च रक्तचाप जैसे गैर-संचारी रोगों से ग्रस्त लोगों की समय रहते पहचान करके इन बीमारियों की रोकथाम की प्रभावी योजना बनाई जा सकती है।[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 04 (India Science Wire): अक्सर माना जाता है कि पक्षी अपने जीवनसाथी को लुभाने के लिए गाते हैं। भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों ने पाया है कि पक्षियों के सुरीले गायन पर कई खगोलीय और मौसमीय कारकों का भी असर पड़ता है। [read more]
New Delhi, August 04 (India Science Wire):India today took a major step to help the strategic and other sectors in the country to be independent of the US- based GPS system by[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 04 (India Science Wire): Microgravity conditions experienced by astronauts in space induce stress and strain around human cells. Cancer cells have also been known to die under microgravity. [read more]
New Delhi, August 03 (India Science Wire): पानी की कमी झेल रहे पर्वतीय इलाकों में छत पर वाटर हार्वेस्टिंग करना पानी की किल्लत से निजात दिलाने के साथ-साथ आर्थिक रूप से भी फायदेमंद हो सकता है। भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद (आईसीएआर) के वैज्ञानिकों द्वारा किए गए एक ताजा अध्ययन में यह बात सामने आई है। [read more]
New Delhi, August 03 (India Science Wire):Sinking islands may become a reality with sea level rise and climate change in decades to come. Tamil Nadu has hit upon a novel idea to protect such islands on its coast – deployment of artificial reefs near vulnerable islands.[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 02 (India Science Wire): भारत में आधुनिक जीव-विज्ञान के पितामह कहे जाने वाले वैज्ञानिक डॉ. पीएम भार्गव का निधन वैज्ञानिक जगत के साथ-साथ पूरे देश के लिए एक गंभीर क्षति है। डॉ. पुष्पमित्र भार्गव देश के उन गिने-चुने वैज्ञानिकों में से थे [read more]
New Delhi, August 02 (India Science Wire):In the death of Dr Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, India has lost one of the most vocal advocates of scientific temper and rationality in India. Bhargava, widely considered as father of modern biology in India, stood for ethical values in science.[ read more ]
New Delhi, August 01 (India Science Wire):It was like a dream come true. One year ago, scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in New Delhi demonstrated that it was possible to generate electricity from water - at room temperature and without the need for any external energy. [read more]
New Delhi, August 01 (India Science Wire):Indian geologists have unlocked mystery surrounding the 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake - the biggest to rock the Himalayas so far with a magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale.[ read more ]
New Delhi, July 31(India Science Wire):हिमालय में आए अब तक के सबसे तीव्र भूकंप के बारे में भारतीय भू-वैज्ञानिकों ने अहम खुलासा किया है। पूर्वी हिमालय के अगले हिस्से में वर्ष 1950 में आए 8.6 रिक्टर की तीव्रता वाले इस भूकंप को असम-तिब्बत भूकंप के नाम से जाना जाता है। [read more]
New Delhi, July 31 (India Science Wire): A new study has red flagged aspartame, an artificial sweetener, after it was found to adversely hit sperm quality in rats.[ read more ]
New Delhi, July 27 (India Science Wire):An all-woman team of Indian scientists has developed a novel antibiotic delivery system that enhances action of drugs at cellular level and overall efficiency of conventional antibiotics. The system could help improve cancer treatment in future. [read more]
New Delhi, July 26 (India Science Wire): Scientists have developed a new method to precisely identify a class of plant sucking pests which affect several commercially important crops.[ read more ]
New Delhi, July 26 (India Science Wire):आकाशीय बिजली गिरने के लिए प्रदूषण भी अब एक प्रमुख कारण बनकर उभर रहा है। भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों ने पाया है कि वायु प्रदूषकों की फेहरिस्त में शामिल एरोसॉल आकाशीय बिजली गिरने के लिए एक मुख्य कारण हो सकता है। एक ताजा अध्ययन के मुताबिक हवा में जहां पर एरोसॉल की मात्रा अधिक होती हैं, वहां ऐसी घटनाएं होने की आशंका अधिक होती है। [read more]
New Delhi, July 25 (India Science Wire): A great scientist, an institution builder, an able science administrator, an educationist and a science communicator par excellence. Prof Yashpal, who passed away on Tuesday, was all this combined and much more. [ read more ]
New Delhi, July 24 (India Science Wire):The Indian Space Research Organistaion (ISRO) is today counted among the best space agencies globally. Much of the credit for this goes to UR Rao who helped the agency master technology for making complex communication, weather and remote sensing satellites with limited resources and difficult circumstances such as technology denial.[read more]
New Delhi, July 21 (India Science Wire): A new discovery by India’s space telescope, Astrosat, has dashed hopes of alien life on our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri.[ read more ]
New Delhi, July 21 (India Science Wire):Over 1.4 million lives are lost in road accidents in India every year, and for every death, many more are severely injured or permanently disabled.Trauma care scientists in India and Australia, working jointly for the past four years, are confident.[read more]
