The device uses a protein based biosensor to detect harmful pollutants like phenol and benzene from water samples

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Bengaluru
13 May 2020

In a recent study, researchers from Pune, along with their collaborators in Chennai and the USA, have assessed the functioning of lungs after successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, has shown the occurrence of lung defects and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after tuberculosis treatment. 

Mumbai
27 Jul 2020

In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have examined how the structure of leaves of the taro plant (Colocasia esculenta) helps in repelling water. 

Kanpur
17 Jun 2020

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers have described a new statistical method, ‘LinTIMaT’, for reconstructing cellular lineages, giving scientists the ability to deduce the evolution of cells in a biologically growing system.

Bengaluru
20 Apr 2020

New theoretical work demonstrates how sequentially captured images of electrons can be used to show the evolution of electron movement

 

Dharwad
17 Sep 2020

Eastern Ghat Cricket Frog [Image credits: Prudhvi Raj]

Researchers discover a visibly different individual of the Eastern Ghats cricket frogs, in the Western Ghats

Bengaluru
23 Sep 2020

Changing habitats force Western Ghats’ endemic lion-tailed macaques to alter their social structure to adapt, putting them at risk, finds study.

Mumbai
7 Oct 2020

Researchers show strange patterns in the flow of soft polycrystals

New Delhi
12 Oct 2020

Study calculates vulnerability indices of districts in India for future planning.

Bengaluru
20 Dec 2019

An emerging way to treat cancer is immunotherapy, where the patient’s immune system is strengthened to attack cancer cells. It is less painful than surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and is known to lower the relapse of cancer. Now, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have developed a patented technology to leverage the patient’s immune system to cure cancer.

Hyderabad
8 Oct 2020

Differences in the composition of Saw-scaled viper venoms from three regions questions the use of a single antivenom