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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Helping bacteria float
OIL-EATING bacteria, useful in cleaning up slicks, will soon have water wings, helping to keep them afloat in water. Using gene-splicing techniques, researchers at the University of Massachusetts,
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Follow the camphor
Remember how Hansel and Gretel followed a trail of bread crumbs back home? Australian scientists have engineered an industrial robot that spits out camphor, which it can later detect and follow. The
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Marine census bit by bit
OCTOPUSES, sting rays and other marine creatures may soon have their first encounter with a personal computer (PC). Bruce W Macdonald, a marine engineer at the Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Babies made to order
A furore over the ethics of the new eugenics reproduction technologies that could create 'designer' babies has the medical community worldwide in a fix.
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Himalayan yew to fight cancer
Taxol, an effective anti cancer drug that was approved for use in the US last year, will soon be available in India at half the cost
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Mortal legacy
A new study shows that the newborn babies of women afflicted with a severe form of AIDS could fall victim to the disease quicker
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Enzymes go synthetic
Growing awareness in industry about the potential of enzymes might lead to their synthetic production
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Depilating microbes
IT SEEMS the war between antibiotics and bacteria is a never-ending one. Time and again these clever organisms have made the most potent drugs look like placebos. But researchers at the Washington
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Car radars for the price of chips
MINI radars are being used in warning systems for cars when they are being reversed and for cruise-control systems to maintain constant distances from other vehicles. Now, Thomas McEwan, an engineer
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Ironing out pollution
A recently developed cheap and environmentally benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides