Indian scientists to gain as India becomes Associate member state of CERN
India became an Associate member of CERN on January 16, 2017 with the Indian government completing its internal approval procedures in
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India’s white list to curb researchers from publishing in predatory journals
In a bid to tackle the growing menace of researchers publishing in predatory journals, the University Grants Commission notified on January
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India should show sustained commitment to science: Venki Ramakrishnan
In an hour-long interview, Nobel Laureate Prof. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society, who called the Indian Science Congress
Read MoreA hand-held, 20 cents paper centrifuge can revolutionise global health
Manu Prakash, Stanford University professor who had earlier built the less than a dollar foldscope — a paper microscope that
Read MoreIIT Gandhinagar: Changing rainfall pattern results in groundwater deficit in north India
The groundwater level in north India declined at a rate of 2 cm per year during the period 2002-2013, while
Read MoreIIT Bombay: Urbanisation has not led to hotter summer days for many Indian cities
Contrary to common notion, a “majority” of 84 cities across India, particularly those in central India and Gangetic Basin, have
Read MoreIndian researchers’ novel approach to early diagnosis of retinal diseases
Early diagnosis of certain eye diseases and studying the early progression of the diseases has now become possible, thanks to
Read MoreIIT Madras develops a novel electrode material for lithium batteries
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been able to enhance the capacity retention
Read MoreIIT Guwahati: A thumb imprint is enough to detect jaundice
Now, a thumb imprint is all that is required for detecting hyperbilirubinemia, a condition in which the amount of bilirubin
Read MoreA woman scientist nominated for the Swarnajayanti fellowship award
Dr. Jyotirmayee Dash, Associate Professor at the Department of Organic chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata
Read More‘There is no session on science and spirituality at the Indian Science Congress’
“There is no session on ‘Science and spirituality’ in the 104th Indian Science Congress being held in Tirupati,” D. Narayana
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Science communication: ‘There is a huge price to pay when scientists remain in a cocoon’
Altmetric, a non-traditional alternative to impact-factor, measures the attention that research papers published in journals get from mainstream news outlets
Read MoreDrug discovery for GPCR signalling made easy by IIT Kanpur researchers
Discovering new drugs that bind to G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs), which are central to almost every physiological process in our
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