After discovering that it was not blood, but heat that attracted mosquitoes, scientists developed a heat blanket that mimicked the skin of humans or poultry.
At a time when firecrackers are being temporarily banned, Dr Samrat Ghosh from Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISERM), Mohali, is developing 'green' firecrackers that are safer, smoke-free and most important– reusable.
The 72-seater aircraft was Spicejet’s Bombardier Q400 (VT-SUI) and was flagged off by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat from Dehradun’s Jolly Grant airport.
The heat is literally used to “cook” a tumour as its cells burn. This procedure has some serious side-effects to the body. But the new method can reduce that considerably well.