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 …

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

The ways of the royalty

Dark secret is out

How black fever parasite develops drug resistance

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

Why do they raid crops?

Sometimes elephants raid crops even when there is a lot of food in the forests

Rainfall pattern changing in India

Uttarakhand receives more rainfall in June than before

Why Manipur is flooded

The state's worst flood in recent history raises doubts over the role of dams

Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC

More climate models needed for improving future projections: scientists

Karnataka High Court stalls link road through eco-sensitive zone

'EIA should be conducted to decide if road can be built or should be scrapped'

El Nino may disrupt monsoons

Weather conditions that promote El Nino persistent, says Met department; drought feared

What really happened in Uttarakhand

Latest theory suggests combination of rain and landslides caused the disaster

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

Common pastureland in Karnataka diverted for development: report

Environment group alleges state government approved move

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

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 study may help better manage Alzheimer’s

A team of researchers at the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a GPU-based machine learning algorithm that …

Scientists develop new ceramic-based piezoelectric material

Piezo-electric materials change their shape when an electric field is applied and have a wide range of applications from use in inkjet printers …

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

Blast That Cures

For the first time in India a needleless drug delivery device has been designed. Gopalan Jagadeesh from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, …

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

B V Sreekantan (1925-2019): Bhabha protégé and institution builder

He was widely credited with establishing field stations of TIFR which subsequently became independent research centres

Sweet miracle

A cheap hand-held device that does multiple tests accurately and quickly could revolutionise diabetic treatment

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

Forest fires in India: Alerts since April 1 nearly double that of 2020

The country reported 82,170 VIIRS alerts in the fortnight till April 14; Uttarakhand sees significant jump in number