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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Kenya: Researchers Adopting Facial Recognition Technology to Help Conserve Lions in Kenya
The lion is known as one of Africa's most iconic animals. Few people realize however that illegal killing, relentless habitat loss and overhunting of wild prey by people has left this species teetering
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Nanocapsule dissolves blood clots in minutes with no side effects
A nanocapsule that dissolves blood clots very fast and can be administered without specialised equipment promises to be the next revolution in treatment of heart attacks and strokes, says a study. The
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Soylent 3.0: Bioengineered algae could support long-distance space travel
The next incarnation of powdered food replacement Soylent may come in the form of a single algae superorganism that provides all the nutrients a body needs, according to Soylent creator Rob Rhinehart.
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Water on Mars: Last lake to exist on surface of red planet discovered
The last lake to exist on the surface of Mars has been discovered by scientists, who say it probably would have been habitable throughout much of its existence. This suggests the ancient lake could have
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Butterfly bio-engineering could boost solar panel output by 50%
Mimicking the structure of a butterfly's wings could boost the output of solar panels by almost 50%, researchers from the University of Exeter have claimed. The team, led by Professor Tapas Mallick, studied
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See-Through Solar Could Turn Windows, Phones Into Power Sources
"It's a whole new way of thinking about solar energy," says startup CEO about using transparent solar cells on buildings and electronics. In fact, no reputable urban architect today would design such
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Scientists in Iran clone endangered mouflon – born to domestic sheep
A domestic sheep has given birth to a baby mouflon in a rare successful example of interspecies cloning, according to scientists in Iran. The wild Isfahan mouflon – or ovis orientalis isphahanica –
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Caution urged over editing DNA in wildlife (intentionally or not)
<p>Rapid alteration of gene pools could fight disease – and harm ecosystems.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/caution-urged-over-editing-dna-in-wildlife-intentionally-or-not-1.18123"
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Census of seafloor sediments in the world’s ocean (Digital sea floor map, 2015)
<p>Knowing the patterns of distribution of sediments in the global ocean is critical for understanding biogeochemical cycles and how deep-sea deposits respond to environmental change at the sea surface.
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Global energy system primed for storage 'megashift'
There will be an international 'megashift' towards energy storage - batteries in particular - within the next 10 years, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has predicted. In a new study,