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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Diamond delight
Imagine a gear only three hairs wide. Difficult? Not for Paul Christensen, president of Potomac Photonics Inc of Maryland, USA, who carved a miniscule gear into a flat diamond surface using a laser
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Making a standby sun
Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.
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Teak gets a saviour
An Australian tree offers wood that can replace teak for furniture
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The nature of malaria
A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria
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Birds guided by social concern
The social behaviour of a bird species found in Africa is remarkably similar human actions
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Curtain falls over aurora borealis
The aurora borealis is caused not by solar flares but by gigantic portions of the corona flowing out of the Sun
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Simulating the big blow
The charting of how poisonous gases spewing out of a volcano spread might help reduce the loss of life
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Antidote to cancer
Scientists have discovered an oestrogen derivative that controls tumours and could be effective against other diseases like arthritis
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Catch a falling planet...
...A recent discovery is the first confirmation of the long held belief that planets such as Earth may exist in other parts of the universe
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When the whales took to water
Fresh evidence supports a long held belief that whales evolved from land mammals