Category: Science & Technology
OSIRIS-Rex
NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex capsule carrying first asteroid samples landed on Earth into the Utah desert.
Breakthrough Prize
The 2023 winners of the Breakthrough Prizes were announced recently.
Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
Union Government has instituted the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP), a new set of 56 prizes to felicitate scientists, technologists and innovators.
Nuclear Power Plants in India
Vanadium
Vanadium, a vital raw material for numerous industrial uses, was recently discovered in sediment samples obtained from the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat.
Lithium production using String Technology
Researchers at the University of Princeton have developed a String technique that can drastically reduce the amount of land and time needed for lithium production.
Monoclonal Antibodies
Centre decided to procure doses of monoclonal antibody (used in Australia for the Hendra virus) to combat the Nipah virus.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Awards
Recently, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced the list of awardees for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards for 2022.
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)
Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) has for the first time found the presence of Clade 9 variant of varicella zoster virus (VZV) in India.
Nipah Virus
Union Health Minister confirmed that the deaths reported from Kerala were due to Nipah virus.
Mission Samudrayaan
India is getting ready for yet another ambitious project to explore the deep sea.