By Jyoti Singh (Twitter handle:@ashajyoti11) New Delhi, September 19 : Heavy school bags are always a problem for school children. A group of Indian researchers has now redesigned school bag pack so that it can reduce the load on spine Read More …
Category: Science&Tech
Cyclone-30 Became Operational at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
Cyclone-30, the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application became operational in September 2018 when 30 MeV beam reached the Faraday Cup for the first time in the second week. Cyclotrons are used to produce radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic Read More …
How air pollution is adding to India’s diabetes burden
Feature By Raghu Murtugudde Mumbai, September 18 : The ill-effects of air pollution on human health have been reported extensively. Some estimates attribute nearly one fourth of all deaths in India to air pollution, particularly exposure to particulate matter smaller Read More …
New approach can help make better titanium alloy for implants
By Ratneshwar Thakur (Twitter handle: @ratnesh_thakur) New Delhi September 14 : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have proposed a new approach for developing orthopedic implants with better ability to bond with the bone. Currently, orthopedic Read More …
Better lithium ion batteries on the cards
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter: @ndpsr) New Delhi, September 14 : A team of scientists at India Institute of Technology (IIT),Hyderabad, has developed a set of new electrodes that promise to help produce lithium ion batteries with higher energy Read More …
Avalanche forecasting, public awareness can save lives
By Rayies Altaf (Twitter handle: @rayies_sts) Srinagar, September 13 : The majestic mountains in the Himalayas, besides being abode of ice, snow and freshwater, are also hotbeds of natural calamities and disasters like earthquakes, flash floods, landslides and snow Read More …
Heart disease, stroke among top killers in India
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, September 12 : India has witnessed an alarming rise in the occurrence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancers in the past 25 years, a series of new studies published Read More …
Apsara – U Reactor Becomes Operational at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Nearly 62 years after Apsara research reactor came into existence, a swimming pool type research reactor “Apsara-upgraded”, of higher capacity was born at Trombay on September 10, 2018 at 18:41 hrs. The reactor, made indigenously, uses plate type dispersion fuel Read More …
From hypertension to cancers –alarm bells ringing in India’s tribal belts
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, September 7 : Diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancers are often dubbed lifestyle diseases and seen largely as problems of city folks. A new investigation into tribal health has revealed that Read More …
Rare basalt columns found in village in Kolhapur
By Dr Ravi Mishra (Twitter handle: @Ravimishra1970) Vasco-Da-Gama (Goa), September 6 : Deccan traps are one of the largest volcanic features on the earth. Polygonal patterns and columnar joints in basaltic rocks are the most fascinating structures for geologists Read More …
Subsidies on irrigation efficiency may have negative impact on water use
Feature By Raghu Murtugudde Mumbai, September 5 : A new study has pointed out that increased irrigation efficiency does not translate into more water availability for other uses at the watershed level. The subsidies for increasing irrigation efficiency are intended Read More …
Study finds gaps in publicly funded dialysis programme
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, September 4 : Incidence of chronic kidney disease is risingrapidly India. It is ranked as the ninth leading cause of death in India as per the estimates made by a global study Read More …
New migrant pest threatens major crops
By Kollegala Sharma (Twitter handle: @kollegala) Mysuru, September 4 : A new migrant insect that can potentially cause losses to dozens of crops has been found in Karnataka. The pest has been damaging maize plants in certain parts of the Read More …
Cutting on rock salt, fluoride toothpastes can help tackle anaemia: study
By Sarah Iqbal Bengaluru, August 31 : For several decades, India has been trying to reduce the health burden due toanaemia. This condition is known to be a result of insufficient red blood cell and low haemoglobin productionin the Read More …
Kashmir’s Dal Lake harbours bacteria that can degrade pesticides
By Rayies Altaf (Twitter handle: @rayies_sts) Srinagar, August 31 : The Dal Lake and other wetlands of Kashmir are famous for their natural beauty and play a key environmental role. Now scientists have found that this eco-system also harbours certain Read More …