Chandrayaan-3 moon mission to be launched in mid-July, says ISRO chief
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning for a mid-July launch of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, its chairman S Somnath said at a press conference here on Thursday.
China successfully launches crewed mission to Tiangong Space Station
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Jiuquan/China: China sent three astronauts, including the first Chinese civilian in orbit, to the Tiangong space station via a Long March 2F rocket. The Shenzhou-16 crew safely docked at the Tianhe core module of the space station several hours later, following the launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
Australian scientists developing 1st movable hydrogen generator
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Canberra: Scientists from Australia's national research agency have launched a project to develop the country's first portable green hydrogen generator.
Kolkata scientists develop new artificial light-harvesting system using organic nanotubes
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Kolkata: Inspired by natural photosynthetic systems, researchers in Kolkata have developed a new method of harvesting artificial light using organic nanotubes, which can be utilized in solar cells, photocatalysis, optical sensors, and tunable multi-color light-emitting materials.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Pune: The AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’, installed at C-DAC, Maharashtra’s Pune has been ranked 75th in the world in the 61st edition of the 'Top 500 Global Supercomputing List' yesterday at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) in Germany, Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Wednesday.
India will soon acquire its fastest supercomputer, operations will start by next March: Kiren Rijiju
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Noida (UP): India will soon acquire its fastest supercomputer at a cost of Rs 900 crore and it is expected to start functioning by March next year, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have proposed a novel metric called the root mean square (rms) granulation contrast to quantify the image quality of ground-based solar telescopes.
Final crew module tests for Gaganyaan mission successfully completed: ISRO
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru: ISRO on Saturday confirmed that the final test in a series of 14 tests, conducted at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu, has been completed to qualify for the Crew Module Propulsion System for the Gaganyaan Programme.
Chinese Mars rover makes pioneering discovery: Traces of recent water activity found on Red Planet
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
The Zhurong rover, a fully automated robot from China that arrived on Mars in 2021, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting signs of recent water activity on the Red Planet.
India to collaborate in enhancing the facility at UK’s premier Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Atomic Energy and Space Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Friday visited the United Kingdom's premier institution Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and met researchers, including those working on the UK- India iSiS project.
PSLV-C55 successfully launches two Singapore satellites in orbit
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Sriharikota/UNI: In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C55 on Saturday successfully launched two Singapore satellites in the intended orbit from the SHAR Range, here.
Scientists fabricate protein that can help study diseases like multiple sclerosis
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Guwahati: A group of Indian scientists has fabricated monolayers of pure myelin basic protein (MBP), a major protein component of the myelin sheath, which is a protective membrane that wraps around the axon of nerve cells and acts as a model protein in studying diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Ministry of Science & Technology said on Friday.
Elon Musk's rocket Starship explodes during first test flight
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Billionaire Elon Musk's iconic rocket Starship, the largest and most powerful ever built and designed to send astronauts to the Moon, the Mars and beyond, exploded on Thursday during the spacecraft's first test flight.
ISRO’s RLV LEX boosts indigenous tech to power India’s defence needs
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru: As the scientists at ISRO broke the news of launch of Reusable Launch Vehicle’s Autonomous Landing Mission, RLV LEX, at Chitradurga, Karnataka on Sunday morning the entire country rejoiced at this unique milestone with several firsts that bolstered India’s image several notches high.
Massive 150-foot asteroid approaching Earth on April 6: NASA warns
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
As many as five asteroids are approaching Earth with two of them making their closest approaches to the planet on Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.
Earth images captured by EOS-06 satellite released by ISRO
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the images of earth captured by EOS-06 Satellite launched by its reliable launch vehicle PSLV on November 26, 2022.
ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Sriharikota(AP)/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated second commercial launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully accomplished the LVM-M3 mission.
Hyderabad’s Svaya Robotics develops quadruped robot and exoskeleton for defence sector
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Hyderabad-based Svaya Robotics in collaboration with DRDO Labs -Research and Development Establishment, Pune (RDE) and Defense Bio-engineering Electro Medial Laboratory, Bangalore (DEBEL), have developed India’s first quadruped robot and the exo-skeleton, both technology demonstrators.
ISRO to launch 2nd batch of One Web's 36 satellites using LVM-3 on Mar 26
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch 36 satellites for UK-based OneWeb from the Sriharikota spaceport On March 26, at 9.00 a.m.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Liverpool: Researchers from the University of Liverpool have tested whether the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT could be used to make decisions about prescribing patients with antibiotics.
40 percent of time spent on mundane chores could be automated within 10 years, say AI experts
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
London: Grocery shopping is the most ‘automatable’ household task Childcare is the least automatable domestic task Experts in UK and Japan divide on how much time will be saved.
‘More women and girls in science equals better science’, UN chief declares
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
New York: Gender bias in science has resulted in drug tests that treat the female body as an aberration, and search algorithms that perpetuate discrimination, but the solution is simple: increase the numbers of women working in the field and support the girls hoping to join them one day.
Huge piece of Sun breaks off, leaves scientific community stunned
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
A new development in the Sun has left scientists baffled as they found out that a huge part of its surface has broken off.
SSLV-D2 successfully injects EOS-07, 2 other satellites in orbit
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Sriharikota/UNI: India's second developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) on Friday successfully launched ISRO's Earth Observation Satellites (EOS-07) and two other co-passenger satellites into the desired orbit on Friday from the SHAR Range here.
ISRO: SSLV-D2 successfully injects EOS-07, 2 other satellites in orbit
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Sriharikota: India's second developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) on Friday successfully launched ISRO's Earth Observation Satellites (EOS-07) and two other co-passenger satellites into the desired orbit from the SHAR Range here.
Russia to conduct first space launch in 2023 on Feb 5: Space Center
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Moscow/UNI: Russia's first space launch in 2023 will take place on Feb 5, when a Proton-M rocket will carry the fourth Elektro–L meteorological satellite into orbit, the Yuzhny Space Center of the Baikonur cosmodrome said.
Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to be sent to International Space Station
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Moscow: The Soyuz MS-23 rescue spacecraft will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) via unmanned mode on February 20, the Soyuz MS-22 with a damaged cooling system will return to Earth without a crew, Russian state space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.
Researchers in six categories awarded Infosys Prize 2022
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Bengaluru: The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) on Saturday awarded the winners of the Infosys Prize 2022 for their significant contributions to research at a presentation ceremony in Bengaluru.
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers have studied the efficacy of a specific bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 from Ruminococcus flavefaciens in breaking down woody biomatter into simple sugar that can be fermented efficiently to produce bioethanol – a promising renewable fuel that can replace petroleum-based fuel systems.
NASA's Orion spacecraft returns to Earth after moon missions
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:50 pm
Los Angeles/UNI: NASA's Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after making an uncrewed mission around the moon.