Bright idea

Catalysis breakthrough makes chemical production green

Researchers develop materials to detect hydrogen with high sensitivity

This is important because hydrogen gas is difficult to produce and it is hard to detect if it leaks

Scientists demonstrate new approach to kill drug-resistant strains of bacteria

Preliminary observations indicate a potent multi-site effect on the cells making it hard for the bacteria to develop resistance

No wood is waste

Nano-onions from wood shavings can deliver nutrients to plants

Strength polymerized

Silver bullet

The nanobattery has arrived

Polymeristic world

Conducting polymers are modifying items of everyday use

Do not disturb

Soon, rooms that restrict interfering signals

Almond’s killer instinct

Nanoparticles prepared from the nut can help treat cancer

Lab on a chip

It can replace large, timeconsuming diagnostic tools

Phone's dead? Keep dialling

Self-powered devices to become a reality soon

Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity

Nano arsenic mop

Alumina nanoparticles can better adsorb the heavy metal

A friendly graphene

It can widen the use of nanotechnology in healthcare

Doped and deadly

There's a virus in the camera

Now, a technology that can make reading latent fingerprints faster

Since this new nanomaterial is luminescent, it highlights fingerprints, which can be captured by UV lamps and then reconstructed

Pressure tactics

Nanogenerators now use pressure to produce electricity

Robots are here, almost

The use of industrial robots is growing at an unprecedented rate in India. Are blue-collar jobs under threat?

Nanotherapy for cancer

Nanoparticles wrapped in polymers effectively kill cancer cells

Smart, traceable drug delivery can make cancer therapy more effective

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi have developed multifunctional gold nanostructure that can be used in cancer imaging and therapy

Surprise discovery for Indian scientists: nanosheets can also act as chemical reagents

Team from IIT Gandhinagar discovers that boron-rich nanosheets are chemical reagents too, with potential applications in energy storage devices …

Does Science Congress provide direction to research?

If the science congress is a reflection of the best research in the country, then we surely need to worry

Nano carriers

Nanoparticles which help deliver curcumin, a natural compound with potential to cure Alzheimer’s, to rat brain have been created