SCIENCE & RESEARCH

IIT-Kharagpur researchers turn Odisha steel plant dumpsites into greenbelt

IIT Kharagpur collaborates with AWS to develop AI resource platform

10:45 pm August 31, 2019

Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop a resource portal to promote learning and development in the artificial intelligence (AI). Powered by Amazon SageMaker, a cloud machine learning platform, the National Artificial Intelligence Resource Portal (NAIRP) is aimed at making the search for AI learning resources simpler and more accessible […]

Chandrayaan-2 performs 3rd lunar-bound orbit maneuver; landing in 11 days

12:50 pm August 28, 2019

Bengaluru: With just 11 days to go for its moon landing, the ISRO on Wednesday said it has successfully performed the third lunar-bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. All spacecraft parameters were normal, the city-headquartered space agency said after the maneuver on the spacecraft that is currently in the lunar orbit for its rendezvous with […]

Noida girls create app to connect old-age homes and orphanages, win tech prize in US

7:42 pm August 27, 2019

Noida (UP): Five girls here have developed a mobile app that connects children at orphanages with senior citizens in old-age homes, with their innovation fetching them a bronze medal at global tech competition in the US. The app, called Maitri, is aimed at bringing together individuals suffering from loneliness and depression and those lacking the […]

20-yr-old man gets new lease of life after heart transplant at AIIMS

Indians have higher average resting heart rate: IHS

2:33 pm August 27, 2019

Kolkata: Indians have an average resting heart rate of 80 beats per minute which is higher than the desired rate of 72, Indian Heart Study (IHS) has found. The IHS also highlighted that unlike people of other countries, Indians have higher blood pressure in the evenings than in mornings. The study was conducted on 18,918 […]

IIT-Hyd researchers produce collagen from waste eel skin

8:49 pm August 26, 2019

Hyderabad: Researchers at the IIT-Hyderabad have derived collagen, a biomaterial that is extensively used in tissue engineering, from discarded skin of eel (a snake like fish) and shown tissue scaffolds built using it allow growth and proliferation of stem cells. The practical applications of this research can lead to utilising eel fish skin-derived collagen as […]