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IISc Bengaluru – G20 Science Working Group’s Secretariat

The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been chosen as the secretariat for Science 20 (S20) – the science working group of the G20 summit. About the...

December 29, 2022

‘GNB1 Encephalopathy’ Disease

Researchers in India, the US and Israel and currently trying to develop a drug to treat a rare genetic disease called GNB1 Encephalopathy. What is GNB1 Encephalopathy? GNB1...

December 28, 2022

Project Vaani

Project Vaani will be implemented jointly by the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park), and Google to gather speech data from across India...

December 26, 2022

Scientists Freeze Great Barrier Reef Coral

Scientists, who are working on Great Barrier Reef, have succeeded in testing a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae. About the new method The newly developed...

December 21, 2022

Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT): NASA International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

NASA has launched the newest Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft to track nearly all the water on the surface of the Earth. It was launched atop...

December 19, 2022

US’ Historic Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough

Researchers at the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have recently announced a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough, claiming it to be the “landmark achievement” in the quest for...

December 16, 2022

Rashid Rover

Rashid Rover was launched on December 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. What is Rashid Rover? Rashid Rover, the Arab world’s first lunar rover, is named after...

December 13, 2022

Small Portion of Prokaryoplankton Consume Most of the Oxygen in the Ocean

A new study led by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences found that a small fraction of marine microorganisms is responsible for most of the consumption of...

December 10, 2022

IIT-M Ocean Wave Energy Converter

Researchers in IIT Madras have developed and deployed a system called Sindhuja-I that is capable of generating electricity using energy from sea waves. It was recently deployed some...

December 6, 2022

What is ChatGPT?

OpenAI has unveiled a chatbot called ChatGPT that is available for public testing for free. About ChatGPT ChatGPT is a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence that can be...

December 5, 2022

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