If you are drunk and trying to drive, your vehicle will not start. Uttarakhand researchers have developed a new technology from waste that will prevent vehicles from operating if the driver is drunk.


New device to prevent drunk driving


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The long-held belief that strange behaviour by cats, dogs and even cows can predict an imminent earthquake is not backed by evidence, according to a new study.


Can dogs predict earthquakes? Probably not


India and the five Nordic nations of Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Finland on Tuesday agreed to deepen cooperation in innovation and climate change in the first India-Nordic Summit held here during the course of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here.


India, Nordic nations agree to deepen cooperation in innovation, climate change


With the aim to build a win-win partnership with Sweden making use of the opportunities offered by India's development programmes, the two countries on Tuesday signed a Joint Action Plan and an Innovation Partnership following a bilateral summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven here.


India, Sweden ink joint action plan, innovation partnership (Roundup)


Google has joined hands with CyArk, a California-based 3D laser scanning non-profit, to build virtual reality (VR) representations of historical sites around the world that are at risk of destruction due to human conflict or natural disasters, media reports said.


Google, CyArk to build VR models of world's endangered heritage sites


Aiming to build a win-win partnership through Sweden making use of the opportunities offered by India's development programmes, the two countries on Tuesday signed a Joint Action Plan and an Innovation Partnership following a bilateral summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven here.


India, Sweden sign joint action plan, innovation partnership


An estimated 16 million tonnes of mud containing massive, "semi-infinite" stores of valuable rare earth minerals, found in a small Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean could alter global economy, a new study has revealed.


Japanese island's mud could alter global economy: Study


Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems, a media report said.


Scientists accidentally develop plastic-eating enzyme


When researchers receive arguably the most bizarre science award in China, they often find the trophy more useful than the research findings.


Bizarre award explores fun side of science


When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Sweden and England from April 16 to 20, during the course of which he will participate in the first ever India-Nordic Summit and this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), cooperation in the areas of innovation, technology and education will top his agenda.


Innovation, technology, education to top Modi's agenda in Sweden, England


Six students of Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS) have been selected to attend the 2018 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) International Space Development Conference to be held in the US.


Telangana Muslim students selected for NASA conference


Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said the Suketi Fossil Park in Sirmaur district will be developed through Asian Development Bank (ADB) assistance.


Himachal to develop fossil park through ADB funding: CM


Title: Atom; Author: Piers Bizony; Publisher: Icon Science; Pages: 225; Price: Rs 499


Exploring the heart of matter - and why atoms are important (Book Review)


The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not facing any funds crunch for its ongoing activities, the agency Chairman said on Thursday.


ISRO not facing funds crunch, says Chairman


A group of medical colleges here have launched a "Centre for Climate Change and Health" to address the immediate and long term impacts of climate change on people's health, especially the poor and vulnerable in society, it was announced on Tuesday.


Centre to monitor climate change effects on public health comes up in Pune


The next time you opt for canned foods such as corn, tuna, asparagus or chicken, think twice. They may contain zinc oxide that can potentially damage your digestive system, warn researchers.


Zinc oxide in canned foods may damage your digestive system


Setting up of a Groundwater Mission can help develop an action plan for tackling problems like arsenic and fluoride pollution, storage anomalies and the alarming dwindling of freshwater resources that plague the South Asian region, a new book edited and partly written by an IIT don and other experts contends.


Groundwater Mission can address a host of problems: IIT Kharagpur scientist


The first fossil of an ancient human found in the Arabian Peninsula could challenge a widely accepted theory of how modern humans migrated out of Africa, a study has shown.


Fossil finger bone could challenge modern migration theory


Pointing at a solution to plastic packaging, Narayana Peesapaty from Hyderabad has designed an edible spoon made of millet flour that can be a proxy dessert after one's lunch or dinner, a media report said.


Seaweed solution to plastic bottle crisis


Loss of muscle mass in women with breast cancer may increase their risk of mortality, says a study.


Muscle loss may up mortality risk in breast cancer patients


Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the dream of New India could only be visualised with new ideas and it would be a scientific and technological India.

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