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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Massive leap' wins engineering award
An Edinburgh company has won the UK's top engineering prize for its digital hydraulic power system. The MacRobert Award judges said Artemis Intelligent Power's "digital displacement" system was a "technical
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As El Nino looms, cloud seeding gets tailwind
Circling thousands of feet above Tasmania's farmland in a light aircraft, Christina Nebel prepares to release tiny chemical particles as part of a cloud-seeding scheme estimated to have helped boost rainfall
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State-of-the-art Himawari-8 weather satellite goes active
The world’s first geostationary weather satellite capable of taking images in full color began regular operation Tuesday, with scientists hopeful it will help forecast typhoon movements and heavy rainfall.
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Farm waste and animal fats will help power a jet airplane
Sometime this summer, a United Airlines flight will fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco using fuel generated from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats. For passengers, little will be different
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Solar Impulse 2: Sun energy aircraft breaks world record for the longest non-stop solo flight
Solar Impulse 2, which is attempting to fly between Japan and Hawaii powered only by the sun's energy, has broken a world record for the longest non-stop solo flight. The plane is expected to land in
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Double-muscled pigs created through gene editing by South Korean and Chinese scientists
A 'double-muscled' pig has been created by editing just one gene by scientists in South Korea and China. Cattle have been selectively bred over many generations to produce larger amounts of beef. The
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Discovery brightens solar's future, energy costs to be cut
Scientists in Switzerland announced a clean-energy breakthrough on Wednesday; a cheaper, solar technology that splits water molecules to create clean-burning hydrogen fuel. The solar panel design will
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Discovery brightens solar's future, energy costs to be cut
Scientists in Switzerland announced a clean-energy breakthrough on Wednesday; a cheaper, solar technology that splits water molecules to create clean-burning hydrogen fuel. The solar panel design will
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Neutrino parameters and the N2-dominated scenario of leptogenesis
<p>We briefly review the main aspects of leptogenesis, describing both the unflavoured and the flavoured versions of the N2-dominated scenario. A study of the success rates of both classes of models has
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Software patent in India: A comparative judicial and empirical overview
<p>The question of software patent and its patentability was discussed in June, 2014 by the Supreme Court of the United States of America (USA) in the case of Alice Corporation v CLS Bank International.