DST Archives - The News Horizon

25 Aug

New algorithm boosts energy efficiency of wireless network

The News Horizon0 CommentsScienceAI, Algorithm, DST, energy, IITB, SERB, TDB, Wireless network

New Delhi: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Monash University, Australia, has developed a new algorithm that identifies the right amount of power level, enhancing the energy efficiency of a Radio Frequency (RF)-energy harvesting network. The algorithm, in this study, uses a statistical tool called the multi-armed bandit method that does not depend on channel state information parameters, and the source identifies the optimal power output, IIT Bombay statement said. The performance results of the algorithm are presented in the journal IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Radio Frequency (RF) signals are electromagnetic radiations used…

10 Jun

New technique to detect tropical cyclones earlier than satellites

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, TechAtmospheric column, Bay of Bengal, Climate Change Program, Cyclones, Department of Science and Technology, DST, Eddy detection, IIT Kharagpur, IMD, Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Ocean region, MoES, Ocean, Remote sensing, Satellites, tropical

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed a technique that could be useful in the early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column prior to satellites over ocean surface in the North Indian Ocean region. Researchers devise a novel method using Eddy detection technique to investigate the formative stages and advance detection time of tropical cyclogenesis in the North Indian Ocean region. This study has been conducted under the Climate Change Program (CCP) with the support from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, an official statement said. Early detection of…

31 May

IIT Delhi to establish department of energy science and engineering

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, ScienceDepartment of Energy Science and Engineering, DST, energy, Engineering, IIT Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology, MHRD, R&D, S&T, science, SERB, TDB

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi is in the process of establishing a new department named, ‘Department of Energy Science and Engineering’ essentially for expanding the scope and depth of activities being undertaken by the 45-year-old Centre for Energy Studies (CES). The Institute’s Board has given its approval for the conversion of the Centre for Energy Studies into a Department of Energy Science and Engineering. The new department is expected to provide a much-needed focus and visibility to the teaching and research activities of the Institute in the field of energy as it deserves for achieving the seventh…

12 Apr

Accurate estimation of manufacturing variations can improve circuit performance

The News Horizon0 CommentsTechcircuit design, circuit performance, Department of Science and Technology, DST, IIT Bombay, IITBNF Lab, MHRD, software

New Delhi: Silicon-based electronic circuits are getting smaller. The Taiwanese manufacturer TSMC currently makes chips with the smallest feature of the circuit measuring just 7 nanometers, with millions of such components packed on a single chip. The process of manufacturing such ultra-dense circuits is complex. Despite world-class control, there are tiny fluctuations in the nanoscale dimensions. Thus, each transistor is slightly different from another across chips and even on the same chip. A circuit designer must account for such variations to ensure that each of the billions of chips produced works as expected. Thus, a model to account for such…

08 Apr

IIIT-Delhi to develop method to predict collision from space debris

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, Science, TechDepartment of Science and Technology, DST, HPC Applications, IIIT-Delhi, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, MeitY, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, National Super Computing Mission, NSM, Supercomputing

New Delhi: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Delhi receives research funding from National Super Computing Mission (NSM) under HPC Applications to work on the project titled ‘Orbit computation of Resident Space Objects for Space Situational Awareness’ for two years. The NSM project has been implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITy) to ensure the country’s leadership in supercomputing. Various R&D projects have been initiated under this mission across the country to harness the vast supercomputing resources provided under NSM, to build capabilities to tackle…

05 Apr

Self-propelled vehicle can replace manual railway track scavenging

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, Science, TechDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, DST, human waste, manual scavenging, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, NITTTR, railway track, railway tracks, scavenging vehicle, self-propelled

New Delhi: A self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle may soon replace manual scavenging and cleaning that is still practiced to remove human waste lying on railway tracks. Despite the ban on manual scavenging since 1993 in the country, men and women are seen removing excreta on the tracks with brooms and metal plates. Once the garbage is picked up from the tracks, night soil, excessive dirt, oil, and other foreign materials are ineffectively cleaned with high-pressure water jets. Dr Sharad K. Pradhan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal, has developed…

11 Mar

Portal to provide all-inclusive information on SERB sanctioned projects

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New Delhi: Science and Engineering Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the mandate to plan, promote, and fund internationally competitive research in emerging areas, has set up a portal that offers real time information on the various research projects supported by it. Called ‘SERB – PRoject Information System & Management (SERB – PRISM)’, the e-platform will provide a whole range of information regarding all projects sanctioned by SERB from 2011 onwards, including funding details, status, research summary, and project output details such as publications and patents. Search facilities enable retrieval of information…

04 Mar

India develops spectrograph that can locate faint light from distant celestial objects

The News Horizon0 CommentsScienceARIES, astronomy, astrophysics, AtmaNirbhar, black-holes, camera, celestial, Devasthal Optical Telescope, DOT, DST, galaxies, Gamma-ray, indigenous, ISRO, lens, Nainital, photon, quasar, sky, stars, supernovae, universe, Uttarakhand

New Delhi: Indian Scientists have indigenously designed and developed a low-cost optical spectrograph that can locate sources of faint light from distant quasars and galaxies, regions around supermassive black-holes around the galaxies, and cosmic explosions. Named Aries-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph & Camera (ADFOSC), the instrument was designed and developed by Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciences (ARIES), Nainital, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. It is about 2.5 times less costly compared to imported ones and can locate sources of light with a photon-rate as low as about 1 photon per second.…

23 Feb

New geospatial policy will boost innovation in the sector: DST Secretary

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, ScienceDST, FICCI, Geospatial policies, NIC

New Delhi: Liberalization of geospatial policies, announced a few days ago by the Government of India, will help to boost innovation in the sector and create a level playing field for the public as well as the private sector, said Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST) Prof Ashutosh Sharma, at the National Geospatial Awards Felicitation Ceremony recently. The Guidelines for acquiring and producing Geo-Spatial Data and Geo-Spatial Data Services, including Maps, was recently released to facilitate access to such data across sectors. “We aim to utilize the power of geospatial technology to revive various sectors of the Indian…

06 Jan

Government moots “one nation, one subscription” policy

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, TechDST, innovation, science, STIP, technology

New Delhi : The draft of the 5th National Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) has been finalized. The draft policy seeks to make scholarly research papers and literature accessible for free to everyone in the country. “The Government of India will negotiate with journal publishers for one nation, one subscription plan whereby, against one centrally negotiated payment, all individuals in India will have access to journal articles. This will replace individual institutional journal subscriptions” said Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, The Department of Science and Technology (DST), in a press conference. The policy drafted through a 4 track process of…