Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Science And Technology
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NASA to simulate growing potatoes on Mars in Peru
That's the question scientists will be asking in Lima next month, when a selection of tubers will begin undergoing tests to determine whether they're fit to grow on Mars. NASA, the US space agency,
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Europe launches satellite to help track global warming
Europe launched a satellite on Tuesday that will help predict weather phenomena such as El Nino and track the progress of global warming as part of the multibillion-euro Copernicus Earth observation project.
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A single generation of domestication heritably alters the expression of hundreds of genes
<p>The genetic underpinnings associated with the earliest stages of plant and animal domestication have remained elusive. Because a genome-wide response to selection can take many generations, the earliest
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Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after the end-Permian extinction
<p>The end-Permian mass extinction not only decimated taxonomic diversity but also disrupted the functioning of global ecosystems and the stability of biogeochemical cycles. Explaining the 5-million-year
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Doctors 3D-print 'living' body parts
Custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in a significant advance for regenerative medicine, say scientists. The sections of bone, muscle and cartilage all functioned normally when implanted
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Extinct plant species discovered in amber
Biologists have described a new species of extinct plant, based on two fossil flowers that were trapped in chunks of amber for at least 15 million years. Strychnos electri belongs to the genus whose tropical
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Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger
<p>On September 14, 2015 at 09:50:45 UTC the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory simultaneously observed a transient gravitational-wave signal. The signal sweeps upwards
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The building that 'sucks up' SMOG: Cement absorbs pollution from the air and turns it into harmless salt that washes off in the rain
Buildings in many city centres bear the stains left by decades of heavy traffic and pollution, but a new type of cement could be about to change this by actually cleaning the air around it. An Italian
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Einstein's gravitational waves found at last
LIGO 'hears' space-time ripples produced by black-hole collision.
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Global Innovation Fund unveils first investments
The newly-formed Global Innovation Fund (GIF) has announced its first tranche of investments in London today (9 February), with £3m being allocated to eight social innovation projects in the developing