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Nov 11, 2018

Organs-on-Chips to Space

NASA is planning to send small devices containing human cells in a 3D matrix, known as tissue chips or organs-on-chips, to the International Space Station (ISS) to test how they respond to stress, drugs and genetic changes.

Made of flexible plastic, tissue chips have ports and channels to provide nutrients and oxygen to the cells inside them.

The US space agency is planning the investigations in collaboration with CASIS and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes for Health (NIH).

Nov 10, 2018

First AI News Anchor in China

China's state news agency Xinhua introduced the newest members of its newsroom: AI anchors who will report "tirelessly" all day every day, from anywhere in the country.

Chinese viewers were greeted with a digital version of a regular Xinhua news anchor named Qiu Hao. The anchor, wearing a red tie and pin-striped suit, nods his head in emphasis, blinking and raising his eyebrows slightly.

Developed by Xinhua and the Chinese search engine, Sogou, the anchor is developed through machine learning to simulate the voice, facial movements, and gestures of real-life broadcasters, to present a "a lifelike image instead of a cold robot

Nov 09, 2018

ISRO Plans Venus Mission

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited international proposals for scientific payloads for its second interplanetary mission to Venus in mid 2023, which is planned within a year of the first planned human spaceflight mission in 2022.

India will send 12 scientific payloads aboard the satellite for the Venus mission.

Nov 07, 2018

China Unveils New Heavenly Palace

China unveiled a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.

Three astronauts will be permanently stationed in the 60-tonne orbiting lab, which will enable the crew to conduct biological and microgravity research. Assembly is expected to be completed around 2022 and the station would have a lifespan of around 10 years.

Nov 03, 2018

India's First Microprocessor

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IITM) have designed and booted up India's first microprocessor, Shakti, which could be used in mobile computing and other devices.

According to IITM, the Shakti microprocessor can be used in low-power wireless systems and networking systems besides reducing reliance on imported microprocessors in communication and defence sectors.

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