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A Science and Technology Blog

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Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Month: September 2016

FoodHealthResearchScience

IISc develops a handheld device to detect melamine in milk

Detecting melamine in milk has become extremely easy, quick and inexpensive thanks to a handheld melamine detector developed by researchers

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NanotechnologyResearch

Chennai researchers’ simple approach to produce graphene nanosheets

By using a simple, inexpensive, quick process researchers from the University of Madras have been able to produce a monolayer

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DengueDiabetesDiagnosticsResearchScience

IIT Madras develops a cheaper, lab-on-a-chip diagnostic device

A simple, self-powered, lab-on-a-chip device that could enable diagnoses of several diseases, which is both affordable and accessible even in

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HealthMedicineResearch

IISc researchers find a novel, cheaper way to prevent sepsis

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have demonstrated a cheap and efficacious way of neutralising bacterial endotoxins

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BatteryResearchScience

Pune researchers use bagasse to produce anode-grade carbon for Li-ion batteries

Now, researchers from Pune’s National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have used a

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Drinking waterResearchScience

IIT Madras scientists’ cheaper solution to make brackish water potable

It may soon become possible to convert brackish water into drinking water at about 12 paisa per litre right on

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ResearchScience

IIT Hyderabad develops sanitary napkins that absorb better

Sanitary napkins which have greater absorption capacity than commercially available ones and can be safely disposed owing to their biodegradable

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ResearchScience

Pune researchers close to making cheaper, more efficient fuel cells

Researchers from Pune’s Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) have come one step

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HealthMalariaMedicineNaturePublic HealthResearchScience

A novel compound prevents, cures malaria

In a pathbreaking discovery, scientists from New Delhi’s International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Broad Institute of MIT and

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EditorialISROSpace

ISRO makes India proud again

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) crossed an important milestone with the successful launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR using a Geosynchronous

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HealthRare genetic diseaseResearchScience

Indian researchers turn to zebrafish to study microvillus inclusion disease

Indian researchers have finally found an ideal animal model to study microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) that may affect children born

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ResearchScience

Indian researchers use bacteria to power a tiny engine

Researchers from Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) achieved a

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Nobel PrizeResearchScience

Nobel Laureates to attend Nobel Prize Series in Gujarat in January 2017

The Nobel Prize Series has launched a long-term India programme to stimulate students’ creative thinking and engagement in science. A

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