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GEMINI system to aid fishermen
To avoid communication blackouts that led to 20 fishermen going missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Okchi in 2017, a slew of government departments, research agencies and private companies have developed GEMINI. What is GEMINI? It is a portable receiver ..
Samudrayaan project: NIOT to Launch Deep Sea Exploration & Mining Mission
National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) will launch ‘Samudrayaan project by 2021-22 to explore the deep sea region. It is pilot project of Union Ministry of Earth Sciences as part the Rs 6000 crore ‘Deep Ocean’ mission for deep ocean ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
FEDOR: Russia launches its 1st humanoid robot in space
Russia launched life-size humanoid robot called Fedor to International Space Station (ISS). It is the first ever life-size humanoid robot sent into space by Russia. It was launched onboard of unmanned Soyuz MS-14 rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. About ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
NASA takes first high-resolution measurements of Interplanetary Shock
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission took first high-resolution measurements of an interplanetary shock. These shocks are made of particles and electromagnetic waves launched by Sun. These interplanetary shocks provide ideal test beds for learning about larger universal phenomena. About Interplanetary ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Researchers develop process to get bone implant material from eggshells
Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, have developed process of synthesizing bone implant materials from eggshells. Through this process bone substitute materials such as tricalcium phosphate, a commonly-used bone substitute ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
NASA’s Dragonfly to look for Origins, Signs of Life in Titan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced its plan to launch Dragonfly drone helicopter to Saturn’s largest moon Titan in search of building blocks of life. About NASA’s Dragonfly Mission It is part of space agencies quest to search ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
MoU: signed between IIT Guwahati and ISRO
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) About IITG-ISRO STC About: The Space Technology Cell (STC) would ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find evidence of water on asteroid Bennu
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft has found water locked inside asteroid Bennu. Bennu is too small to have ever hosted liquid water, but this finding does indicate that liquid water was present at some time ..