The government has suggested leveraging of scientific diaspora -- majorly working in the US -- to fill the need for qualified engineers and scientists in India, according to the Economic Survey 2017-18 report released on Monday.


Leverage scientific diaspora to expand R&D: Economic Survey


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Scientists have found a potential food source for astronauts, using microbes to convert human waste into Marmite-like food, media reports said.


Scientists use microbes to convert human waste into space food


A scientist from Panjab University has been invited to the US to work with a select group of scientists towards a complex identification process of human skeletal remains of the 9/11 World Trade Centre (WTC) attack victims.


Panjab University scientist invited to identify 9/11 human skeletal remains


The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has inducted Indian-born Stanford University Emeritus Professor Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj into its National Inventors Hall of Fame for developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds, the agency of the US Department of Commerce said on Monday.


US patent office honours Indian-born Stanford don A.J. Paulraj


President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the government has initiated different programmes to provide self-employment and enable the youth to fulfil their dreams.


Government wants youth to fulfil dreams: Kovind


India's share in the global satellite launch services revenue increased to 1.1 percent in 2015-16, said the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Monday.


India's share in global satellite launch services goes up


Facebook Artificial Intelligence Researchers (FAIR) have tested a new approach that teaches bots how to chit-chat like humans.


Facebook AI team teaching chatbots how to talk like humans


Thinking that you may receive mosquito bites if you are more sweet may not be that far-fetched as a new study suggests that mosquitoes may abandon hosts who swat at them, according to a new study.


Mosquitoes may remember smells of hosts: Study


The future of medicine in India is likely to combine the benefits of traditional medicine with alternative practices like energy healing, experts at a quantum energy forum said here.


Quantum energy forum in Bengaluru discusses future medicine


Satellite imagery will be used to systematically map brackish and barren tracts of land for development of aquaculture, which is one of the biggest employment generators in the seafood sector, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday.


Satellite to identify barren areas for aquaculture: Suresh Prabhu


Researchers have in a breakthrough developed a new ingestible or inhalable antibody that can prevent allergic reactions and asthma in adults, a finding that could pave way for a far more effective allergy medicine.


New ingestible antibody to prevent allergy, asthma


A new study has found that tiny airborne particles from industrial air pollution can have a bigger impact on powerful storms than scientists previously thought.


Tiny airborne particles may have huge impact on storms


Archaeologists have discovered in Britain one of the earliest examples of crayon -- possibly used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago for applying colour to their animal skins or for artwork.


10,000-year-old crayon found in Britain


As humans have modified natural landscapes in a variety of ways -- such as roads, buildings, bridges and fences -- mammal species are finding difficulty in moving normally as it creates physical barriers for them, researchers said.


How human modifications of natural landscapes affects mammals


Scientists have found that contact with plastic waste -- ubiquitous throughout the world's oceans -- massively increases the chance of disease in corals.


Plastic trash sickening corals: Study


Man has made giant strides in understanding the science that underlies the universe, but huge gaps still remain - especially in knowing what makes the bulk of matter, how it affected the dinosaurs and influenced the evolution of mammals and eventually mankind, and these three questions' mind-boggling relationship, says an American theoretical physicist.


Humans' strange connection with dinosaurs and the unknown cosmic framework


With a total of the coveted 10 Padma awards to 11 nominees, including one posthumously, Maharashtra has bagged the lion's share of the country's highest civilian awards in 2018.


Maharashtra bags maximum Padma awards this year


Quantum physicist Michelle Yvonne Simmons has been named Australian of the Year for her work launching Australian "into the space race of the computing era."


Quantum physicist named Australian of the Year


The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Thursday sanctioned a grant of Rs 456 crore for IIT-Kharagpur and three other IITs for developmental projects.


Centre sanctions Rs 456 crore for four IITs


Man has made giant strides in understanding the science that underlies the universe but huge gaps still remain - especially in knowing what makes the bulk of matter, how it affected the dinosaurs and influenced the evolution of mammals and eventually mankind, says an American theoretical physicist.


Human's strange connection with dinosaurs and unknown cosmic framework


Scientists in the Swiss city of Basel have identified a mysterious mummified body after more than 40 years and discovered that the woman was a relative of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

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