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 […]
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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 […]
Several hundred crores loss, as cryogenic engine didn’t fire: ISRO
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) | Indian space programme suffered a serious setback on Thursday as its GSLV-F10 rocket failed midway in its mission of putting into orbit the Geo-Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1). The rocket’s cryogenic engine did not fire up to complete the mission, said the Indian space agency. Along with the rocket, the 2,268 kg GISAT-1/EOS-03 communication […]
Rapid Covid test accuracy may be lower than thought: Study
London: The accuracy of a rapid finger-prick antibody test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19 infection, may be considerably lower than previously suggested, say researchers. The results, published in the journal The BMJ, suggest that if 10 people of people given the test had previously been infected, around one in five positive test results would […]
India’s one more eye in sky, radar imaging satellite and 9 foreign satellites launched
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit one more eye in the sky — a radar imaging earth observation satellite EOS-01 (formerly RISAT-2BR2) — and nine other foreign satellites in a text book style. India’s new earth observation satellite up in the sky will send good clarity images which will be used for […]