YEAR-SCIENCE 5LST

Scientists in the capital were the first in the world to
sequence the zebrafish genome, which has about 1.5 billion
base pairs nearly half of that of human genome.
It was considered as a significant step as zebrafish is a
popular organism for modelling human diseases.
India has also decided to install imaging riometer at its
permanent research station in Antarctica to study the
absorption of radio noise in the lowest part of ionosphere.
Scientists, including some from an Allahabad-based
Harish-Chandra Research Institute, discovered a 'magnetic
superatom' which could shrink the size of many electronic
devices like computers, make them faster and pack more storage
space.
The magnetic superatom — a stable cluster of atoms that
can mimic different elements of the periodic table — may have
potential biomedical applications such as sensing, imaging and
drug delivery.
India's first technology demonstration plant (TDP) to get
uranium from a secondary source like phosphoric acid was set
up.
The TDP will operate by taking freshly prepared Wet
Phosphoric Acid (WPA) from phosphoric acid plant at Rashtriya
Chemicals and Fertilisers Plant in suburban Mumbai. After the
extraction of Uranium, the WPA will be returned to Phosphoric
Acid Plant for production of phosphatic fertilisers. PTI