Know about SERB New Delhi, Feb. 08: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), an autonomous body of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, has invited applications under ‘ABHYAAS’, a program of ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme, for the summer season. In a recent notification, …
Read More »Nature-inspired technique to help turn seawater into freshwater
Climate change & Growing population pose a major global challenge in terms of water availability in the coming times New Delhi, Nov 18: Efforts to develop more efficient desalination techniques for converting seawater into freshwater are slated to get a major boost with researchers gaining new insights into the molecular …
Read More »Researchers develop a new compound to treat Autism
New Delhi, Nov 17: A group of Indian researchers has developed a compound that promises to offer a better treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. They have found in studies with a mouse model that it had the potential to improve daily activities like learning and recollecting new tasks in patients …
Read More »Teen from India calls for clean energy at COP26 meet
New Delhi, Nov 12: A 15-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu had exhorted the world to move towards clean energy during the recently concluded 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Glasgow, Scotland. “I am not here to speak about the future, I am …
Read More »Indian astronomers evolve a new method to study the environment of exoplanets
New Delhi, Nov 09: A team of Indian astronomers have evolved\ a new method to understand the atmosphere of extrasolar planets. They have shown that the planets going around stars other than the Sun can also be studied by observing the polarization of light and studying polarisation signatures or variations …
Read More »New algorithm boosts the energy efficiency of wireless network
New Delhi, 28th Aug 2021: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Monash University, Australia, has developed a new algorithm that identifies the right amount of power level, enhancing the energy efficiency of a Radio Frequency (RF)-energy harvesting network. The algorithm, in this study, …
Read More »A new statistical model to predict summer temperatures and Climate anomalies
New Delhi, July 21st 2021: Research groups from all over the world are involved in developing models for climate prediction in different time (months/years) and spatial (regional/global) scales using known data from past and scientific understanding about the physical and dynamic processes of climate evolution. Recently, researchers at the Indian …
Read More »Here is how institutions may address gender disparity in Physics
New Delhi, 09 March (By Jyoti Singh): The gender disparity in the sciences impacts scientific productivity and excellence. The physics profession has among the largest gender gaps. The fraction of women with PhDs in physics who are employed in tertiary education countrywide is just 20%, which is far less than …
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