With its rich history of research and innovation, Cambridge has always celebrated its love for science – and this is nowhere more apparent than at the Cambridge Science Festival, which has been running every year since 1994. This year, the festival ran from 10 to 25 March and included thought provoking talks, workshops and exhibitionsContinue reading “Snippets from the Cambridge Science Festival”
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Coming soon: mobile phones with pollution sensors
IISc. team develops highly sensitive low-cost CO sensor How cool would it be to have a mobile phone equipped with a pollution sensor? This could one day become a reality with researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) developing a highly sensitive low-cost sensor to detect carbon monoxide levels, small enough to fit intoContinue reading “Coming soon: mobile phones with pollution sensors”
Watch out: your delicate crockery could contain high amounts of lead
A 16-year-old’s curiosity led to a scary discovery at the National Referral Centre for Lead Projects in Bengaluru.
Innovations galore at IISc design fest
From a flight simulator controlled by eye gaze to a device to help one-handed women to put on sanitary napkins on their own, the annual design festival of the Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM), Indian Institute of Science, began on Friday by showcasing simple, elegant solutions to societal problems. The students who presentedContinue reading “Innovations galore at IISc design fest”
The stealth superbug, decoded
A team of scientists in Bengaluru is behind the genome sequencing of Candida auris, a fungus that has caused disease outbreaks in five continents this year On November 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a leading public health institute in Atlanta, U.S., reported 13 cases of infection by the deadly fungus Candida auris in severalContinue reading “The stealth superbug, decoded”
New species of Pika discovered
Mammal’s discovery in Sikkim was made by Bengaluru-based team from NCBS
New laser material could make solar energy harvesting more efficient
A new laser material designed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) could change the way solar energy is harvested and make solar power generation more efficient. Unlike an ordinary flashlight, lasers can generate an intense, narrow beam of light of a single colour. Professor Ayush Pandey and his team of researchers atContinue reading “New laser material could make solar energy harvesting more efficient”
The Animation Instinct
In barely a few years, Bengaluru has seen a spurt in the number of animation studios based in the city. The number of studios has gone up from just a handful less than a decade ago to nearly 50 today, say industry experts. A 2015 National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) study onContinue reading “The Animation Instinct”
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