Nanosensors For Astronauts:

Tiny Devices Will Fit Inside Cells; Monitor Signs Of Radiation Damage Or Infection.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is investing $2 million to develop this "Star Trek" technology at the University of Michigan Medical School's Center for Biologic Nanotechnology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spr5PWiuRaY

Fusion activity at India

ADITYA Tokamak : (image curtocy www.ipr.res.in )

ADITYA is the first indigenously designed and built tokamak of the country. It was commissioned in 1989. ADITYA, a medium size Tokamak, is being operated for over a decade. It has a major radius of 0.75m and minor radius of the plasma is 0.25 m. A maximum of 1.2 T toroidal magnetic field is generated with the help of 20 toroidal field coils spaced symmetrically in the toroidal direction. The major subsystems and parameters of the machine have been described elsewhere.
ADITYA is regularly being operated with the transformer-converter power system. ~100 msec 80 - 100 kA plasma discharges at toroidal field of 8.0 kG are being regularly studied. During this period experiments on edge plasma fluctuations, turbulence and other related works have been conducted. Standard diagnostics have been employed during these measurements.

Steady State Superconducting Tokamak :

A steady state superconducting tokamak SST-1 is under design and fabrication at the Institute for Plasma Research. The objectives of SST-1 include studying the physics of the plasma processes in tokamak under steady state conditions and learning technologies related to the steady state operation of the tokamak. These studies are expected to contribute to the tokamak physics database for very long pulse operations. The SST-1 tokamak is a large aspect ratio tokamak, configured to run double null diverted plasmas with significant elongation (k) and triangularity (d). The specific objective of the SST-1 project is to produce 1000 s elongated double null divertor plasma

Nuclear Fusion:

What is fusion?
Fusion is the energy source of the sun and the stars. On earth, fusion research is aimed at demonstrating that this energy source can be used to produce electricity in a safe and environmentally benign way, with abundant fuel resources, to meet the needs of a growing world population.
IMAGE CURTOCY : www.iter.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyg0ky_VMzo

What is ITER?

ITER is a joint international research and development project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power. The partners in the project - the ITER Parties - are the European Union (represented by EURATOM), Japan, the People´s Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA. ITER will be constructed in Europe, at Cadarache in the South of France.