Science

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.

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Light and night vision

Aug 10, 2022

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

Mumbai | Aug 8, 2022

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

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Microwave radiation to detect tiny plastic pollutants

Mumbai | Aug 4, 2022

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

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IIT Kanpur researchers patent a microfluidic chip holder

Kanpur | Aug 3, 2022

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

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

Mumbai | Aug 2, 2022

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

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

Bengaluru | Aug 1, 2022

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

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

Mumbai | Jul 1, 2022

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

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Spiny Horntail – A new dragonfly species discovered in Maharashtra

Maharasthra | Jun 29, 2022

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

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