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Indian people with national tricolour flag showing togetherness and strength in unity
Science

An analysis reveals the origin of the Indian people

Pranjal Malewar

50,000 years of evolutionary history of India.

Exoplanet
Space

A new method to study the environment of exoplanets

Amit Malewar

Indian Astronomers find new method to study environment of extrasolar planets using polarisation of light.

Self-check kiosk
Technology

Self-check Kiosk to prevent spread of COVID-19

Editorial Team

A first-of-its-kind self-check kiosk.

Electron microscope image of chimeric virus-like particles of the Pepper vein banding virus (Credit: Pallavi Sabharwal)
Biology

Plant virus-like particles as vehicles for therapeutic antibodies

Editorial Team

Monoclonal antibodies are those that originate from identical immune cells having a common origin. They are highly effective, non-toxic and can specifically target diseased...

Electrostatic Disinfection Technology Transferred for Commercialization
Technology

Electrostatic disinfection technology transferred for commercialization

Umashankar Mishra

CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization to fight with corona pandemic. CSIR-CSIO...

CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for Covid-19
Health

CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for COVID-19

Jyoti Singh

To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) insists that widescale "testing, testing, and testing" is the key as early diagnosis may...

Woman Wearing A White Tank Top Checking Her Breast, Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
Health

Scientist uncovered role of nicotine in breast cancer development

Dr. Bilqeesa Bhat

At the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar (ILS), Bhubneshwar, a team of scientists headed Dr. Sandip K Mishra, has, for the first time, reported...

Fruit juice
Science

Scientists developed a detection test for fruit juice contamination

Dr. Bilqeesa Bhat

A team of scientists at the Department of Biotechnology’s institute, the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, has developed an Aptamer-NanoZyme-based assay...

Personal reading scanner machine for visually impaired
Technology

Personal reading scanner machine for visually impaired

Jyoti Singh

Nearly 4.7 million people in India are blind or visually impaired, this physical disability keeps them away from many things one of which is,...

Edible coating materials to improve shelf life of fruit crops
Science

Edible coating materials to improve shelf life of fruit crops

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan

Fruits are one of the most important horticulture commodities worldwide due to its organoleptic and nutritional properties. In India, the diversity of agro-climatic zones...

Curd in a Jar
Health

Scientists find one more reason to love curd

Kollegala Sharma

Curd, as we all know, is a fermented product from milk. We also know that many Indians love it for its distinct flavor and...

Increasing protein and dairy intake may help reduce burden of diabetes: study
Health

Increasing protein and dairy intake may help reduce burden of diabetes: study

Dr. Aditi Jain

Diabetes - increase in blood glucose levels - is an emerging health problem, especially in developing countries. According to the World Health Organisation, India...

Indian flying fox (Photo: Ausraful Islam)
Science

AI to determine Bat species believed to transmit Nipah virus to humans

Dinesh C Sharma

Nipah, a deadly virus responsible for recent Nipah outbreak in Kerala following one that occurred in 2018, generally transmitted to human from fruits or...

Dhaval with one of the prototypes of the solar stove. Imaget: Dhaval Thakkar
Invention

Solar Stove reduces the cooking costs by 80% and is a safer alternative

Pranjal Malewar

In India, especially in rural areas, millions of women spend several hours cooking meals on smoky ovens or open fires within their homes. This...

Found: new vine snake species after a gap 113 years
Science

Found: new vine snake species after a gap 113 years

S Suresh Ramanan

Zoologists have discovered a new vine snake species from the eastern State of Odisha. A new taxon of vine snake is being found after...

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle takes off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying a micro-satellite designed by school children
Space

India launches lightweight, pint-sized satellite designed by students

Amit Malewar

Indian Scientists have recently launched a pint-sized satellite that is actually designed by students. The satellite can be held in the palm and is burnishing the...

extreme rainfall events and floods
Environment

Understanding link between extreme rainfall events and floods

Raghu Murtugudde

It has been reported that extreme rainfall events are increasing over India, and widespread floods have increased threefold over the last several decades from...

Air pollution
Environment

How air pollution is adding to India’s diabetes burden

Raghu Murtugudde

The ill-effects of air pollution on human health have been reported extensively. Some estimates attribute nearly one-fourth of all deaths in India to air...

Recent Stories

Depression and its impact on physical health

Health

Phoenix galaxy cluster found in the act of extreme cooling

Space

Life-like 3D synthetic materials move by themselves like worms

Science

A new fabrication technique for high-performance photon detectors

Physics

The existence of a nuclear-spin dark state proved

Quantum Computing