New research in Bengaluru reveals that unchecked urban growth, replacing natural landscapes with concrete, dramatically intensifies urban heat islands, underscoring the critical need for green spaces and water bodies to maintain livable temperatures.

Science

New Delhi
3 Jul 2025

A new study suggests that widespread, regular chest X-rays, powered by AI, could significantly reduce tuberculosis cases and deaths in India.

Mumbai
1 Jul 2025

IIT Bombay researchers uncover how collagen accelerates clumping of hormones in the pancreas, identifying a previously unknown diabetes trigger and a potential new drug target.

New Delhi
30 Jun 2025

The new study looks at how consuming vitamin B-12 led to a cascade of signals originating in the brain and triggering actions connected to stress control and longevity in the gut.

Dhanbad
28 Jun 2025

New study has explored a technique called Magnetotellurics (MT) which electromagnetic signals – tiny electrical currents and magnetic fields in the ground – to map underground structures

Bengaluru
27 Jun 2025

A comprehensive study from 26 major sewage treatment plants has identified 11 sites in Bengaluru that could act as bellwether sites for wastewater surveillance of COVID19 virus

Mohali
26 Jun 2025

The new filter is made of Polylactic Acid and Bismuth Ferrite uses piezo-photocatalysis, which combines the principles of piezocatalysis and photocatalysis to enhance the degradation of pollutants and other chemical transformations. 

Pune
25 Jun 2025
Image: A representation of the paper-discs with the substrate and cell free extracts together with (left to right) increasing concentrations of the sensor without trigger (yellow) compared to with trigger addition (shades of red). Credit Prof Chaitanya Athale
Bengaluru
24 Jun 2025

Researchers used the complex duets of Sarus Cranes to identify distinct signatures in the audio that could then be used to determine their sex.

Bengaluru
21 Jun 2025

The research showed that the metabolism of the yeast created fluid flows around them, which helped transport nutrients further than would be possible just by diffusion.

Patna
20 Jun 2025

The application uses Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to identify disease symptoms from images of leaves, and is small enough to be run on IoT devices.