Perseverance mission NASA’s rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, has landed safely on the floor of Jezero Crater on Mars. The Perseverance rover weighs less than 2,300 pounds and is managed by NASA’s Jet…
Negative Ion Technology The Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS), Netherlands issued a statement identifying various negative ion wearable products containing more Radioactivity than legally permitted. Negative ion technology embeds negative ions in personal products and is currently…
Vikas Engine The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently conducted a successful qualification test of its High Thrust VIKAS Engine at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Tamil Nadu’s Mahendragiri. The Vikas engine will power the ambitious Gaganyaan mission into…
AntiMicrobial Resistance Antimicrobials – including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitic – are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer…
NASA-ISRO NISAR Mission NASA and ISRO are collaborating on developing a satellite called NISAR, which will detect movements of the planet’s surface as small as 0.4 inches over areas about half the size of a tennis court. The satellite will be…
FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge To promote the adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in government,Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the #FOSS4GOV Innovation Challenge. It will harness theinnovation potential of the FOSS community and start-ups to solve critical…
Micius – Quantum Communication Satellite The Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) or Micius, the world’s first quantum communications satellite, was launched aboard Long March-2D rocket in August 2016. Micius – Key Points The satellite is fitted with Sagnac interferometer…
Nature Index 2020 Nature Index table 2020 has released, India is placed twelth globally in science research output. The top five positions have gone to the United States of America, China, Germany, United Kingdom and Japan. The Nature Index Annual Tables 2020 is based on…
Udyamimitra Portal Udyamimitra Portal is an enabling platform, aims to provide ‘End to End’ solutions not only for credit delivery but also for the host of credit plus services by way of handholding support, application tracking, multiple interface with stakeholders…