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Patent filings may dip 10% in FY10 on lower R&D spend
THE financial meltdown may be history, but its effects continue to haunt, especially when it comes to corporate innovations. A case in point is the dip in the number of patent filings in India in 2009-10.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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IBM makes biodegradable plastic from plants
San Francisco, Mar 9, (Agencies):
IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Prez hands over IIT-K's Jugnu to ISRO
KANPUR: It was a proud moment for the students and teachers of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) when Jugnu — India’s first-ever nano satellite developed by them — was formally handed over to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by President Pratibha Patil. The occasion was the premier institute’s golden jubilee celebration on Saturday.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Times of India (Lucknow)
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Organic living: chemical breakthroughs set stage for ‘Green’ revolution
Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis
San Francisco: Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a way to make an Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products, which are tough on the environment.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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ISRO puts off Israeli payload’s launch
In a blow to the Indian and Israeli researchers, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to leave out TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment), an Israeli payload, during the launch of its experimental communication satellite GSAT-4.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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India over the moon, eyes Mars and Venus
Boosted By Chandrayaan-1 Success, Isro Plans To Launch Manned Mission To Space, Moon & Planetary Expeditions In The Next 25 Yrs
Srinivas Laxman | TNN
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Project Exoplanet brings world together
Mumbai: Fourteen exoplanets have been discovered since the year began while the figure for 2009 was 84, said eminent astronomer Malcolm Longair, of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.
- Date:
- 08/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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2 Indians on team to study discovery
Mumbai: Chandrayaan-I’s ice find, announced at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Congress in Houston on Monday, came after meticulous analysis of the findings of the Mini-SAR radar on board. Among those who studied the Nasa instrument’s finds were two Indian scientists.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Chandrayaan finds ice on moon
Could Be Used To Provide Water, Oxygen; Make Human Colonies Possible
Srinivas Laxman | TNN
Mumbai: First vapour, then water molecules, now ice. India’s Chandrayaan-1, in its most recent lunar mark, has discovered ice in the Moon’s craters — a finding that indicates the presence of as much as 600 million metric tonnes of water ice on the Moon’s north pole.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Not just water, Chandrayaan’s NASA radar now finds ice deposits on moon
New analysis of scientific data from a NASA instrument aboard the 2008 Indian moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the lunar north pole, reviving hopes for colonization of the moon by humans in future.
- Date:
- 03/03/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
