Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Science And Technology
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BPA Free Plastic: Toxics Are Turned Into Safer Alternatives In New Green Discovery
Like dinosaur bones, the fossils of our modern era — CDs and DVDs — are often piled in forgotten heaps and buried underground. But these rounded relics are made of polycarbonates, a common plastic that
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft prepares to probe Jupiter’s mysteries
<p>On 4 July, NASA intends to finish a job that started with the agency’s Galileo mission 21 years ago. At 8:18 p.m. Pacific time, the Juno spacecraft will ignite its main engine for 35 minutes and
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Nigerian wins Innovation Prize for Africa 2016 with urine malaria test
A Nigerian, Dr. Eddy Agbo, over the weekend emerged as one of the three winners of the Innovation Prize for Africa, winning the Special Prize for Social Impact with innovative healthcare solution to address
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China to launch second space lab in September
China will send its second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 into space in mid September, said a senior official with the country's manned space programme. The Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft will be launched
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'Reprogrammed' bacteria eat carbon dioxide to produce sugars
Scientists from a university in Israel reported that they have engineered bacteria that can produce the sugars needed to make a cell from the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Scientists from Weizmann
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Sewage sludge with cement can make concrete
Dried sewage sludge could be recycled by adding it to cement to make concrete, researchers in Malaysia have discovered. Disposing sludge left over from treating sewage water is a major challenge for wastewater
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Tokyo professor’s medicine-making molecules bring new tool to pharma
When he realized he was not going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to develop medicines. Many years spent fiddling with the
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China's new carrier rocket Long March-7 cleaner, stronger
WENCHANG - China's new generation carrier rocket the Long March-7 will leave no pollution as burning of its propellants produces only carbon dioxides and water, according to a project insider. Hu Xiaojun,
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Researchers reeling as UK votes to leave EU
It was the result that most scientists didn’t want. The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union has plunged it into political and economic uncertainty — and left researchers worried over the
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Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing with landing in Seville
The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has landed in the southern Spanish city of Seville to complete its historic Atlantic crossing. Pilot Bertrand Piccard made swift progress over the ocean after leaving