Two new studies from the Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, show the importance of defects in the arrangement of atoms in a crystal, called dislocations, in shaping the physical properties of metallic alloys.
Dinesh C. Sharma’s ‘Indian Innovation - 100 ideas that transformed India’ is an inspiring book documenting all key innovations post-independence in India.
Not more than two decades ago, I played with snails on rainy days and would see them crawling abundantly on plants. My friends and I would collect them in glass bottles, treating them as pets.
It appears that snails have almost vanished from our gardens. Lush green landscapes and trees have dwindled to become a few patches of green separated by tall buildings in between.
Study finds that considering multiple social interactions as a whole instead of individual interactions helps identify the potential queen of a wasp colony.
Researchers from IIT B root for restoring Madurai’s historical water tank system to address the region’s water woes
Tropical savannas, replete with large expanses of grasslands, are often misclassified as wastelands.
Researchers find a greater abundance but an altered epiphyte community in selectively logged forests
![Noisy vehicles cause distress to animals. [picture credits leopard and safari vehicle via Wikimedia Commons]](/sites/researchmatters.in/files/styles/large_front_800x320/public/leopard_vehicle.png?itok=uOCkPbDQ "Not just us, animals too face the brunt of noisy vehicles")
A study finds that electric vehicles are less intrusive to animals during safaris.
A study finds that the rapidly expanding land use of Mumbai is driving the region’s remaining wildlife into the remnant forest fringes.
A porous liquid composite can convert adsorbed carbon dioxide from industrial effluents to calcium carbonate.
The detailed analysis of the stomach contents of two frogs provide evidence that frogs do play an important role in protecting crops against insects.