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Biochip developed to measure blood sugar via saliva

June 26, 2014

A new biochip sensor that can selectively measure glucose concentrations in a complex fluid like saliva has been developed by scientists at Brown University in the US. It is an important breakthrough towards developing a device that would enable people ..

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June 25 obeserved as World Vitiligo Day

June 25, 2014

June 25 was observed as World Vitiligo Day across the world. The day specifically focuses people with vitiligo disease. The day is observed with an aim to focus on vitiligo through international collaborative research and public awareness programmes about the ..

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Google to globalize “Project Loon” to provide internet to even the rural and remote areas of the world

June 24, 2014

In year 2013, Google launched Project Loon, a program that intends to provide Internet access to the rural and remote areas that constitute around 66% of the world’s population. The project uses balloons floating at high altitudes that move up ..

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Obninsk plant: World's 1st nuke power plant turns sixty

June 24, 2014

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant– world’s first nuclear power plant which epitomized the peaceful use of nuclear technology, particularly during the Cold War era, turned 60 on June 26. The plant is located in a village called Pyatkino in Obninsk city, ..

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India denies patent to US pharmaceutical firm Abraxis BioSciences' anti-cancer drug "Abraxane"

June 24, 2014

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has denied a patent on US firm Abraxis BioSciences’ anti-cancer drug ‘Abraxane’. The application was rejected on the grounds that the drug lacked invention, not being patentable and insufficient. While rejecting the patent IPO took into account Section ..

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Understanding the collusion between El Nino and Monsoon

June 24, 2014

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is anticipating an El Nino developing in the Pacific and so there is considerable worry over its impact on this year’s monsoon. These concerns seem to escalate with the delayed arrival of rains over Kerala and ..

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India enhances its nuclear transparency, ratifies Additional Protocol with IAEA

June 23, 2014

In order to bring more transparency of nuclear infrastructure, India has ratified an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).  The move will boost energy security and consolidate international confidence. The proposal had been awaiting ratification for over ..

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Higgs Boson existence further confirmed

June 20, 2014

Scientists have confirmed that the particle found by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 is Higgs Boson (God Particle). It had already been proved that the particle discovered in 2012 matched the Higgs Boson with respect to its mass, its lack ..

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In a single gene, a path to fight heart attacks

June 20, 2014

The availability of a new drug that would significantly reduce the chances of heart attacks, by lowering triglyceride level in the body, is a possibility. Two major researches have independently identified mutations in a single gene named APOC3 that protect ..

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Germany to organize "myCopter Project Day" in November 2014

June 19, 2014

As per an announcement by myCopter coordinator, myCopter Project Day will be held in Braunschweig in Germany on 20 November 20, 2014. myCopter Project myCopter Project was conceptualized in 2007 with an aim to design Personal Aerial Vehicles and to develop ..

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