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In their initial proof-of-concept testing, the researchers have managed to lower the temperature inside their device by six degrees Celsius, when compared to the temperature outside.

“HysIS is an earth observation satellite developed by ISRO. It is the primary satellite of the PSLV-C43 mission. The satellite will be placed in 636 km polar sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) with an inclination of 97.957 deg.”

How many of us still pick up the morning paper? And how many of us have managed to inculcate that habit in our children?

It was during a field visit across the barren stretches of Kutch Basin in 2011 that Dr Ansuya Bhandari and her team stumbled upon a fossilised upper jaw of an ape.

Awarded the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000), there is very little this celebrated scientist hasn't attained in the domain of space, scientific research and academia.

A study carried out in January 2018 set out to answer whether the composition of banana peels could find application in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries

Interestingly, a study of this scale has never been previously undertaken by the country, except for the genome sequencing of an Indian in 2009, which made India one amongst the only six countries in the world to have achieved such a feat.

There are rare platinum deposits, amongst other elements in Assam.

An institution builder in the truest of sense, SP Agharkar was a man ahead of his times. But despite his immense contribution to Indian science, few know about him.

The experimental kits distributed by LIFE Labs were mostly made of plastic, and last year, at a team meeting, it was revealed that 700 kg of plastic waste was being generated by the organisation, every year.