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23 private companies in race for SSLV tech transfer from ISRO

September 14, 2023 admin

Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) Chairman Pawan Kumar Goenka with former ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar at the International Conference on Space 2023, in Bengaluru on September 14, 2023. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will facilitate transfer of technology (ToT) for the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) to one private company. In…

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The Science Quiz | Make way for the railway technologies express

September 14, 2023 admin

Questions: 1. A German engineer built the first train powered by electricity in 1879. He also founded a company that is a major electrical engineering multinational corporation today, and his name has been adopted as the SI unit of __________ ___________. Name the engineer and fill in the blanks. 2. In April 1869, George Westinghouse,…

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Study traces Turkey quake to interrupted ‘chat’ between fault lines

September 13, 2023 admin

On February 6, 2023, a pair of powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction in their wake. The latest known death toll is 50,000; more than a lakh other people were injured in 11 provinces. At least 1.5 crore people and 40 lakh buildings were affected; some 3.45 lakh apartments were destroyed. The earthquakes…

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Chandrayaan vs. Chang’e: How different are India’s and China’s lunar missions?

September 12, 2023 admin

The story so far: Scripting history, the Chandrayaan-3 lander landed in the south polar region of the moon on August 23 at 6:03 pm IST, making India the first country to successfully soft-land in that area. The Vikram lander along with the Pragyan rover have since completed a small suite of surface tests. China’s Yutu-2…

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What is the legal framework for space missions like the Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L-1? | Explained

September 12, 2023 admin

The story so far: In a historic feat, the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down near the south pole of the moon on August 23. The landing follows on the heels of Russia’s failure to land its Luna-25 on the lunar south pole after it crashed owing to an engine malfunction. This was closely followed on September 2,…

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What is the legal framework for space missions like the Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L-1? | Explained

September 12, 2023 admin

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What caused Morocco’s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains

September 12, 2023 admin

A military helicopter delivers aid in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N’Yaaqoub, in Morocco September 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, who has been carrying out research…

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Ian Wilmut, a British scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the Sheep, dies at age 79

September 11, 2023 admin

File photo of Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut. | Photo Credit: AP Ian Wilmut, the cloning pioneer whose work was critical to the creation of Dolly the Sheep in 1996, has died, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland said on September 11. He was 79. Wilmut set off a global discussion about the ethics of cloning…

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Centre announces winners of Bhatnagar Prize after a year’s delay

September 11, 2023 admin

CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) ongoing ‘One Week One Lab’ programme in Hyderabad on Friday, September 08, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The winners of the 2022 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awarded for Science and Technology were announced on Spetember 11, 2023, a year after the prize was scrapped by the Centre unexpectedly. The…

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How microbiomes and the smells they produce help shape behaviour in bugs, birds, beasts and humans

September 11, 2023 admin

Microbes are an integral part of most, if not all multi-cellular organisms. In fact, these organisms are the way they are because of the tiny partners they house within and on them. These microbes constitute the microbiome: an “invisible organ” weighing approximately 2.5 to three kilograms in an adult human and much more in larger animals. This…

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