SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Marine red algae may hold key to preventing spread of COVID-19: Reliance researchers

4:04 pm April 12, 2020

New Delhi: Marine red algae may hold key to prevent spread of coronavirus as biocompatible compounds extracted from them can be used as a coating material on sanitary items, a new research by scientists at Reliance Industries has concluded. COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives around the globe, spread without any solid anti-viral […]

Global warming to cause ‘catastrophic’ species loss: study

11:59 pm April 9, 2020

Paris: Global warming will cause “catastrophic” biodiversity loss across the world if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t curbed, with some ecosystems liable to collapse as soon as 2030, according to new research into where and when die-offs may occur. Earth has never in human history warmed so quickly or uniformly as currently, but a variety of […]

Student-startup develops low-cost ventilator

11:12 pm April 8, 2020

Coimbatore: College students have claimed to have developed a prototype of a ventilator with all electronic features for just less than Rs 25,000. The product is to be tested in Government ESI hospital here shortly The student-startup J K Dazta Systems of Karthik S, Gowtham and Santhakumar and team with the support of Bio- Medical […]

China to launch communications satellite named after Wuhan

7:48 pm April 3, 2020

Beijing: China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things project this month with one of them named after its birthplace Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The rocket to send the satellites, Kuaizhou-1A, was developed by the Wuhan-based Sanjiang Group under the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation […]

Top DRDO prize for Noida varsity scientist's concept to recognize person's identity in dark

DRDO develops body suit to prevent COVID-19

11:06 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a bio suit to keep the medical, paramedical and other personnel engaged in combating COVID-19 safe from the deadly virus. Scientists at various DRDO laboratories have applied their technical know-how and expertise in textile, coating and nanotechnology to develop the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) […]