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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2015

Oct 2015

May 31, 2016

First of its Kind Multiple Organ Transplant

In a first-of-its-kind procedure, doctors in the U.S. have successfully transplanted a composite skull and scalp flap, along with kidney and pancreas, all from the same donor, in a 55-year-old patient.
The experience may open the way to further procedures combining “vascularised composite allotransplantation” (VCA) with organ transplants, in patients who have already accepted the need for lifelong immunosuppressive therapy.

May 30, 2016

Space Station's Inflatable Room Successfully Deployed

NASA successfully deployed the first experimental inflatable room attached to the International Space Station.
The 1,400 kg Bigelow Expandable Activity Module was built by Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace under a $17 million NASA contract.
Inflatable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft, but provide greater volume for living and working in space once expanded.

May 26, 2016

Mars Once Hosted Habitable Environments

As per a new study, Mars had habitable environments with liquid water once upon a time. Scientists have found evidence for widespread buried deposits of iron- and calcium-rich carbonates on the Red planet.
Carbonates beneath the surface of Mars points to a warmer and wetter environment in that planet's past.

May 25, 2016

Two Craters Discovered on Moon

A team of scientists has discovered two geologically young craters in the moon’s darkest regions. One is 16 million years old and the other is between 75-420 million years.
Finding geologically young craters and honing in on their age understand the collision history in the solar system.
Impact craters tell the history of collisions between objects in the solar system.

May 23, 2016

India's First-ever Indigenous Space Shuttle

ISRO successfully test launched the first 'Made in India' space shuttle — called the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV).
The test launch is considered a significant step in India's space endeavour.

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