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New technique to detect tropical cyclones earlier than satellites

NewsTrack PlusJune 10, 2021

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed a technique that could be useful in the early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones...

National Science

IIT Delhi to establish department of energy science and engineering

NewsTrack PlusMay 31, 2021

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi is in the process of establishing a new department named, ‘Department of Energy Science and Engineering’ essentially for expanding the scope and...

Tech

Accurate estimation of manufacturing variations can improve circuit performance

NewsTrack PlusApril 12, 2021

New Delhi: Silicon-based electronic circuits are getting smaller. The Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC currently makes chips with the smallest feature of the circuit measuring just 7 nanometers, with millions of such...

National Science Tech

IIIT-Delhi to develop method to predict collision from space debris

NewsTrack PlusApril 8, 2021

New Delhi: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Delhi receives research funding from National Super Computing Mission (NSM) under HPC Applications to work on the project titled ‘Orbit computation of Resident...

National Science Tech

Self-propelled vehicle can replace manual railway track scavenging

NewsTrack PlusApril 5, 2021

New Delhi: A self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle may soon replace manual scavenging and cleaning that is still practiced to remove human waste lying on railway tracks. Despite the ban...

Science

Portal to provide all-inclusive information on SERB sanctioned projects

NewsTrack PlusMarch 11, 2021

New Delhi: Science and Engineering Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the mandate to plan, promote, and fund internationally competitive research in...

Science

India develops spectrograph that can locate faint light from distant celestial objects

NewsTrack PlusMarch 4, 2021

New Delhi: Indian Scientists have indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph that can locate sources of faint light from distant quasars and galaxies, regions around supermassive black-holes around...

National Science

New geospatial policy will boost innovation in the sector: DST Secretary

NewsTrack PlusFebruary 23, 2021

New Delhi: Liberalization of geospatial policies, announced a few days ago by the Government of India, will help to boost innovation in the sector and create a level playing...

Science Tech

Government moots “one nation, one subscription” policy

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 6, 2021

New Delhi : The draft of the 5th National Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) has been finalized. The draft policy seeks to make scholarly research papers and literature accessible...

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International Science Film Festival of India comes to close

NewsTrack PlusDecember 25, 2020

New Delhi : A total of 20 films have bagged awards at the International Science Film Festival of India (ISFFI) 2020, which was held as part of the sixth India...