Day: 3 September 2024

Ministry of Coal has recorded a significant increase in overall coal production, reaching 384.08 million tonnes (provisional) up to August 2024 in FY 2024-25 as against 360.71 million tonnes during the same period in FY 2023-24, showing a growth of 6.48 per cent. Production of Coal India Limited (CIL) during the period April to August 2024 increased to 290.39 million tonnes, a growth of 3.17 per cent as compared to 281.46 MT during the same period last year. Coal production from captive and other companies also witnessed a significant increase,…

A unique transistor developed using single molecules controlled by mechanical forces could pave the way for advances in areas such as quantum information processing, ultra-compact electronics and sensing applications. In a major breakthrough in electronics, scientists at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, an autonomous institute, have developed a unique transistor using single molecules controlled by mechanical forces instead of conventional electrical signals. Using a piezoelectric stack, the researchers carefully break a macroscopic metal wire to create a precisely sized sub-nanometer gap for a single molecule such…

An antidepressant drug could be repurposed to provide a cheaper solution for treating breast cancer. Creating new and effective anti-cancer drugs has been a complex process, given the high cost, long development time, and drug testing and regulatory approval requirements. However, biomedical scientists are today using drug repurposing for drug discovery. Dr. Asis Bala and his team of researchers at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, have been working in this area…