Rajya Sabha TV – Science Monitor (14 Feb 2015)

Weekly update on all the happening in Science & Technology, in and around the nation;

Headlines

1. First Edition of World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) – Kochi/India; Ocean Conservation;

Largest lifer supporting system – Trio issue: Global warming+ de-Oxygenation + Acidification;

2. Akash to Mangalyan – 4^th Bharatiya Vigyan Samelan & Expo - Goa;

It includes display of DRDO + ICMR + CSIR +ISRO + Private R & D;

3. Beaver award @ National Science Film Festival (Rashtriya Vigyan Chalchathra) – Lucknow;
1. Golden Beaver Award - Category A – Redemption: a red story from India.
2. Golden Beaver Award – Category B – Come enjoy the nectar Live with the elephants;
3. Golden Beaver Award – Category C – A journey through space & Time;
4. Golden Beaver Award – Category D - Science behind Miracle.
4. Cheaper Aircraft Fuel;

Cobalt based Super alloy – withstand 1600 deg c – to make turbine engine – high resistant to chemical degradation; currently: nickel based are used – disadvantages – it gets degrades when exposed to sulphur;

5. Mystery of the Human Brain
6. Need for Vaccination (IN FOCUS)

Game changer in health care sector – best defense against many disease – eradicated disease like Polio, Small pox; Safe amount of pathogen is given - Vaccines contain weakened or dead bacteria or specific protein, toxin or chemical from them or synthetic substance similar to them; Administered orally or by injection – intra-nasal route;

Vaccination for child – Chickenpox, Diphtheria, Haemophilius Influenzae type B, Hepatitis A & B, Flu, measles, mumps, Pertussis, Polio, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus, Rubella (German measles), Tetanus;

Combination vaccine – multiple immunity;

For adult if travelling to the countries with endaemic infections: Typhoid, Rabies, Malaria, Yellow fever, Polio;  

7. History of Science:
1. 15 Feb 1564 – Galileo Galilei – Telescope;
2. 19 Feb 1473 – Nicolas Copernicus – established the duration of earth’s rotation.
3. First tram in Kolkata –
4. 21 Feb 1894 – Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar – father of Indian Science Laboratory – Founder of CSIR;
8. S & T activities across the world

-          The Rhinos will live – Rally;

-          Control drug system - Queen Elizabeth Award for Engineering;

-          Discarded Blue-Ray disk – can be used for boosting solar cell performance;

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