SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAY 2024

APP/AI MODEL DEVELOPED - 

* Microsoft Recently Launched The Small Language Model Phi-3-Mini. 

*  IIT Patna Has Rewarded A Patent For Indigenously Developed light Weight And Compact Easy To Carry Inverter.

* IIT Guwahati Has Unveiled The Innovative 3D Printed Dummy Ballot.

*  Chennai Based Semiconductor Company MINDGROVE Launched  India's First Commercial MCU Chip.

* Microsoft Is Developing AI Language Model Called MAI-1.

*  PINE Labs Owned Fintech SETU Unveiled India's First Large Language Model Application SESAME. 

* Google Deepmind Has Unveiled The 3rd Version Of ALPHA Fold AI.

* IIT Gandhinagar Students Developed Fully Autonomous Driverless Vehicle.

* Made In India BALI Unmanned Surface Vessel ( USV) Has Developed By Mumbai Based Sagar Defense Engineering. 

* IIT Madras Has Built India's First Electric Flying Taxi, Prototype The ePlane e200. 

*  Open AI Launched New AI Model Called GPT4o 

* AMD Launched Its New Ryzen 8000 F Series Processor For Gaming Product.

* World's First 6G Service Launched In Japan.

* Bengaluru Based NextLeap Aeronautics Has Unveiled India's First Tactical Nano UAV Called Black DRONGO UAV. 

* Chennai Based Startup GalaxEye Has Been Successfully Tested Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 

* The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) In Collaboration With Hulladek Recycling Private Limited Has Introduced A New E-Waste Bin Initiative To Combat Electronics Waste And Promote Environment Sustainability.

* Bengaluru Based Startup NoPo Nanotechnologies Is Building Single Walled Carbon Naontubes ( SWCNT).

* Royal Global School, Assam Has Introduced North East India's First AI Teacher IRIS.

* Delhi Based Saurabh H Mehta Has Introduced India's First Biodegradable Pen Named NOTE ( No Offence To Earth) 

RESEARCH - 

* Researchers Have Discovered Specific Networks Of Neurons In Fruit Flies That Respond Selectively To Various Hues. 

* IIT Jodhpur Has Published a Ground Breaking Research On Air Pollution And Health Effects In Northern India. 

* Scientists From IISC BENGALURU Have Achieved A breakthrough By Strengthening The Space Bricks, Built By Using Lunar Soil Simulants (LSS) For Future Construction Of Habitat And Infrastructure On Moon.

AWARDS - 

*  NMAM Institute Of Karkala In Karnataka State Has Won The 9th Annual Boeing National Aeromodeling Competition.

*  iDEx Wins The 3rd Itech Award At Sanfransico.

* IIT MADRAS Has Been Awarded With STEM IMPACT Award 2024. 

MOU SIGNED - 

* IIT BOMBAY Has Signed MoU With Adani Green Energy Limited ( AGEL) For Innovation And Sustainable Development.

* Google Has Join Hands With Foxconn To Manufacture Pixel Smartphones, Drones In Tamilnadu.

* BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) Has Inked Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) With Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC) For 50KW Alkaline Electrolyser System.

* The Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay ( IIT-Bombay) Has Entered a Strategic Partnership With The Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) To Develop India's First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. 

NEW DISEASE - 

* Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis ( PAM) a Rare Infection Of Brain Caused By Naegleria Fowleri Commonly Known As Brain Eating Amoeba Has Been Detected in a 5 Years Old Girl In Malappuram, Kerala.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED - 

* Scientists Led By Physical Chemist Rodney Ruoff At The Institute For Basic Science In South Korea Has Developed a Technique To Synthesize Diamonds At a Normal Atmospheric Pressure. 

NEW MEDICINE - 

* JNU Scientists Led By Shailaja Singh And Anand Ranganathan Have Developed a New Vaccine For Malaria. ( R21/Matrix-M Vaccines For Children)