Rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment best options for Bengaluru: T V Ramachandra

The IISc professor who famously ‘saw the future of Bengaluru’ a decade ago, speaks to Down To Earth about where the city went wrong …

Scientists discover two species of few-electron bubbles in superfluid helium

The FEBs can serve as a useful model to study how the energy states of electrons and interactions between them in a material influence its properties

IISc researchers devise new wastewater recycling system

The new wastewater treatment and recycling system has saved 180,000 litres in a Karnataka village in a year

Researchers develop helix-hairpin miniproteins for inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection

The artificial peptides can block entry, reduce effect of viruses like SARS-CoV-2

Roots of water scarcity

Contrary to popular belief, afforestation programmes that blindly plant trees in the hope of conserving water only end up consuming more water

Snakebite: Researchers purify commercial Indian antivenoms, find them more potent

Snakebites are classified as a ‘neglected tropical disease’ by the World Health Organization

India has lost its way on open access

New Delhi’s focus on striking a deal with the scientific publishing  industry ignores the true spirit of open access and knowledge sharing

MGNREGA could also help India sequester carbon: Study

MGNREGA may have helped capture a total carbon of 102 million tonnes equivalent in 2017-18 through plantations and soil quality improvement works,…

SERB calls for applications under ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme

Accelerate Vigyan strives to provide a big push to high-end scientific research, prepare scientific workforce

New air filter technology found to deactivate over 99% of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

Innovative antimicrobial air filter uses ingredients found in green tea