IISER Pune makes novel anode for next-generation batteries in electric vehicles
Research at IISER Pune have synthesised a new type of anode material that offers promise of a battery that can
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Decreased dust aerosol leads to reduced rainfall over north India
Even as aerosol loading is increasing at a rate of 3% annually, the quantum of dust aerosol over north India
Read MoreWomen in Kerala live 10 years longer than women in Uttar Pradesh
The first comprehensive analysis of the health of India’s 1.34 billion citizens has been published on November 14 in The
Read MoreAt 2.51 million, India ranks number one in pollution deaths
Pollution has been responsible for most non-communicable disease deaths — heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). With 2.51
Read MoreKolkata scientists use fungus to remove toxic chromium from tannery waste
The heat dried fungal biomass adsorbs toxic hexavalent chromium from untreated tannery waste and converts it into non-toxic trivalent chromium
Read MoreIIT Guwahati team mimics nature to keep surfaces oil-free in water
By tweaking the composition, the researchers were able to make the coating highly oil-absorbing as well. Inspired by fish scales
Read MoreAntarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
Hinrich Schaefer, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric The fossil fuel industry is a larger contributor to atmospheric methane levels
Read MoreIISER Thiruvananthapuram: Scooping out marine oil spills is now possible
The sorbent is able to absorb and congeal 16 times its own weight of oil. More efficient and quick absorption
Read MoreAs another smog season looms, India must act soon to keep Delhi from gasping
Vijay Koul, CSIRO “Smog chokes Delhi”, declared the the New York Times on November 7, 2016, informing readers around the
Read MoreAir pollutants reduce India’s solar power generation by 17%
In India, particulate matter deposited on solar panels and present in the ambient air is responsible for about 17% reduction
Read MoreWith 18 million tonnes, a remote island turns into plastic junkyard
The beaches of Henderson Island, an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean about 5,000 km away from the nearest
Read MoreEuro VI diesel emission norms can avert nearly 174,000 premature deaths
Despite tighter nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission norms for diesel cars, buses and trucks in several countries, the actual amount of
Read MoreSoon, plastic can be biodegraded more efficiently
Polyethylene, which is a widely used plastic and the toughest to be degraded, has met its match. Larvae of wax
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