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Scientists produce faster-growing crops by improving photosynthesis

November 18, 2016

Scientists have improved the photosynthesis process in the plants to produce faster-growing crops. The breakthrough was published in the journal Science. They had used genetic modification technology to improve photosynthesis in the plants. This modification increased amount of sunlight energy ..

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China's Sunway Taihulight wins fastest supercomputer title

November 17, 2016

China’s ‘Sunway Taihulight’ has won the fastest supercomputer title in the recently released 48th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers. With this, Chinese supercomputer has retained the top spot in the list of the world’s fastest supercomputers for the eighth ..

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Doctors from Netherlands perform brain implant for the first time in history

November 17, 2016

Doctors from Netherlands have performed the first-ever brain implant on a 58-year-old woman paralysed by Lou Gehrig’s disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-ALS). With this, she became the first patient to use a brain-computer interface. The implant has enabled ..

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India’s combat-capable Rustom-II drone successfully completes maiden test flight

November 17, 2016

India’s indigenously developed long-endurance combat-capable drone, Rustom-II (TAPAS 201) successfully completed its maiden-flight. The test flight took place from Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka, which is a newly developed flight test range for the testing of UAVs and manned ..

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Facebook sets wireless world record by transmitting data at 20 Gbps

November 15, 2016

Facebook’s Connectivity Lab has set a world record transmitting at nearly 20 Gbps for 13.2 kilometers using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology. The Connectivity Lab achieved a data rate of nearly 20 Gbps in a point-to-point land-based test from a ..

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Researchers isolate a bacterium in chicken transmitting multidrug resistant pathogen to humans

November 14, 2016

Researchers from Hyderabad have isolated Helicobacter pullorum bacterium in chicken that may be source of transmission of the multidrug resistance pathogen to humans. This is the first evidence on prevalence and isolation of H. pullorum multidrug resistance bacterium from broilers ..

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City Union Bank launches India’s first banking robot Lakshmi in Chennai

November 12, 2016

India’s first banking robot named Lakshmi was launched by the Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank (CUB) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.  Lakshmi will be first on-site huamanoid (robot) in India. Currently, CUB has readied only one version of huamanoid banker and but ..

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China successfully launches pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1

November 11, 2016

China has successfully launched experimental X-ray pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1. It is the world’s first pulsar navigation satellite or spacecraft. It was launched on board of Long March 11 solid-fuelled rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwest. ..

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10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development

November 10, 2016

The World Science Day for Peace and Development is observed on 10 November 2016 across the world to raise awareness of benefits of science in our daily life. 2016 Theme: “Celebrating Science Centres and Science Museums”. It highlights the importance ..

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Union Government launches Smart India Hackathon

November 10, 2016

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched Smart India Hackathon 2017. It is the world’s largest digital national building initiative. Through this initiative, HRD Ministry is keen to reach out to all technology institutions in the country ..

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