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Need greater thrust to science, echo leading scientists

Bengaluru | Sep 8, 2022

In an exclusive interaction with Research Matters, leading scientists, including three Infosys Prize winners and a jury member, highlighted that a greater thrust on science was the need of the hour. They were sharing their impressions on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new office of the Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) that was inaugurated recently. 

General, Science, Society, News

Light and night vision

Aug 10, 2022

Photo by Greg Hume

General, Science, SciQs

Plastic-lined farm ponds exacerbate water scarcity in semi-arid regions

Mumbai | Aug 8, 2022
Plastic-lined farm ponds exacerbate water scarcity in semi-arid regions

Study of plastic-lined farm ponds in orchard farming and its impact on society

General, Science, Ecology, Society, Deep-dive

Microwave radiation to detect tiny plastic pollutants

Mumbai | Aug 4, 2022
Microwave radiation to detect tiny plastic pollutants

Researchers at IIT Bombay devise a new technique to identify the presence of tiny invisible plastic pollutants using microwave radiation.

General, Science, Technology, Ecology, Deep-dive

IIT Kanpur researchers patent a microfluidic chip holder

Kanpur | Aug 3, 2022
IIT Kanpur researchers patent a microfluidic chip holder

A new microfluidic chip holder from IIT Kanpur is flexible and reliable and allows microscopy imaging.

General, Science, Technology, Engineering, Deep-dive

Using diamonds as probes to explore fast-changing weak magnetic fields

Mumbai | Aug 2, 2022
Using diamonds as probes to explore fast-changing weak magnetic fields

Exploiting quantum defects in diamond to image fast-changing weak magnetic fields 

General, Science, Technology, Engineering, Deep-dive

Understanding atmospheric processes due to pollution as threats looms in the air

Bengaluru | Aug 1, 2022
Understanding atmospheric processes due to pollution as threats looms in the air

A new study by researchers at IIT Kanpur offers insights into air pollution in two cities across the Indo-Gangetic plains.

General, Science, Technology, Engineering, Health, Society, Deep-dive

Studying cognitive health in older adults: lessons from an ongoing all-India survey

Mumbai | Jul 1, 2022
Studying cognitive health in older adults: lessons from an ongoing all-India survey

Large pan-India studies show that exercise in adulthood and education in childhood is associated with better cognitive functioning in older adults

General, Science, Health, Society, Friday Features

Spiny Horntail – A new dragonfly species discovered in Maharashtra

Maharasthra | Jun 29, 2022
Spiny Horntail – A new dragonfly species discovered in Maharashtra

Researchers and biodiversity experts have discovered a new species of dragonfly, Burmagomphus chaukulensis, from near a stream in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

New insights in stem cell therapy

Pune | Jun 28, 2022
New insights in stem cell therapy

Study shows that the quality of mesenchymal stem cells derived from the gums is unaffected by donor age.

General, Science, Health, Deep-dive
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