Three new species discovered in the Himalayas: a new springtail from Sikkim and 2 new ants from Assam.
On the 25th of October, 2018, an event was organised in New Delhi to celebrate the successes of a decade-long Indo-UK collaboration in research and innovation, and to mark the launch of the UK Research and Innovation India (UKRI India).
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिक संस्थान, मुंबई के छात्र ने खिड़की पर लगाए जाने वाले सौर ऊर्जा द्वारा संचालित कुकर का आविष्कार कर ‘गांधीवादी युवा प्रौद्योगिकी अभिनव पुरस्कार’ जीता है।
जमिनीच्या पृष्ठभागाच्या तापमानवाढीमुळे शहरी भागावर असलेले धुक्याचे आवरण विरून जात आहे असे अभ्यासांती उघड झाले आहे.
This study, by researchers from Hungary, India, France and the USA, explored the potential of some new chemical compounds as therapeutic agents against tuberculosis. Such compounds represent new possibilities for further anti-TB drug development.
Cancer, a condition where healthy cells in the body grow out of control and instead of undergoing programmed death, keep multiplying without a check, has now become quite widespread. Most of us are familiar with the disease either through personal experience or a loved one battling it.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science design a compact and fast piezoelectric crash sensor.
The beauty of nature lies in its resilience. A testament to this is Japan’s Pale Grass Blue Butterfly, Zizeeria maha. It’s ability to become radiation resistant by undergoing adaptive evolution is a metamorphosis catalysed by tragic beginnings.
Researchers from the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, report that the diversity of earthworms enriches the carbon content of the soil.
Researchers described a close association between microbes and plants that they live in, and how this relationship benefits both. The association, called the ‘rhizophagy cycle’, involves friendly bacteria and fungi that live in the roots of specific plants and help in nutrient transfer.
Researchers from IISER Pune, have reported that environment and evolution can influence the ‘dispersal syndrome’ in fruit flies. This study was supported by the DST, Government of India.