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In 2020, Australian researchers burned discarded human hair into carbon dots for OLEDs; the dots reached 87% quantum yield, and rigid displays hit 700 cd/m²In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, discarded human hair has been converted into luminous carbon dots, now being explored for their ap...- 15-year-old Tamil Nadu boy invented technology that would extend life of banana leaves from 3 days to 3 years for just 70 paise. His innovation saves 7 billion trees annuallyAt an age when most of his peers were busy playing video games, one youngster from Tamil Nadu noticed how banana leaves, one of the most in...
- Scientists from King’s College London turned an agricultural waste product into a bone-healing scaffold; keratin from sheep’s wool produced more natural-looking regenerated bone than collagen in animalsSheep’s wool may soon have a surprising medical purpose. Scientists at King’s College London turned wool-derived keratin into a bone regene...
- In 1990s, an Indian American inventor created a dental material that restored over 1 billion teethSumita Mitra's curiosity inspired a dental filling material from observing grape clusters. She developed nanoclusters, mimicking grapes for...
- "India has scientific capability to emerge as global leader in health technologies": NITI Aayog's Gobardhan DasIndia's largest biomedical event, 'Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry Connect', successfully took place in New Delhi....
- MYNUSCo expands from automotive to sustainable lifestyle productsBengaluru-based MYNUSCo, initially focused on automotive biocomposites, has pivoted to consumer markets with its sustainable lifestyle bran...
- 'Dental revolution': Forget implants and fillings, soon you may get lab-grown tooth. What research breakthrough showsAdults could one day grow their own replacement teeth instead of having fillings – as scientists have made a key discovery. Unlike implants...
- Imperial College London sets up New Science Hub in Bengaluru to Bolster India-UK Research TiesImperial College London has launched Imperial Global India, a science hub in Bengaluru, to boost collaborative research with Indian partner...
- The Circle: Founders Club concludes 'The Water Challenge' accelerator programThe Circle Founders Club is a business accelerator to help scale up growth-stage startups through focused mentoring, funding support and ke...
- Biomaterials startup altM raises $3.5 million in funding led by OmnivorealtM is Omnivore’s first investment from its third fund, which in June had its first close at $150 million. It is also the firm’s fourth in...
- Agritech VC firm Omnivore sets up new $130 million fundThis is the third fund by the investor and is expected to close the new fund by September 2022. With this fund the investment firm expects ...
- IIT Guwahati establishes advanced facilities at first-of-its kind nanotechnology centre in NortheastIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has established advanced micro electronics and nano energy facilities at its Centre for Nano...
- Who is Otto Wichterle, the Czech chemist whom Google is honouring with a doodle?The doodle celebrates Wichterle's 108th birth anniversary.
- Scientists develop novel method to preserve vaccines without refrigerationAccording to the study, published in the journal Biomaterials Science, the viruses in vaccines, which train our cells to identify and vanqu...
- Google Glass to help remotely monitor 'organs-on-chips'Google Glass, one of the newest forms of wearable technology, offers researchers a hands-free and flexible monitoring system.
- New 'nano-reactor' to produce hydrogen biofuel"The end result is a virus-like particle that behaves the same as a highly sophisticated material that catalyses the production of hydrogen...
- Indian-American researcher named fellow of US academyA prominent Indian-American bio-engineering researcher has been named as a fellow in the US' National Academy of Inventors for his work in ...
- Manmohan Singh PhD scholarship: 3 Indians selected for the programmeThree Indians have been selected for this year's prestigious Dr Manmohan Singh PhD scholarship of St John's College of Cambridge University.
- Government to promote cocoon productionBetween April 2011 and March 2012, there was a significant drop in the prices of cocoons in various cocoon markets from about Rs 275 per Kg...
- US University appoints Indian as DeanMauli Agrawal has been made the Dean of the College of Engineering by the Texas University at San Antonio.
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