Study can help design efficient artificial leaves, fuel cells, and other systems that mimic photosynthesis. Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
She doesn’t chase credit, says a retired colleague of Latha, who days ago put up a post crediting Indian Railways & ‘unsung heroes’ for success of Chenab Rail Bridge.
IISc’s Aloke Kumar has led groundbreaking research around space habitation. In 2020, his lab developed ‘space bricks’ using lunar and Martian soil, bacteria and urea.
Rajeswari Chatterjee wanted to pursue a PhD in the US, no small dream at the time. Every time she met a hurdle in the path, she merely shifted course, never straying from her goal.
Genome India project was launched in 2020, completed in February last year. A total of 10,000 genome samples across diverse sections of Indian society were collected.
Once mentor to Oppenheimer, Born, who fled Nazi Germany, came to India on CV Raman's invitation. The bungalow he lived in when he taught at IISc now houses the university's registrar.
Study conducted by BiasWatchIndia published on preprint repository bioRxiv. Findings suggest women’s representation low in top-ranked STEM institutes like IISc, IITs.
Scientists from Indian Institute of Sciences & Japan's Niigata University say this explain how glacial period gave way to 2nd oxygenation event. Study published in Precambrian Research.
While IIT-B jumped 23 positions from last yr to rank 149 this yr, IISc, which had ranked 147 in 2016 list & 155 last yr, slipped to 255th spot in Quacquarelli Symonds World Rankings 2024.
Ecologist Farah Ishtiaq and her team are tracking viruses and diseases through Bangalore's underbelly. Their wastewater-based epidemiology project is catching attention.
Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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