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Scientists develop new Wi-Fi system to offer super-fast connectivity
Scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology in Netherlands have developed a new wireless Internet network based on infrared rays that is reportedly 100 times faster than existing Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) networks. It has a huge capacity, more than 40 Gigabits ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Indrani Das wins top prize in Regeneron Science Talent Search competition
Indian-American teenager Indrani Das (17) has won the top prize of $2,50,000 in the Regeneron Science Talent Search competition in the United States (US). She has won the award for her research on treating brain injury and disease. Her research ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Scientists develop first blood test for autism
Scientists from US for first time have developed a blood test to accurately predict whether a child has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The first of its kind of physiological test for analysing a blood sample opens the door to earlier ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Scientists discover world’s first fluorescent frog in Argentina
Scientists have discovered polka dot tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus), the world’s first fluorescent frog in Argentina. The newly discovered amphibian sports a muted palette of greens, reds and yellows under normal light, but in the dark gives off a bright ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
IIT-M solar inverter system wins 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology Award
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras has won the 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award for its solar-direct current (DC) inverter system. The system was developed by Centre for Decentralised Power Systems at IIT-M using micro grid ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
NASA scientists found lost Chandrayaan-1 orbiting Moon
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have found India’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 which was considered lost, is still orbiting the moon. They also have found NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The ISRO lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
New canyon system found near Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh
Scientists for the first time have discovered three new canyons close to Kovvada in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. This discovery was made by team of scientists from CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Visakhapatnam. These three canyons together form ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
Punjab Agricultural University develops genetically-modified cotton varieties
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana has claimed developing country’s first genetically-modified (GM) varieties of cotton – PAU Bt 1 and F1861. Cotton is the only GM crop allowed to be cultivated in India. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
EU successfully launches 5th satellite of Copernicus observation program
European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched Sentinel-2B satellite, fifth of its Sentinel Earth observation satellites part of its multi-billion-euro Copernicus observation program. The optical imaging satellite was launched on board of a Vega rocket from ESA’s spaceport in French Guiana. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
World's oldest fossils discovered in Quebec, Canada
Scientists have claimed that they have discovered oldest fossils on Earth in rocks from Quebec, Canada. Carbon dating techniques suggest that these rocks are at least 3.8 billion years old and might even be 4.3 billion years old. Key Facts ..