ISW Desk

Littering on the roads/streets is a major problem in India. The debris (generated by vehicles and pedestrian), biomass (leaves, twigs, etc., causing microbial action in bitumen) and stagnate water enhance road surface abrasion, which is…
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Improved diagnosis of neuro-developmental disorders, better road safety while driving and enhanced reliability of eyewitness testimonies could be in the offing with the development of a new computational model that can predict a person’s…
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S chooling in mother tongue is vital for grasping knowledge related to science and technology. However, in a world of rapid development of science and technology research, school education alone is not adequate. It can get outdated very…
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C onventional LED materials cannot emit white light and specialized techniques such as coating blue LED with yellow phosphor and combining blue, green, and red LEDs, have been used to produce white light. There has been a worldwide search…
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A team of scientists has developed a technique to use tea and banana waste to make non-toxic activated carbon that can be used for several purposes such as industrial pollution control, water purification, food and beverage processing, and…
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W ith a unique role in the Asian climate, the Himalayan region is considered a vulnerable environment. Several chemical speciation studies have been performed for carbonaceous aerosols and inorganic species over the western and central…
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Blazars are one of the brightest sources in the Universe. A special class of these objects is called BL Lacs. They show rapid and large variability in emission. A Blazer located about 3.5 billion light-years from earth and named OJ 287,…
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Despite the high number of people with dementia in the country, only one in ten people with dementia are diagnosed in India due to low awareness and the lack of linguistically and culturally appropriate tests that are essential for…
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Availability of injectable insulin formulation has been a major breakthrough in diabetes management. However, insulin needs to be kept in a refrigerator, which, otherwise after some hours becomes unfit for use due to fibrillation (some kind…
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Biomoneta, a Bengaluru-based startup funded by Government of India and Karnataka Government has developed an air decontamination technology which promised to eliminate airborne COVID-19 virus with 99.9999% efficiency in any closed setting.…
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