Giant Viruses found in water samples from Mumbai

No cause to worry; all viruses are not disease causing

This glowing sensor can sniff out explosives

Who cares for India today

IIT Madras scientist to improve algorithms in lattice cryptography

Lattice cryptography is an emerging technology for secret keeping

Giant leap to view materials — one atom at a time

national facility for Atom Probe Tomography has been established at IIT Madras

A friendly graphene

It can widen the use of nanotechnology in healthcare

Water from sun

Irrigation does more than deplete groundwater, it changes climate too

More measured irrigation can help conserve water, suggests author of new study

Silk route to healthy joints

Scientists grow cartilage tissue from silkworm protein

Ousted by an IIT

Women engineers come to the forefront

Prime numbers, cicadas, online classes: How a lecturer brought them together in IIT-Bombay

Some cicada species mass-reproduce only at a prime-numbered gap

Slow downloads, dropped calls? Integration of mobile networks with Wi-Fi may be the answer

Proposed architecture can also be used for high data applications in future

Heated debate

Energy in news on April 11

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Vitamin C used to assemble gold, silver and platinum nanoparticles

Nanoparticles make bone implant long lasting

Bone again

Joshimath sinking: Over 50% of Joshimath high-risk area, finds IIT-Roorkee

Part 4: A team from institute conducted tests at 12 locations around Joshimath to find cause for land subsidence

A nano cure for cancer

Early detection made possible

Know as it pains

iSens diagnoses heart attack in less than 10 minutes

Culprit iron in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

Ganga in IITs’ care

Ramesh dumps international consultants for a basin conservation plan

CNG-run cabs for Bombay

Endosulfan may finally have a destroyer