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A team of Indian scientists has developed an environment-friendly, non-toxic, biodegradable polymer that could be used as a packaging material for products that may be exposed to harsh environmental conditions. The polymer has been…
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Indian Institute of Technology-Madras’s IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation is all set to collaborate with five start-ups to develop technologies for ecosystem development and commercialization of space and deep space. Named ‘Indian…
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Physiological monitoring of human movement for applications such as gait analysis, and monitoring of patients during rehabilitation processes could soon become better with the development of a new water repellent material for making…
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In a development that could be of immense use in criminal investigations, Indian scientists have come up with a thermally stable and cost-effective electronic polymer-based sensor for rapidly detecting nitro-aromatic chemicals used in…
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After helping several Indian companies in the development of vaccines for COVID-19 including clinical trials, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)’s Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI)has entered into a research…
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) launched in 2006 to ensure livelihood security of rural people can also help India meet its target to create additional carbon sink to the extent of 2.5 to 3 billion…
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Newer and better treatments could soon be on the anvil for leukemia and other blood-related disorders with researchers developing a new model that could give a better insight into the molecular mechanism behind their development. Every…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed a new class of super-hydrophobic cotton composite with Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) that promise marine oil-spill clean-up in near future. This is a…
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Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, Prof. K Vijay Raghavan has called for reforms in the space of ease of doing science, regulation, university functioning in research, and industry-academia linkages and stressed the need to…
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In a rare discovery, researchers have found evidence of a new species of an extinct group of sharks called hybodont from the deserts of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.  They found the teeth of the shark species in ancient rocks that were dated…
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