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NIT Rourkela develops hybrid microgrid to manage renewable energy flow

Arnab Ghosh, assistant professor at NIT Rourkela said the primary objective of the research is to reduce reliance on fossil fuel reserves and supply power to remote regions not covered by the main grid.
Updated on Oct 24, 2025 04:41 pm IST

Gautam Buddha University launches 10-day research methodology course

The research methodology course was inaugurated on December 3, 2024 in presence of distinguished guests.
Published on Dec 04, 2024 03:55 pm IST

Elsevier study highlights perspective of Indian researchers amid global changes

Elsevier, Economist Impact join hands to come up with the unique ‘Confidence in Research: Researchers in the spotlight’ report highlighting the perspective of Indian researchers amid global changes. (Unsplash/Representative image)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 09:28 am IST

UK researchers' call to save unidentified plants, fungi species

A picture from the Royal Botanic Gardens in UK
Published on Oct 10, 2023 03:57 pm IST

Can earthquakes be predicted? Dutch scientist's forecast of Oct 3 Nepal quake

There were four earthquakes including a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that was even felt 400-500km from the epicentre in Nepal (X/NCS_Earthquake)
Published on Oct 09, 2023 02:12 pm IST

UK parliament researcher arrested for China spying: Report

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions, at the House of Commons in London, Britain September 6.
Published on Sept 10, 2023 02:25 am IST

‘Voice of the downtrodden’ passes away

Hari Narke, former head of Mahatma Phule Chair at the Savitribai Phule University of Pune.
Updated on Aug 10, 2023 11:36 am IST

Chinese national arrested in Japan over alleged tech information leak

Last year, Washington imposed restrictions on China's access to high-end chips and chip-making equipment
Published on Jun 15, 2023 05:47 pm IST

Minecraft Discord server leaks sensitive US documents on Ukraine war

In a bizarre turn of events, sensitive documents containing information on the United States’ strategies in supporting Ukraine against Russia were spotted on the gaming platform, where players gather to discuss the popular video game Minecraft.
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 06:42 pm IST

Should you put your inner child to bed? Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

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Steve Carell as Michael Scott, in The Office (US). Left unresolved for too long, inner-child issues can manifest as extreme immaturity, petulance, a desperation to be liked.
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 02:10 pm IST

Endless interview process?Appeal to a hire power

At the legendary Runway magazine from The Devil Wears Prada (2006), even hiring a second assistant to the editor calls for a pre-interview and a screening. By act three, it still goes alarmingly wrong. (FOX2000)
Updated on Jul 24, 2023 06:24 pm IST

IISER Bhopal team develops organic polymers to remove micropollutants from water

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal (IISERB) have developed organic polymers which can remove highly polar organic micropollutants (POMs) from water and render it safe for consumption. (Representational image)
Published on Feb 15, 2022 04:22 pm IST

IISER Bhopal researchers unravel the genome of turmeric

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal claim to have sequenced the genome of the turmeric plant for the first time in the world.
Published on Dec 09, 2021 03:44 pm IST

DST launches schemes for women scientists, researchers in science and engineering

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday launched the SERB– POWER schemes.
Published on Oct 29, 2020 08:06 pm IST

Cheaper, quicker kit can help in scaling up testing: Researcher

Covid-19 patients perform yoga at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital, in New Delhi on Monday.
Published on Sept 22, 2020 08:54 am IST

Vice President urges researchers to come up with innovations to solve farmers’ problems

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
Published on Aug 18, 2020 06:29 pm IST

Researchers at IIT Hyderabad ‘develop’ low-cost test kit that can detect Covid-19 within 20 minutes

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. (iith.ac.in)
Published on Jun 06, 2020 08:21 pm IST

Lockdown made Delhi’s poor poorer, but led to behavioural change, say researchers

In this Sunday, May 10, 2020, photo, migrants laborers hailing from Uttar Pradesh state with their families trying to return to their villages walk towards a bus terminus in New Delhi.
Updated on May 16, 2020 07:03 pm IST

Mental health consequences of physical distancing decoded by researchers

Scientists, including those from Boston University School of Public Health in the US, said large-scale disasters, whether traumatic such as mass shootings, natural phenomena like hurricanes, or environmental disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, are almost always accompanied by increases in depression.
Updated on Apr 12, 2020 06:46 pm IST

Coronavirus update- TB vaccine in childhood may offer Covid-19 protection: Researchers

A scientist conducts research on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus Covid-19 at the laboratories of RNA medicines company Arcturus Therapeutics in San Diego, California, US.
Updated on Mar 31, 2020 08:14 pm IST

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Updated on Feb 10, 2020 10:40 pm IST

Policy to make researchers popularise science among students: Official

These initiatives have been taken to promote science in the country where there is dearth of researchers. (Representational image)
Published on Jan 06, 2020 09:48 am IST

Indian-origin researcher wins award for work on batteries

By focusing on electrochemical reactions in batteries, Dr Sharma aims to better understand how electrode composition, and structure at the atomic level, influence performance.
Published on Nov 01, 2019 03:47 pm IST

Vegetarian diets not always the most climate-friendly, researchers say

Scientists found that diets in which meat, fish or dairy products were consumed only once a day would leave less of a footprint on climate change and water supplies than a vegetarian diet including milk and eggs, in 95% of countries they analysed.
Updated on Sept 17, 2019 12:55 pm IST

Researchers have developed a ‘chameleon skin’ that changes colour

Researchers have developed artificial ‘chameleon skin’ that changes colour when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active camouflage and large-scale dynamic displays.
Updated on Aug 24, 2019 12:44 pm IST

Researchers uncover how bad cholesterol enters the walls of artery

A recent study reveals how bad cholesterol enters the artery leading to narrowing of the blood formation due to plaque.
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 01:21 pm IST

Stress in couples during conception could be a likely cause of Down syndrome, says researcher in Pune

(Left to right) Shweta Ranka and Surekha Ramachandran, founder Down Syndrome Federation of India, at hotel Deccan Rendezvous on Tuesday.
Updated on May 30, 2018 04:26 pm IST

Researchers at IIT-Madras make dressing material that heals wounds faster

Animal trials in rats by IIT-M researchers show that the dressing heals wounds almost a week faster.
Published on May 07, 2018 11:36 pm IST