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Alzheimer’s disease prevention a step closer
Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are a step closer ...
Oldest known planet-forming disk discovered-Prelims-2017
Scientists have discovered the oldest known planet-forming disk — a 45 million-year-old ring of gas and dust that orbits around ...
Protein-enriched rice variety developed by IGKV Chattisgarh-Prelims-2017
Researchers from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV),Chattisgarh have developed a protein-enriched rice variety. The new developed rice variety has over ...
Hyderabad firm develops pig tapeworm vaccine-Prelims-2017
Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) has unveiled a vaccine to fight against tapeworms in pigs. CYSVAX, the vaccine, is the world’s ...
China successfully launches longest manned space mission-Prelims 2017
China today successfully launched a spacecraft carrying two astronauts, in its longest-ever manned space mission, who would later join its ...
SCATSat-1 (Scatterometer Satellite-1-All About It
SCATSat-1 is an OceanSat-2 follow-up mission, actually a gap-filler mission between OceanSat-2 and -3, under development at ISRO (Indian Space ...
Immunotherapy drug shows promise
An immunotherapy drug has been hailed as a potential ‘game changer’ after being found to improve survival for patients with ...
India’s communication satellite GSAT-18 successfully launched from French Guiana
India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-18 was successfully launched from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. The satellite was launched ...
India’s GSAT-18 Communication Satellite Launched Successfully-Prelims-2017
India’s communication satellite GSAT-18 was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle in the early morning hours ...
Odisha: Death toll reaches 38 due to Japanese Encephalitis in Malkangiri
With four more children deaths reported last night, the toll due to Japanese Encephalitis reached 38 in less than a ...
GSAT-18 will add to ISRO’s communication muscle-Prelims-2017
GSAT-18, India's heaviest satellite to date at 3,404 kg, is scheduled to be launched from the European spacepad of Kourou ...
British trio win Nobel Prize in Physics-Prelims-2017
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics are shared by British trio of physicists working in US universities. This was announced ...
Demystifying Science: What is a ‘hyperelastic bone’?-Prelims-2017
Hyperelastic Bone or HB is a breakthrough in reconstructive surgery. It is a new synthetic material that can be implanted ...
Why the Nobel Prize winning discovery of autophagy matters-Prelims-2017
Nobel laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi’s work on mechanisms underlying autophagy — a fundamental process of degrading and recycling cellular components — ...
