Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ Euphoria surrounds this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr Katalin Karikó and Dr Drew Weissman for their scientific research that made mRNA vaccines a reality. mRNA vaccines are a direct product of the basic science research in molecular biology that began in the mid-20th century …
Innovation is largely driven by R&D, with many interdisciplinary fields being connected to basic and applied sciences. The first step towards building an R&D ecosystem would be to set up state-of-the-art research facilities on the campus, with industry collaboration. It is a sector with a high R&D output and is composed of many interdisciplinary fields closely associated with Astronomy, Planetary …