April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Research

EnvironmentNanotechnologyPollutionResearchScience

Chennai researchers turn leather waste into electrode-grade carbon

Researchers at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Chennai have successfully converted leather solid waste (wet blue leather splits)

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Air pollutionEnvironmentGlobal warmingPollutionResearchScience

IIT Kanpur unravels brown carbon’s effect on atmospheric warming

The effect of biomass burning in increasing the atmospheric aerosol and in turn the atmospheric warming through light absorption has

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ResearchScienceStem cells

IISER Mohali discovery gives a big boost to leukaemia research

For the first time, researchers have discovered hematopoietic stem cells in Drosophila (fruit flies), thus providing an invertebrate model to

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ResearchScience

CCMB researchers unravel the skin colour genetics of Indians

A study of skin colour of 1,167 people belonging to 27 ethnic groups living in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar found

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ResearchScience

Pune researchers fabricate a flexible nanogenerator for wearable electronics

Producing wearable electronics that uses a portable nanogenerator which generates electric power when pressure or twist is applied got a

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NanotechnologyResearchScience

IIT Madras researchers with a Midas touch, on a nanoscale

In a breakthrough, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has successfully transformed nanoscale pieces

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Diagnostic toolDiagnosticsHealthResearchScienceTuberculosis (TB)

Mumbai researchers use blood samples to diagnose pulmonary TB, MDR-TB

Mumbai-based researchers have identified two microRNA biomarkers present in serum samples that could potentially be used for TB diagnosis and

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HealthResearchScience

NCBS researchers find a biomarker for stress-induced memory loss

Timely intervention to prevent or delay hippocampus-linked memory loss that occurs as a result of chronic stress may now be

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Drug resistanceResearchScience

IISc produces a novel salt to better combat bacterial infections

Using crystal engineering, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has successfully produced a highly

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EnvironmentResearchScience

IISER Thiruvananthapuram researchers can scoop out marine oil-spills

Recovering marine oil-spills may soon become simple, efficient and cost-effective thanks to a compound (gelator) developed by researchers at the

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ChemistryResearchScience

IISER Pune researchers turn insulating MOFs into semiconductors

After four years of intensive screening, researchers at Pune’s Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have transformed insulating metal-organic

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HealthMedicineResearch

Pune researchers’ anti-leishmanial drug compound shows promise

Researchers at Pune’s National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS) have identified a coumarin derivative for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

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Alzheimer’sHealthResearch

BHU researchers a step closer to preventing Alzheimer’s

Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are a step closer

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