Harvesting electricity from vibrations
New Delhi: A team of scientists has fabricated a simple, cost-effective, bio-compatible, nanogenerator that can generate electricity from mere vibrations for use in optoelectronics, self-powered...
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Molten iron’s properties determined by its cooling period
New Delhi: Cast iron, an alloy of iron with carbon, is widely used for making machine and automobile parts. In its liquid form, it flows...
Indian journal PMBP enters the top quartile of global research journals for the first time
An international scientific journal of Indian origin, ‘Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants’ (PMBP) has recently entered the top quartile of all plant science journals...
Indian scientists pin down mechanism behind lithium production in low mass Red Clump Stars
New Delhi: Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have pinned down the mechanism behind the lithium production in low mass Red Clump Stars. The...
“Nitrogen pollution restricts the safe margin for other environmental issues”
New Delhi: Humanity’s failure to stop nitrogen pollution could limit the safe operating margin for many other issues facing our planet earth, say scientists. This...
Scientists discover new species of African Violet plant in Mizoram
New Delhi: Researchers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have discovered a new species of plant belonging to the African Violets...
Nature experience helps to overcome distractions and build focus: Study
New Delhi: In our present day, most of us are spending more than 90% of our time indoors- most of it in front of TV,...
Mars and Moon to play hide and seek on April 17, 2021
New Delhi : Mars is about to perform a vanishing act on April 17, Saturday, in the evening sky, at about Sunset time. It will...
IIIT-Delhi to develop method to predict collision from space debris
New Delhi: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT)-Delhi receives research funding from National Super Computing Mission (NSM) under HPC Applications to work on the project...
Self-propelled vehicle can replace manual railway track scavenging
New Delhi: A self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle may soon replace manual scavenging and cleaning that is still practiced to remove human waste lying on...