Team DP

Seventeen startups and five student innovators have been declared winners in this year’s National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC).  Now in its 5th year, the competition is an annual showcase of promising business ideas with…
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Indigenous peoples, rural women, youth, nomadic pastoralists, and local communities are the changemakers in ecosystem restoration and conservation. That was one of the important findings from the 2021 Asia Land Forum, organised by the…
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Bones are mostly made of a protein called collagen and a mineral called Calcium Phosphate. Collagen forms a soft framework and Calcium Phosphate hardens it, giving it strength. Bones are one of the organs that have tremendous potential for…
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The important role of using data to monitor the progress of securing land rights in Asia, particularly in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets and indicators, was reiterated at the opening day of the 2021 Asia…
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New Delhi, 26 Oct. (India Science Wire): Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)'s Hyderabad-based constituent laboratory Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has taken a new initiative that could help strengthen…
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P ygmy hogs are one of the rare and endangered animals listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and designated as a schedule 1 species under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is one of the very…
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A new laser-based clad coating technology has been developed that promises to help enhance the life of boilers used in thermal power plants by two to three times compared to currently used surfacing technologies. Laser cladding is a…
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The Department of Biotechnology’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has set up a national facility to specifically address the commercialization gaps faced by the developers of microfluidics technologies and medical…
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A new study has found that the waters of River Cauvery in south India are polluted by a range of emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and…
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As part of an effort to boost the research ecosystem at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, the Central Research Facility (CRF) was established in the year 2011, where all the central facilities were brought under a single…
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