Serotonin to help against neurological decline
In a surprising discovery, researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai have found a novel function for serotonin (a chemical that signals between neurons).
Microbots
Recently, Mr. Miskin, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania took silicon chip of 100 microns size and provided the exoskeleton for the robot arms, the actuators on chip making robot of size of a cell or dust.
India’s ASAT test a response to growing space threats: France
Recently, French Envoy in India Alexandre Ziegler has supported India’s Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test as a response to these growing threats.
Multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR)
Recently, IIT Madras has developed a unified script for nine Indian languages, named the Bharati script.
Genes of climate-resistant chickpea varieties identified
An international team led by the Hyderabad-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has identified in chickpea four important genes for heat tolerance and three important genes for drought tolerance.
Ultrasensitive quantum thermometer
Recently, researchers at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, have developed an ultrasensitive quantum thermometer using graphene quantum dots.
Scientists create speech from brain signals
Scientists have created a virtual vocal tract completes with lips, jaw and tongue that can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain signals.
1st Marsquake detection
NASA’s InSight lander has picked up a gentle rumble at Mars, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected.
China announces plan to build moon station in 10 years
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade.
Bt brinjal
Recently, anti-GM activists claimed that Genetically modified (GM) brinjal is being illegally grown in the Fatehabad district of Haryana.