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According to the Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, CSIR scientists have developed Less Polluting Firecrackers which are not only environment friendly but 15-20 % cheaper than the conventional ones. Read More …
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, October 24 : At any given point, the national capital has about 5.57 lakh tons of municipal solid waste illegally dumped on the roadside or in open plots. This is 62 times Read More …
Image: Dr.Biman B. Mandaland Dr.Manishekhar Kumar By Ratneshwar Thakur (Twitter handle: @ratnesh_thakur) New Delhi October 22 : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed an injectable gel using silk proteins to deliver insulin producing cells needed to Read More …
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ,Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” with Trade name “OneerTM” which was transferred to Bluebird Water Purifiers, New Delhi in the presence of Read More …
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi October 19 : Indian farmers usually do not wear any protective gear while spraying chemicals in fields. This exposes them to harmful toxics contained in pesticides, causing severe health impacts and even Read More …
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle:@ndpsr) New Delhi, October 18 : Scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) have developed a technology for disinfecting water that promises to provide safe and clean Read More …
By S Suresh Ramanan (Twitter handle: @sureshramanan01) Jammu, October 17 :More than seven lakh hectares is under rubber tree plantation in India. Currently, rubber growers are facing difficult times with decline in rubber prices, reduced returns and high labour Read More …
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter handle: @ashajyoti11) New Delhi, October 16 : Smart cervical collar, assistive spectacles for the deaf with voice-to-text conversion and display feature, shock absorbing stretcher. These are among 21 ideas that have been selected for the IGNITE 2018 Read More …
Dr Swati Subodh (Twitter handle: @swatisubodh) New Delhi, October 12 : Age and disease demographics are changing rapidly across the globe. The number of people above 65 years is expected to double and constitute nearly 17% of the world population by Read More …
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, October 10: A new analysis by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) – India’s official timekeeper – has supported long standing demand for a separate time zone for eastern states – Assam, Read More …
By Rayies Altaf (Twitter handle: @rayies_sts) New Delhi, October 9: A team of researchers has developed an ultrasonic sensor-based automatic spraying system that promises to cut down on the use of pesticides in orchards. The sprayer, which can be mounted Read More …
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter handle: @ashajyoti11) Lucknow, October 8: A cost-effective, cloud-enabled device for diabetes care, an obstacle avoiding robot, a weed that can be used to make useful items and many more. These are some of the ideas and Read More …
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan Lucknow, October 7: In their quest to find new drugs to treat cancer, scientists are looking to old drugs and trying to repurpose them. A team of researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Read More …
By Umashankar Mishra (Twitter handle: @usm_1984) Agartala, October 6: Sarupa, a resident of Janki Bazar in remote Hailakandi district of Assam, was happy as her team got first place in Sci-Connect 2018, a science competition for children in the north-eastern Read More …
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter handle: @ashajyoti11) Lucknow, October 6 : The second day of the India International Science Festival (IISF) evoked huge response from students, young researchers, teachers and the scientific community. Speakers in different sessions discussed ways of connecting Read More …