June 10, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

June 10, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Soil pollution

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IIT Bombay’s bacteria preferentially degrade aromatic compounds

IIT Bombay researchers have used a unique strain of bacterium isolated from soil contaminated with petroleum products to selectively remove

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Podcast: Detecting organophosphoporus pesticides in apples and tomatoes

 Partha Mahata from Jadavpur University explains how the cadmium-based MOF synthesised by his team is capable of detecting organophosphoporus pesticides both in

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A simple way to detect organophosphoporus pesticides in tomatoes, apples

Researchers from Jadavpur University and Visva-Bharati University have synthesised a MOF that is capable of detecting organophosphoporus pesticides both in

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Bacteria isolated from domestic sewage remove organophosphorus pesticide

Researchers have used three bacteria species isolated from domestic sewage to remove chloropyrifos, an organophosphorous pesticide, from water and soil

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