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Indian technologists develop cost-effective sensor to alert landslides
N.B. Nair The sensor system can save a life from landslides at a mere Rs. 700 Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (ISJ): A research by University of Sheffield, London revealed, India accounted for 20 percent of fatal landslides across the world during...
23 Nov 2019 12:00 PM GMTSurgeons reconstruct breast bone using 3D imaging of rib cage, first time in India
N. B. Nair Kochi (ISJ): The parents of a nine-month old girl from Kasargod district of Kerala noticed their child's heart bulging out while beating. They were so scared even to give a bathe to the child, lest it would get hurt and finally took her...
19 Aug 2019 2:51 PM GMTIndian scientists find way to correct heart anomaly due to erratic heart beats
Mesra, Jharkhand (ISW) - CPVT – Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia– is a life-threatening heart anomaly caused due to improper electrical activity in the heart. Intense physical strain or emotional stress leads to erratic...
18 Aug 2019 6:15 AM GMTKerala gets advanced cardiac care lab, the first of its kind in the state
N. B. Nair Thiruvananthapuram (ISJ) – Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) has unveiled an advanced cardiac electrophysiology laboratory for early diagnosis and treatment of several cardiac ailments. ...
14 Jun 2019 2:03 PM GMT
Neuroscience to be the key enabler of better artificial intelligence
Dr Shyam Diwakar* Alan Turing's 1950s paper (Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Mind, Volume LIX, Issue 236, 1 October 1950, Pages 433–460) and his question 'can machines think?' has been the basis of the then artificial intelligence. In March...
16 April 2019 7:02 AM GMTCSIR-IIP bails out state-run PNG suppliers from technically unsafe burners
N.B. Nair Dehradun (ISJ) – Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum, India's only laboratory carrying out advanced research in petroleum sector, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has come out with the country's...
17 March 2019 7:37 AM GMTUnscientific claims tarnish image of Indian science: Scientists and Academicians
N.B. Nair Mumbai (ISJ) – Thirty seven scientists and science academicians have decried efforts to pass off mythology as science at the just concluded Indian Science Congress held at Jalandhar. In a joint letter addressed to the General President of...
10 Jan 2019 9:50 AM GMTPseudoscience poses great danger, says Prof Vijay Raghavan
N.B. Nair New Delhi (ISJ) – Principal Scientific Advisor to the government, Professor K. Vijay Raghavan has termed it as 'unfortunate', the claim of Andhra Pradesh University Vice Chancellor G. Nageswhar Rao at the just concluded Indian Science...
7 Jan 2019 1:20 PM GMT
Fifteen scientific achievements in India in 2018, beyond rockets and missiles
New Delhi (ISW): The year 2018 is ending with spectacular success of Indian scientists and technologists in space and defence sectors, with a series of high impact missions. But that's not all Indian scientists achieved in 2018. Several scientific...
31 Dec 2018 6:03 AM GMTIIT-Roorke researchers develop nanocomposite to fight antibiotic resistance
Roorkee-Uttarakhand (ISW) - Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in the health sector globally. Many times bacteria form biofilms to resist the action of antibiotics. The bacteria do so by adhering together to form a matrix with the help of...
4 Dec 2018 1:00 PM GMTIITians' indigenous processor could challenge global majors, Intel and AMD
N.B. Nair Chennai (ISJ) – Motivated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make In India' concept, a team of researchers at IIT-Madras plans to take on global-majors Intel and AMD in the manufacture of computer processors. India's first indigenous...
26 Nov 2018 7:26 AM GMTIndian scientists develop world's first low temperature thermal desalination plant
NB Nair Chennai (ISJ) – Scientists at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai have developed world's first low temperature thermal desalination plant, which could address drinking water problems in India's ocean island...
23 Nov 2018 7:50 AM GMT
