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IITians rally in fight against Covid through technology, fundraising
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Faculty and researchers from IITs have come up with ways to produce more oxygen. Alumni are putting their vast networks to use especially in foreign countries to raise funds. Students are volunteering their time and efforts to create databases for sourcing verified leads for oxygen, plasma and beds, while recent pass-outs are holding mentoring sessions online, the proceeds of which go to Covid-related charities.
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IIT-Bombay has come up with a solution to convert pressure-swing absorption (PSA) nitrogen plants to generate oxygen. It can produce oxygen at a purity level of 93-96%.
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Vaccinating all adults, some 90 crore Indians, is fraught with multiple challenges. These include a massive shortage of jabs, friction between the Centre and some states, confusion arising out of differential pricing and, above all, the severity of the current wave, which has jammed the nation’s healthcare infrastructure and even forced many youngsters to worry whether vaccination centres could emerge as super spreading spots.
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After Nayana Achamma, a BA student in Kerala, cast her vote for the first time on April 6, she has been all agog to know the results of the assembly elections which will be out on May 2. But closer to the date, the anticipation for the results got supplanted by her eagerness for the Covid-19 vaccine, which opened for all adults from May 1.
New Quantum Tech Hub At IISER Pune: Quantum Computers, Sensors, Clocks And More On The Cards
by Karan Kamble - Apr 30, 2021 04:29 PM
Quantum technology at Prof Umakant Rapol s lab at IISER Pune
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The newly set-up quantum technology hub at IISER Pune will carry out cutting-edge R&D in quantum and related technologies.
Quantum computers, quantum communication devices, novel quantum materials, and other things quantum are expected to be developed.
The hub could lay the foundation for commercial quantum technologies as well.
A new quantum technology hub, set up at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, with the support of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), promises to be a common area for many things quantum in India over the coming years.
Strong earthquake jolts Assam
A strong earthquake rocked the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Wednesday morning at 7:51 am local time. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS), India’s agency responsible for monitoring earthquakes via a regional network of seismic stations, determined that the magnitude-6.4 event struck 4.8 miles (7.7 kilometers) northwest of the town of Dhekiajuli and 26.7 miles (43 kilometers) west of Tezpur, a city on the banks of the Brahmaputra River. The NCS reports that the quake ruptured at a depth of 10.5 miles (17 kilometers). The United States Geological Survey and European Mediterranean Seismological Centre both report that the event registered as a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. They calculated this magnitude using teleseismic data collected from stations located more than approximately 620 miles (1000 kilometers) from the quake.