Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) | India’s rocket startup Skyroot Aerospace on Friday successfully began its space journey with its rocket Vikram-S and wrote a new chapter in the country’s space history pages. Weighing 545 kg, the six-metre-long rocket on a sub-orbital mission carried three payloads from Space Kidz India, Bazoomq Armenia, and N-Space Tech India. The rocket […]
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Monkeypox risk higher in children aged 8 or younger: Researchers
London | Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, researchers report. Few children are affected by monkeypox so far but risks are higher in children aged 8 or younger, according to the study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Despite the low reported […]
ISRO gearing up for launch of small rocket SSLV on Aug 7
Chennai | India’s newest rocket, the 34 metre tall and weighing 120 ton Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will lift off from the first launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port on August 7 at 9.18 a.m. on its maiden flight, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday. The three staged SSLV-Developmental 1 (SSLV-D1) is […]
Woman implanted with 3D-printed ear made from her own cells
San Francisco | A 20-year-old woman has become the first in the world to get a human ear implant with a 3D-printed technology that uses her own cells. The AuriNovo implant, developed by 3DBio Therapeutics (3DBio) — a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company — is a patient-specific, living tissue implant created using 3D-bioprinting technology. The implant is […]
IIT Kanpur develops haptic smartwatch for visually impaired
Kanpur | A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Saturday announced that it has developed a novel touch-sensitive smart watch for visually impaired persons that are equipped with modern techniques. The watch comprises sensors like PPG (Photoplethysmography) to read health parameters such as the heart rate and SpO2. An accelerometer […]
Huge asteroid to zoom past Earth this week
Washington | A “potentially hazardous” enormous asteroid that is more than a mile long will zoom past Earth on May 27, according to NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies The asteroid named 1989 JA is estimated to be 1.1 miles long, or 5,905 feet, USA Today reported. While there are nearly 29,000 near-Earth asteroids […]
NASA scientists crack 60-yr-old mystery of explosions on Sun
Washington | Scientists at NASA have developed a theory that explains how explosions occur on the Sun, and help better predict geomagnetic storms and solar flares that can impact Earth. An explosive process called magnetic reconnection triggers solar flares, which can, in just minutes, release enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years. Scientists […]
Health research budget insufficient to meet existing, future challenges: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi | The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its report has said that the increase in the health research budget year on year is very meagre and is not commensurate with the tasks DHR-ICMR are entrusted to deal with. The allocated budget is grossly insufficient to meet the existing and future […]
NASA confirms existence of over 5,000 planets outside our solar system
Washington | US space agency NASA has confirmed that more than 5,000 exoplanets, or planets that orbits a star outside the solar system, exist beyond our solar system. The planetary odometer turned on March 21, with the latest batch of 65 exoplanets – planets outside our immediate solar family – added to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. […]
Hydrogen sulphide gas suppresses HIV infection, finds study
Bengaluru | In a breakthrough in the fight against HIV infection, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators have identified a key role played by hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas in suppressing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Increased H2S was found to have a direct effect on reducing the rate at which the […]