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Scientists from the University of British Columbia (UBC), which includes one of Indian origin, have now developed a cheaper and sustainable method to build solar cells using bacteria.

Priyanka Das has been appointed as the ambassador of “For Girls and Science", an initiative that was launched in 2014 to promote scientific pursuits amongst young people and especially, girls.

Since he was young, the new ISRO recruit has always wanted to be a scientist.

Newer nanomaterials are being engineered to suit the practicalities of our technologically advanced life.

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After a rigorous internship period at VSSC and Nainital's Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, she applied for the internship in Maryland. Following tough interviews and research proposal presentations, she was invited for the course at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre.

Ayush always wanted to become an engineer but in his own words, “the system doesn’t encourage anyone who thinks out of the box and I wasn’t ready to be in a mould.”

Very few know that it wasn’t Linus Pauling or Francis Crick but an Indian scientist from Madras who first discovered the structure of collagen, a type of protein. This remarkable discovery was made by Gopalasamudram Narayana Ramachandran, or simply GNR, in India in the early 1950s. Here’s his fascinating story.

Dr. Karan Jani is one of the authors of the paper that shook the international scientific community in 2016 by confirming gravitational waves. He talks about his love for science, his journey as a researcher, and the story behind the famous paper.

The varieties of dwarf wheat developed by Borlaug are credited for saving millions of Indians from starvation.