A cheaper way to make solar cells

Scientists have found a new, cheaper and easier way to manufacture solar cells, which could challenge the domination of silicon. An alternative material called Perovskite is more efficient and adaptable than previous thought, scientists said. “The challenge to developing efficient and cheap commercially available solar panels has, until now, been dominated by silicon, with emerging alternative solar cells considered minor players,” said Lin Leong from Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore. Perovskite is relatively easy to process, and therefore cheaper to manufacture, but also has an efficiency of 22%, close to silicon cells 25%.

Most sensitive detector fails to find dark matter

The world’s most sensitive dark matter detector has failed to yield any trace of the elusive substance thought to account for more than four-fifths of the mass of the universe, even after 20 months of operation. The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment, which operates beneath a mile of rock at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has completed its silent search for the missing matter of the universe. LUX’s sensitivity far exceeded the goals for the project, scientists said, but yielded no trace of a dark matter particle.

NRDC signed License Agreement with Kudos Laboratories

On 16 March 2016, the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) signed a License Agreement with Kudos Laboratories India for commercialization of Ayush-82, an Ayurvedic formulation foe prevention and management of Diabetes. The agreement will now allow Kudos Laboratories India to commercialize the drug under their trade name with due acknowledgement to Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. Ayush-82 was developed by CCRAS. The CCRAS in as apex organization for research in Ayurveda under the Ministry of AYUSH.

Kudos Laboratories India:

Ø  Kudos Laboratories India, a 100 years old organization, is engaged in marketing, manufacturing and export of the widest range of Ayurvedic / Herbal product and range of cosmetics.

Ø  The company hold G.M.P & ISO Certifications.