India's Sustainable Aviation Fuel readiness surpasses 50 percent: ReportIndia’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel readiness is estimated to be approximately 52 percent, showing modest growth in adoption. The country pla...
29 Sep, 2026, 10.30 PM IST
Karnataka approves data centre, marine biotech policiesKarnataka has approved new policies for data centres and marine biotechnology sectors. These initiatives aim to attract significant investm...
18 Sep, 2026, 06.50 PM IST
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...
06 Sep, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
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...
04 Sep, 2026, 09.02 PM IST
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...
16 Aug, 2026, 10.40 PM IST
For over 100 years global plastic pollution became menace for environment, now forks created from sugar can be household alternativeBioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are...
11 Aug, 2026, 05.25 AM IST
Centre mulling patient safety framework for dental implantsIndia's government is considering a national regulatory framework for dental implants. This action follows concerns raised about unregulate...
04 Aug, 2026, 01.34 AM IST
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...
07 Sep, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
This injection can breathe life back into your heartA new biomaterial, if injected, can repair damaged cardiac tissue.
01 Feb, 2023, 07.01 PM IST
Historic! French surgeons transplant nose grown on woman's arm to her faceSurgeons in France have successfully grown a nose on her arm and got it transplanted on her face on Tuesday. The surgery was a breakthrough...
12 Nov, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
Biomaterials platform Mynusco to fight climate changeMynusco aims to create value to crop-waste, thereby encouraging farmers to avoid crop-burning.
16 Apr, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
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...
12 Nov, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
How Axio Biosolutions' product is helping to save road accident victimsIt raised seed capital in 2010 from Ahmedabad-based venture capital firm GVFL and Series A funding last year from Accel Partners and IDG Ve...
05 Aug, 2016, 04.38 AM IST
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...
05 Jan, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
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 ...
22 Dec, 2015, 07.11 PM IST
DNA 'smart glue' may help build tissues, organsDNA strands can act as a glue to hold together 3-D-printed materials that could someday be used to grow tissues and organs in the lab, a st...
15 Jan, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
New eco-friendly battery made of seeds and pine resinLithium batteries also contain other, even rarer materials that are hard to replace and require large energy inputs and toxic chemicals for...
30 Sep, 2014, 01.17 PM IST