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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - October 2018

Oct 2018

Dec 10, 2022

ISRO Will Develop "Spatial Data Infrastructure Geoportal 'Geo-Ladakh' for Ladakh

Ladakh approached the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), a unit of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for developing "Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal 'Geo-Ladakh' for UT-Ladakh". This portal will be used to find, access, distribute & contribute geospatial information and its associated geographic services such as navigation, buffer, measurements analysis, metadata catalogue, map catalogue and more.
The project also aims towards training of UT-Ladakh officials on geospatial techniques and applications. The portal provides geospatial data visualization and analytics for UT-Ladakh, consisting of the spatial viewer, carbon neutrality, geospatial utility mapping and geo-tourism.

Dec 06, 2022

IIT Madras Researchers Create Device to Generate Electricity from Sea Waves

IIT Madras researchers created a device, 'Ocean Wave Energy Converter', to generate electricity from sea waves and the trials have already been successfully completed.
The device was placed at a depth of 20 metres around 6 kilometres off the coast of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Within the next three years, this system hopes to produce 1 MW of electricity from ocean waves.
The accomplishment of several goals, including the UN Ocean decade and sustainable development goals, will be made possible by the success of this project.
India has set goals for developing a blue economy, deep-water missions, and clean energy. It might assist India in achieving its targets to produce 500 GW of renewable electricity by 2030 in response to climate change.

Dec 05, 2022

Three Chinese Astronauts Return to Earth after Six-month Mission

Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the country's ambitious space program.
A capsule carrying commander Chen Dong and astronauts Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe touched down at a landing site in the Gobi Desert in northern China.
Prior to departure, they overlapped for almost five days with three colleagues who arrived Wednesday on the Shenzhou-15 mission for their own six-month stay, marking the first time China had six astronauts in space at the same time.
The three astronauts were part of the Shenzhou-14 mission, which launched in June.

Dec 01, 2022

IISER, IIT Researchers Develop New Artificial Photosynthetic System to Capture Solar Energy

Researchers from IISER-Thiruvananthapuram and IIT-Indore developed a new artificial light-harvesting system that can efficiently capture light for power conversion by mimicking photosynthesis, the process by which plants absorb sunlight and produce sugars.
According to officials, scientists across the globe are trying to replicate the light-harvesting step of photosynthesis in engineered systems for use in solar cells or artificial leaves.

Nov 30, 2022

China Launches 3 Astronauts to its under-construction Space Station

China launched a spacecraft with a three-person crew to its under-construction space station amid intensifying competition with the United States.
The Shenzhou-15 spaceship carrying the aircraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
It carried three astronauts -- Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu.
Fei is the commander of the mission, Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the CMSA.
The crew will stay in orbit for about six months, a period in which the construction of the low-orbit space station is expected to be completed.

Seventh Edition of Global Technology Summit

The seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit (GTS) began in New Delhi. It is India's annual flagship event on Geotechnology, co-hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs and Carnegie India.
The theme for the seventh Global Technology Summit was 'Geopolitics of Technology'. The inaugural session of the GTS was included a conversation of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on "geo-digital and its effects." The Global Technology Summit will be held till December 1 in New Delhi in a hybrid format.
India's annual flagship event on Geotechnology is being held annually since 2016. During the three days, the world's leading minds in technology, government, security, space, startups, data, law, public health, climate change, academics, and the economy will hold discussions regarding technology and its future.

Somalia Meteorite: Scientists Find Two New Minerals

A huge meteorite that fell to Earth contains two minerals never seen before on our planet.
Canadian researchers said that the rock was found in rural Somalia two years ago, but locals believe it is much older.
They call the stone Nightfall, and say it is documented in poems, songs and dances that stretch back five generations. It is used today to sharpen knives.
The official names for the new minerals are elaliite and elkinstantonite.
They were identified by scientists at the University of Alberta who looked at a 70g fragment from the 15-tonne meteorite, which is said to be the ninth-biggest to reach our planet and is about 90% iron and nickel.
The name "elaliite" honours the fact that the meteorite was unearthed in the district of El Ali in Somalia, and "elkinstantonite" is named after NASA expert Lindy Elkins-Tanton.

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