A new study has found that the probability of attack by kites, birds of prey that inhabit urban areas, increases in neighborhoods where human population is high and conditions are unhygienic. The birds also get more aggressive when they have eggs in their nests.
Researchers have revealed the regulatory role of a protein in the process of cell cycle progression and separation of newly formed mammalian cells. This study may help to understand uncontrolled cell division related cues because many regulatory proteins of the cell cycle, such as the one that reported in this study, are mutated in cancer cells.
A startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology- Hyderabad has developed a device that promises to offer considerably better rehabilitation for those suffering from impaired upper arm movement due to different conditions ranging from fractures and frozen shoulders to traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and brain stroke
A group of 25 school students from different parts of the country is all set to go to the United States of America to compete in a global science and engineering competition organised by Intel
Climate change and global warming is a challenge across the globe. To bring this issue to common people, a radio serial named ‘Whispers of Wind’ has been developed. The series has 52 episodes and has been produced by Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, and All India Radio.
Indian scientists have discovered a hitherto unknown effect of the tropical weather phenomenon known as Madden-Julian Oscillation, which plays an important role in determining the fate of Indian summer monsoon
An international research team including Dr. Surhud More and Dr. Anupreeta More from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune has ruled out the possibility of primordial black holes being a major constituent of Dark matter. This finding disproves a theoretical claim of Prof Stephen Hawking
A large number of healthy looking urban Indians are suffering from vitamin deficiency, a new study from National Institute of Nutrition has revealed
During May 2018, the national capital region and parts of North India were lashed by three strong dust storms in quick succession. In addition to widespread damage they caused to property and human life, these storms affected changes in air quality and atmospheric chemistry which may be harmful to human health, a new study has reported.
Scientists from Nagaland University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have studied the history and evolution of smelting in Wui village of Tuensang district of Nagaland. The village is well known for its traditional art of iron-smelting and iron tool production since pre-colonial times.
Every culture has stories of vampires and magical creatures that regain their youth by drinking the blood of their companion who in turn becomes old and wizened. Life imitates art, and sometimes on a celestial scale. Using AstroSat, India's dedicated space observatory, scientists have discovered that something similar was behind the prolonged youth of a star in the sky
A new study has found that expansion of protected areas in the Western Ghats has not helped the lot of Dhole, commonly known as the Asiatic wild dog, even while enabling the recovery of populations of tigers and other big carnivores
Factors like temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture affect the distribution and growth of vegetation. A study of these factors has shown that forest and croplands in two-thirds of river basins across India do not have the potential to cope with extreme climatic events such as drought
Gandhi believed that excessive eating, too frequent meals and overindulgence of concentrated starches and sugars were unhealthy and caused diseases. He suggested avoiding sweets as much as possible and consuming jaggery in small quantities
Flexible electronics is making possible tiny gadgets for a variety of applications such as wearable devices and strip thermometers. But circuits inside them are prone to breakage if such flexible electronic devices are bent in different directions over a period of time. A new technique developed by a group of Indian and British researchers promises to overcome this problem
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur explored the possibility of nutrient management as a way to sustain wheat productivity even at higher concentrations of carbon dioxide
India is a leading player in nanotechnology research globally. To facilitate research in this sector, a national facility for Atom Probe Tomography has been established at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in partnership with several other institutes
Imagine walking at dusk under a blue sky that is gradually turning black. Twinkling stars are beginning to appear here and there. And suddenly you discover new star dazzling that was not there the previous night. Could it be Venus or perhaps a comet?
The performance of players and match analysis of the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL) will be based on new metrics that uses data science to analyze cricket
Tibetan plateau is believed to have been formed due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates 50 million years ago. But a new study has now suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys – topography and climate good enough for subtropical plants to grow
Just imagine taking two extremely ultra-thin materials with different properties and placing one on top of the other, and obtaining a new material with hybrid properties. This is what an international group of researchers have done with two atomic level semiconductor materials and have got a new material whose properties are not only hybrid but also tunable
Antibiotic resistance appears to be spreading in the environment. A new study has found a large number of bacteria which are resistant to commonly used antibiotics in stretches of river Ganga
Protection of coral cover along the existing protected marine areas in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is necessary for the conservation of the endangered bumphead parrotfish, a new study has suggested
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is all set to ramp up its research and development activities with the acquisition of a 1.3 petaflop high power computing facility and a data centre under the National Supercomputing Mission
Indian scientists have developed a common framework for the assessment of climate change vulnerability in all the states in the Himalayan region
Genetic studies, in recent years, have traced the origins of the majority of population groups in the Indian sub-continent to two ancestral populations– Ancestral North Indian and Ancestral South Indian. At the same time, it is seen that the sizeable population group of Mundas in central and northeast India shares genetic ancestry with Southeast Asian populations as well
Hitting two birds with one stone, a group of Indian scientists has come up with a new process which promises to help utilize black carbon soot, which is a major air pollutant, for treating industrial waste containing highly poisonous organic dyes
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad and the University of Hyderabad have shown that graphene can be made magnetic with the control on electric field and temperature. They have shown this in single layer zigzag graphene nanoribbons.
Involving local communities and protecting their livelihoods may be a better strategy for conservation of snow leopards, a new study has found. Snow leopards are apex predators in the alpine ecosystem. Its conservation is critical for saving other species like Asiatic Ibex, Tibetan Argali, Ladakh Urial, Chiru, Takin, Serow and Musk Deer. However, snow leopard […]
Marking the International Women’s Day, researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) today launched a roll on that could be used for relieving pain during mensuration
The Indian multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat launched in September 2015 continues to yield exciting results. Using this observatory, astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified a new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808
Artificial intelligence is finding new applications in a range of fields. Now researchers from India and Canada have developed a machine learning-based tool that can diagnose schizophrenia with high accuracy
As part of an exercise to leverage scientific research for societal benefits, the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council have taken up nine mission mode projects in areas ranging from biodiversity to artificial intelligence
The Centre for Ecological Sciences at Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science has launched an online database of peer-reviewed information on over 10,000 plant species in peninsular India
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi have developed a Braille laptop called DotBook, which can be useful for the visually impaired
The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the March to May season averaged temperatures are likely to be above normal over the southern part of the west coast and some areas in north-west and north-east India
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, today stressed the need for science, technology and innovation to be connected with the aspirations and requirements of society and said scientific institutions must be aligned with future needs and seek solutions for local problems
Marking the National Science Day, the Ministry of Science and Technology today presented awards to 10 science communicators from different parts of the country with the National Science and Technology communication awards for 2018
Minister for science and technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday announced new missions in five important areas including antibacterial resistance, fortified crops and affordable vaccines for endemic diseases
The excessive amounts of human waste and toxic effluents that find their way into the Ganga river are not only polluting the water but also causing a deficit of dissolved oxygen in the riverbeds in some of the most polluted stretches of the river, a new study has found
Four young scientists selected in the national level competition - Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research - will be awarded on the occasion of National Science Day on 28th February
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and engineers from Pune-based Thermax have joined hands to set up a pilot plant for producing methanol from high-ash content Indian coal
Dr. Divya Karnad, a marine biologist working on shark conservation, has been chosen for a global award to work on such holistic conservation programme.
The participation of Indian women in scientific publishing is growing in certain fields like mathematics, economics, obstetrics, gynecology, and dentistry
Indian researchers have identified three drug target sites in the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae, paving the way for developing newer drugs to treat Pneumococcal diseases
Early detection of diabetes may become possible with a new sensor developed by Indian scientists to detect low levels of Retinol Binding Protein 4, a biomarker for early diabetes
Indian researchers have figured out how fungus Tilletia indica, which causes the Karnal Bunt disease in wheat, infects the crop. This may help them find a possible solution to the problem
If India wants to catch up with China and other countries in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence it will have to make huge investments in developing all enabling technologies and necessary eco-system, and also develop a framework for ethics and standards in AI
Sixty school students from different parts of the country were conferred innovation awards under the INSPIRE Awards – MANAK programme at the conclusion of the seventh National Level Exhibition and Project Competition of the programme here today
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka have now found that merely using a correction pen can help overcome the challenges associated with using paper in diagnostic tests
A study involving close monitoring of elephants on daily basis for two years in Karnataka has concluded that landscape-level management is necessary for mitigating human-elephant conflicts
A new study on ice thickness of glaciers has estimated that glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayas might contain 27% less ice than previously suggested
Scientists have found that nanoparticles of selenium, an essential micronutrient, can be used as an antibacterial agent
China and India – two economic powerhouses of Asia – are contributing significantly to the greening of the planet, a new global study released on Monday has found
Researchers at Madurai Kamaraj University have developed a technique that promises to quicken the process of production of L-asparaginase, an enzyme used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
The Indian Council of Medical Research is all set to launch a pilot project named Mission DELHI or Delhi Emergency Life Heart Attack Initiative.
A team of scientists at the Bengaluru-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have developed a new technique that promises to produce hydrogels that could be used for a variety of applications like cleaning of industrial wastewater
In their search for a possible treatment for Zika virus infection, a team of Indian researchers has identified a viral protein that can be targeted by an already available antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine
The apple line, which refers to the traditional apple growing areas in the Indian Himalayan Region, has been shifting to higher altitudes as temperature rises
A new study by an international group of researchers has found that the composition of a class of carbon-carrying aerosols in the haze changes as it travels from above the landmass to the oceans.
A scaffold made from silk protein fibroin and silver nanoparticles has been found to have antimicrobial properties and may have application as a biomaterial for implants
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar have synthesized a new compound that may help treat stomach infections caused by common bacteria, Helicobacter pylori
El Niño remains the largest climate phenomenon that occurs frequently producing droughts, floods, wildfires, dust and snow storms, fish kill, and even elevated risks of civil conflicts
The Department of Science and Technology today issued the much-awaited order hiking the emoluments of Research Fellows and Research Associates. The hikes range from 24 percent to 35 percent
Indian researchers have developed a biodegradable film using lotus stem starch, whey protein concentrate, and psyllium husk that has high structural integrity and low solubility
Despite rapid developments in medicine, early detection of neurodegenerative disorders remains a challenge. Now a group of Indian researchers has sought to apply Big Data analytics to hunt for early signatures of the Alzheimer’s.
A group of researchers has identified a missing element that is critical in the forecast of rainfall over central parts of India during the summer monsoon
Indian scientists have found a new function of a gene which is already known to play a role in neurological disorders
A team of Indian scientists has developed a new technique that promises to help produce bioactive dental filling materials which will take much lesser time for the formation of new bone tissues
India used to be dubbed as a country of snake charmers in jest decades ago, but few would know about the darker side of snakes – snakebites. An estimated 28 lakh cases of snakebites occur in India and about 50,000 Indians die due to snakebites every year. Yet it remains a neglected public health problem.
Nitrogen pollution is an emerging environmental problem linked with air pollution, biodiversity loss, pollution of rivers and seas and ozone depletion. The British government has announced a research project to study nitrogen pollution in India and South Asia
A new study by Australian and American researchers reported in journal Water Resources Research has confirmed that increased extreme rainfall events do not necessarily lead to increased floods
A recent study has found that unplanned developmental activities and land use are reducing the evergreen forest cover and perennial streams in the central region of the Western Ghats in India
A team of interdisciplinary scientists have come out with an online system that promises to substantially ease the process of planning and implementing micro-irrigation systems for agricultural fields
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad has developed a new technique that promises to help deploy high volume artificial neural networks on mobile phones and portable devices
A recent study has found that while most diabetics in the West are also overweight and obese, in India nearly 20 to 30 percent suffering from diabetes are non-obese and even some are lean.
A water-repelling, biodegradable material inspired by lotus leaves has been developed by a joint team of researchers from India, Switzerland and Italy
A new nanomaterial developed by a group of Indian scientists promises to overcome such difficulties and also make the process of reading latent fingerprints faster.
If you want to live healthily and also keep the planet healthy, the only way is to align your diets with what is good for us as well as the planet, a new study published in medical journal The Lancet on Thursday has concluded.
Two new science communication platforms – DD Science and India Science – were launched by Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan here today
Based on findings of their new research, scientists at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune have suggested that measuring levels of free albumin and albumin attached to glucose molecules in the blood can be a better diagnostic test for diabetes and help in its management.
Modern-day garbage dumps, which are full of harmful products and chemicals, are emerging as a serious threat to animal and plant life. A new study has found that these dumps are resulting in a shift in food habits of birds and wild animals.
A group of Indian researchers has found that a substance formed during the process of metabolism of berries and pomegranates in the human gut may help mitigate inflammatory bowel disease that afflicts millions of people globally
A new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru have found that the Salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root branches out from the plant’s primary root.
A team of researchers have unraveled the imprints of the sea level fluctuations and climate change that may have occurred along the coastal river of Saurashtra region in India’s west coast over the past 1.5 lakh years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called upon the scientific community to connect with people and commit themselves to address problems ranging from affordable healthcare and housing to clean air, water, energy and agricultural productivity
Marine biologists at the Cochin University of Science and Technology have found that a heavily fouling mussel growing in backwaters of Cochin harbor could be a foreigner species
A five-year study conducted in the Sundarbans region has found that raising water salinity level is threatening the habitat of Gangetic river dolphins
With threat perception of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction increasing, the Defense Research and Development Organization has developed a mobile facility to help provide immediate relief in case of any attack involving radioactive material
The 106th session India Science Congress underway here had a unique moment today when a time capsule containing 100 items representing India’s scientific prowess
As Punjab hosts India’s largest science outreach event this week – annual session of the Indian Science Congress at Phagwara – it is time to recall how the state played a pioneering role in connecting science with people a century ago
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have developed a simple paper kit that can test the freshness of milk and tell how well it has been pasteurized.
Scientists at New Delhi-based National Institute of Plant Genome Research have deciphered the critical role of a single gene - SlDEAD35 - in tomato plant whose expression controls its response to both heat stress and viral infection
Jalandhar city in Punjab is all set to host the 106th edition of the Indian Science Congress, which is beginning tomorrow and will go on until January 7
Involving Accredited Social Health Activists in the malaria eradication programme has proved to be fruitful in bringing down the number of malaria cases in Odisha.
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have developed a biosensor and a mobile app, which together can be used for bacterial detection
The year 2018 is ending with the spectacular success of Indian scientists and technologists in the space and defense sectors, with a series of high impact missions
A new genetic study has claimed that it is the Rors who came to the Indus Valley when it was flourishing during the Bronze Age and inducted West Eurasian genetic ancestry
The study done by lead author Joseph Jose Thottacherry shows that the CG endocytosis is intimately connected to membrane tension by sensing and responding to changes in membrane tension
Scribbled in black ink, about 130 unlabeled pages with mystifying mathematical equations that made no sense at the first glance was gathering the proverbial dust in a quiet corner in a box with assorted bills and letters at the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, for about fifty years, until accidentally chanced upon by Prof George Andrews of Pennsylvania State University one fine day in 1976.
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