Rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment best options for Bengaluru: T V Ramachandra

The IISc professor who famously ‘saw the future of Bengaluru’ a decade ago, speaks to Down To Earth about where the city went wrong …

Scientists discover two species of few-electron bubbles in superfluid helium

The FEBs can serve as a useful model to study how the energy states of electrons and interactions between them in a material influence its properties

IISc researchers devise new wastewater recycling system

The new wastewater treatment and recycling system has saved 180,000 litres in a Karnataka village in a year

Researchers develop helix-hairpin miniproteins for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection

The artificial peptides can block entry, reduce effect of viruses like SARS-CoV-2

Roots of water scarcity

Contrary to popular belief, afforestation programmes that blindly plant trees in the hope of conserving water only end up consuming more water

Snakebite: Researchers purify commercial Indian antivenoms, find them more potent

Snakebites are classified as a ‘neglected tropical disease’ by the World Health Organization

Discarded solar panels can be used as building material

The usage of discarded solar panels in this manner will help to address the problem of solar photovoltaic waste

Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants

Researchers found that unlike other disease-causing bacteria, salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root …

Database launched on flora in peninsular India

The work started with digitising the flora of Karnataka, but was later expanded to cover other states

India has lost its way on open access

New Delhi’s focus on striking a deal with the scientific publishing  industry ignores the true spirit of open access and knowledge sharing

Indian Science Congress: The circus comes to an end

This annual researchers’ meet, the 106th edition of which ends today, has a history of controversies that have taken its stature down

National centre for clean coal R&D opened

The centre is established as a national consortium on clean coal research and development under Indian Institute of Science’s leadership

New technique can make flexible electronics self-repairing too

Researchers claim the new technique is novel as it does not require rare materials or the addition of any complex circuitry

MGNREGA could also help India sequester carbon: Study

MGNREGA may have helped capture a total carbon of 102 million tonnes equivalent in 2017-18 through plantations and soil quality improvement works,…

Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds

Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene

SERB calls for applications under ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme

Accelerate Vigyan strives to provide a big push to high-end scientific research, prepare scientific workforce

New air filter technology found to deactivate over 99% of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

Innovative antimicrobial air filter uses ingredients found in green tea