NASA has selected 13 U.S. companies for 19 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies and help maintain American leadership in space. NASA is planning for a long-term presence on Moon so that it will eventually enable humans to reach Mars. For this campaign, NASA is leaning heavily on private companies built around shared visions for […]
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Pune-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) has developed a microwave steriliser ‘Atulya’ that can disintegrate the novel coronavirus. The sterilizer will disintegrate the coronavirus by differential heating in the range of 560 to 600 Celsius temperatures. The product is a cost-effective solution. ATULYA can be operated in portable or fixed installations. This system was
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CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization to fight with corona pandemic. CSIR-CSIO has transferred this technology to a Nagpur-based company, Rite Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd., for commercialization and large-scale production. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This technology has been found very efficient and
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JNCASR scientists have developed a natural product based Alzheimer inhibitor. Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have modified the structure of Berberine, a natural and cheap product similar to curcumin, available commercially, into Ber-D to use as a Alzheimer’s inhibitor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scientist selected isoquinoline natural
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Astronomers have found 19 asteroids that once belonged to a distant star system have been found orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. The asteroids have been circling the sun for more than 4.5 billion years, since the very inception of the solar system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These 19 asteroids from the
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The commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna was announced by Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog member and President of Institute body of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SARS-COV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19 pandemic, is an RNA virus. It is a long single-stranded polymeric
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NASA engineers have developed a new, easy-to-build high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally) ventilator has passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York. VITAL has been designed to treat COVID-19 patients with milder symptoms. It will
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The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has approved support for upscaling an antiviral nano-coatings developed by Professor Ashwini Kumar Agrawal of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for use as appropriate material for producing anti-COVID-19 Triple Layer Medical masks and N-95 respirator in large quantities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Antiviral nano-coatings will be
A team of researchers at Faridabad-based Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) led by Dr Avinash Bajaj has initiated a study to engineer virucidal coatings to prevent the Covid-19 transmission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The study includes antimicrobial molecules that can target the membranes of microorganisms selectively. The molecules that will target the membranes
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The Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) is making nutrient-rich foods for patients affected by COVID-19 and also those who have recovered from the disease. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points IIFPT has been manufacturing such nutrient-rich foods for COVID-19 patients under medical examination. The aim is to focus on nutrition to improve immunity
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