Researchers find key elements affecting osmotic stress in plants
Extreme variations in environmental conditions, such as temperature and precipitation, cause several abiotic stresses on the plants. Researchers from the...
‘Hazardous chemical reagents may profoundly affect fetal health’
Tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) is an industrial reagent commonly found in water bodies - rivers, ponds, and ocean as an industrial...
Two renewable energy labs inaugurated at IIT Roorkee
Two new labs – Renewable Grid Integration Laboratory and Green Hydrogen Laboratory have been set up at the Hydro and...
Novel drug repurposing approach against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of infections and deaths worldwide. Limited treatment options and the threat from emerging variants...
Fresh insights into spread of airborne pathogens in indoor spaces
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a need for more data to quantify the role played...
Study demonstrates gold-catalyzed fundamental organometallic steps
Metal-catalyzed Heck reaction, the reaction between alkenes with aryl halides to synthesize styrenyl products, is a discovery of great significance....
‘Countries need to share their technological strengths with the world for coexistence’
Dr Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, said that India is...
New insights into strategy game of human immune system
We constantly get exposed to various deadly pathogens but rarely fall sick. Even more rarely, such infections become life-threatening, thanks...
New insights into how right brain specializes in rhythmic tone processing
Researchers from the Cognitive Brain Dynamics Lab, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur,...
Cashew plantations may provide supplementary abode for frogs
Sindhudurg part of Western Ghats is home to over 250 threatened species of amphibians, only found there and nowhere else...