(Krishna K. Didugu) During the twentieth century, concerns over population and the ability of the planet to feed itself were widespread. Mexico, for example, struggled with food production, having to import half of its wheat supply. In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug, an American agricultural scientist, conducted research in Mexico to develop disease-resistant wheat crops. This…
Sriharikota, AP: India on Friday launched its ambitious third lunar mission Chandrayaan 3, eyeing a rare feat in moon exploration so far only accomplished by the likes of the US, China and the former Soviet Union. The space agency said the technically challenging soft landing on lunar surface, which Chandrayaan 2 could not achieve, has…
Sriharikota, (AP): The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its third lunar mission–Chandrayaan 3 on-board the heavylift LVM3-M4 rocket here on Friday. At the end of the 25.30 hour countdown, the LVM3-M4 rocket, the largest and heaviest in its class and dubbed as ‘Fat Boy’ lifted off majestically at a prefixed time at 2.35 pm from the…
New Delhi: The Chandrayaan-3 mission will carry the hopes and dreams of our nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, lauding Indian scientists hours before the launch of India’s third lunar mission. Till Chandrayaan-1, the moon was believed to be a bone-dry, geologically inactive and uninhabitable celestial body while it is now seen as…
Mumbai: Ramping up their cooperation in the area of space, India and the United Kingdom will connect their space clusters, starting with Leicester space park, UK’s Minister for Science, Research and Innovation George Freeman has said. He said India and the UK are also discussing how they can better harness Lower Earth Observation orbits and the…
Hyderabad: During the cit-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospital group’s three-day “Liver Conclave, which was attended by renowned medical practitioners from across the globe, have come up with a startling revelation that 60 percent of obese children have fatty liver disease. It was probably the first time in India that so many legendary liver…
New Delhi: Population living with diabetes worldwide, currently half a billion, is projected to more than double to 1.3 billion in the next 30 years with every country expected to see an increase, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet. “The rapid rate at which diabetes is growing is not only alarming but…
New Delhi: Scientists have observed trisomy 21, the extra copy of chromosome 21 known to cause the genetic condition Down syndrome, to impair heart formation during embryonic development, a malfunction found to cause a hyperactive cellular response when attacked by viruses. Using stem cells obtained from research participants with Down syndrome and a mouse model…
New Delhi: Phosphate, a key building block of life, has been detected in one of Saturn’s moon’s, Enceladus’s, ocean, and in what scientists call the “first finding of phosphorus on an extraterrestrial ocean world”. The phosphates were detected in particles ejected from the ice-covered global ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, the international team of scientists led…
New Delhi: Food consumption in the five highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting countries, including India, was responsible for more than 40 per cent of global food supply chain emission in 2019, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Nature Food, found that action to protect the planet against the impact of climate…
