Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Science And Technology
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Lessons animals teach
How animals treat themselves with various plants provide medicinal leads to scientists.
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Doing away with wood
In Niger and Mali, where timber is scarce and expensive, mud building is making a headway, thanks to the efforts of a French organisation called Development Workshop.
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A new technique to control laser intensity
Indian scientists have developed a technique that uses electromagnetic radiation to manipulate the intensity of laser beams.
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The iron hand in global temperature
Scientists have found iron concentrations in sea water affect the growth of plankton that keep a tab on carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
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Sound sense
Fishes seem to be developing ways to detect and avoid high frequency sonars that trawlers use to locate them
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Learning from lasagne
Porous layers of slurry, zapped with electricity, may revolutionise the treatment of contaminated clay soils
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Diluting black rain
Positively charged atoms of elements like calcium and magnesium that are present in particulate matter can neutralise acid rain
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A lead from the past
Evidence trawled from lake sediments in Sweden traces atmospheric lead pollution back to more than 2 millennia
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Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to most drugs
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Smaller and faster
A new technique could result in particle accelerators small enough to be accommodated in any university laboratory