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 […]
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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 […]
New technique to extend battery life in smartphones, electric cars
New York: Researchers in the US are working on a unique technique to make portable devices and electric vehicles stay charged longer by extending the life of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries powering them. Researcher Yang Yang from University of Central Florida is doing this by making the batteries more efficient, with some of his latest work […]
Indian-American teenager scientist Anika Chebrolu wins $25K prize
New York: Indian-American teenager Anika Chebrolu has won a $25,000 prize for her work on a potential Covid-19 treatment. Along with the prize money, 14-year-old Anika has also been conferred the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” for winning this year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a middle school science competition in the US. Her invention uses […]
India successfully test fires Brahmos missile form navy ship
New Delhi: India successfully test fires Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from Indian Navy’s stealth destroyer on Sunday. “Brahmos, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired today on 18th October 2020 from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea,” the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said in a […]
Digital consulting firm Adrosonic inks partnership with US-based Riversand
Mumbai-based digital consulting firm Adrosonic announced a strategic partnership with Riversand, a US-based multidomain Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM) solution provider, on Wednesday to develop and deliver cloud-native MDM and PIM solutions with rapid deployment to Insurance markets, specifically in the UK and the USA. “Riversand’s intuitive, 100 percent cloud-native MDM […]
This new test to diagnose Covid-19 in just 20 minutes
Sydney: In an ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus, the researchers have developed a new test that can diagnose Covid-19 in just 20 minutes. The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, show the rapid molecular test called N1-STOP-LAMP, is 100 per cent accurate in diagnosing samples containing SARS-CoV-2 at high loads. “STOP-LAMP is […]
IIT-Kharagpur develops portable diagnostic device for detecting Covid-19 infection in just 60 minutes
New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur on Saturday said its researchers have developed a portable diagnostic device that can detect Covid-19 infection in 60 minutes at an estimated cost of Rs 400. This entire non-invasive saliva-based test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialised laboratory equipment, IIT Kharagpur […]
Solar Orbiter probe snaps closest pictures of Sun
Washington: The first images snapped by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, an international collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, are now available for the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. Launched on February 9, the spacecraft completed its first close pass of the Sun in mid-June. “These unprecedented […]