Sci-Tech

New Delhi: No partnership is better positioned than the one between India and the US to seize emerging opportunities, particularly in high-technology and critical minerals, US Ambassador Sergio Gor said Friday, while noting that only one per cent of issues remain to finalise the proposed...

Bhubaneswar: India’s semiconductor ambitions received a major boost Friday after chip giant Intel Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government and 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) to bring semiconductor substrate manufacturing technology to the country. The proposed facility, likely to come up...

Washington: In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organisation also forecasts...

New Delhi: The Odisha government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intel and 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) to bring substrate manufacturing technology to India, according to Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday. Vaishnaw congratulated the state government, Intel and...

Berhampur: Researchers from the PG department of Marine Sciences at Berhampur University have discovered a new species of marine amphipod from the rocky intertidal coast of Arjyapalli. The tiny crustacean named ‘Elasmopus arjyaensis’ was identified through both morphological and DNA-based analysis and has now been...

Bhubaneswar: KIIT DU recently granted a design patent for an innovative device titled ‘Intelligent Sensor Device for Automated Wildlife Monitoring’ The device aims to strengthen non-invasive wildlife monitoring and biodiversity conservation through intelligent sensor-based technology. The project was led by Berhampur RCCF and OFDC Ltd...

New Delhi: The defence ministry has kick-started the selection process for a private sector partner to build a fifth-generation fighter jet under the ambitious Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project, widely considered as the nation's biggest indigenous aerospace programme. The ministry issued a Request for...

New Delhi: Hyderabad-based Red Balloon Aerospace Wednesday launched the country's first indigenous super-pressure balloon (SPB) carrying commercial payloads from seven national and international partners. SPBs are high-altitude balloons designed to maintain internal pressure higher than the surrounding atmospheric pressure, enabling them to carry payloads for...

Washington: As part of its push to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon, NASA unveiled plans to deploy autonomous lunar drones, roaming robotic vehicles, and a sprawling communications network across its South Pole region. During a detailed Moon Base briefing at NASA Headquarters,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Krushna Chandra Patra Tuesday flagged off an educational tour of 30 students to ISRO's Sriharikota space centre to encourage them in space science, astronomy and astrophysics, officials said. The students were selected through Tata Steel's Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), a flagship...