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Tag: Ministry of Science & Technology

Computer based nano materials by INST Mohali can show the future of na...

Researchers from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, have made computer based designs of nano-materials with superhigh piezoelectricity which can be the building blocks of futuristic nano-electronics for applications like ultrathin, next-generation nano-tr...

SCTIMST scientists design super absorbent material for safe management...

Delhi, 09 APR 2020 Scientists at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India have designed and developed a highly efficient superabsorbent material for liquid respiratory and other body fluid solidification and disinfection f...

Coronas and snakes device will mass produce breathing problems

DST funded company to scale up device to enrich oxygen supply in air for treatment of COVID-19 patients “This innovation promises to be of excellent value", says Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST Delhi, 09 APR 2020 Genrich Membranes, a spin-off company, based on proprietary technology licensed from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune is...

Who will get the newly discovered Corona fight digital IR thermometer ...

Mass manufacturing ready hardware and software design will be available to manufacturers across India for free Delhi, 09 APR 2020 CSIR’s constituent Lab, CSIR-NCL Pune, has been leading the way in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through its Venture Centre for the past decade and new innovations from there are helping in fight agai...

Biofortified carrot variety developed by farmer scientist benefits loc...

Delhi, 08 APR 2020 Madhuban Gajar, a biofortified carrot variety with high β-carotene and iron content developed by Shri Vallabhhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a farmer scientist from Junagadh district, Gujarat is benefitting more than 150 local farmers in the area. It is being planted in an area of over 200 hectares in Junagadh, and the average yield, ...

Rapid diagnostic kit being developed by Pune based startup for COVID 1...

Sample size for confirmatory tests can also be increased in the future to 100 samples/ hour. Delhi, 08 APR 2020 FastSense Diagnostics, a start up incorporated in 2018, developing innovative products for rapid disease diagnosis, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is now developing two modules for detection of COVID 19. "...

Indian researchers start working on novel coronavirus genome sequencin...

Delhi, 08 APR 2020 Novel coronavirus is a new virus and researchers are trying to figure out all the different aspects of it. Two institutes of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi have started working...

SCTIMST scientists develop disinfected barrier-examination booth for e...

The examination booth is closed like a telephone booth for examining the patient without direct contact with the doctor to prevent transmission of infection Delhi, 08 APR 2020 Scientists at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology(SCTIMST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST),Govt. ...

Update on Science, Technology and Innovation response to COVID-19

Media Brief Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India Delhi, 30 MAR 2020 A Science and Technology Empowered Committee for COVID-19 responsehas been constituted on 19thMarch 2020.The committee is chaired by Prof. Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog and Prof. K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India,...

New Incubator technology in Puna to disinfect, remove viruses, bacteri...

Delhi, 30 MAR 2020 A technology has been developed by an incubatee company of Scitech Park, Pune which offers an effective solution for India’s fight against Covid 19 by reducing the viral load of infected areas within a room significantly within an hour. The technology has been developed under the NIDHI PRAYAS program initiated by the Department ...

CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for Covid-19

CCMB is also planning to culture the covid-19 virus Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 To combat Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) insists that widescale “testing, testing, and testing” is the key as early diagnosis may help save lives. Aligning with the call of WHO, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is working overtime on...

Scientists of ARI, Pune develop biofortified, 14.7% protein wheat vari...

MACS 4028, a semi-dwarf variety, has shown the superior and stable yielding ability It is resistant to stem rust, leaf rust, foliar aphids, root aphids, and brown wheat mite Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India...

Glaciers in Sikkim are losing mass faster than other parts of the Hima...

Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Scientists from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun an autonomous research institute for the study of Geology of the Himalaya under the Department of Science and Technology, have found that glaciers in Sikkim are melting at a higher magnitude as compared to other Himalayan regions. The study published in Sci...

ARCI develops technology to improve fuel efficiency of internal combus...

Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 International Advanced Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), has developed ultrafast laser surface texturing technology, which can improve the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines. Laser surface micro-texturing, which offe...

IIT Bombay INSPIRE fellow developing quantum chemistry based software ...

Dr. Dutta’s research group in IIT Bombay is a collaboration of chemists, computer scientists, and engineers Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by Department of Science & Technology, Dr. Achintya Kumar Dutta from IIT Bombay along with his research group is working to develop new methods for quantum chemistry a...