Shux in space: ISRO's Shubhanshu Shukla conducts bone, radiation, and microgravity experiments on ISSAstronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 crew are actively engaged in scientific experiments on the ISS, focusing on bone degradation, r...
Touchdown at ISS; Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla says the view was beyond expectationsIndian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become the second Indian to have reached space after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma’s hi...
Axiom-4 to launch on Thursday; ISRO refreshes samples for astronaut Shukla's experimentsNot all experiments need a refresh. Only those that involve live organisms or biological samples, such as microbes, seeds, and cells, need ...
Axiom-4 Mission: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla set for space leap on May 29, here’s what he will exploreIndian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is preparing for a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Axio...
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to grow crops, study water bears at space station next monthIndian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will conduct seven experiments at the International Space Station during the Axiom Mission-4. These expe...
IIT Guwahati researchers develop sustainable method for Ammonium removal from wastewaterResearchers at IIT Guwahati have developed an innovative method for removing ammonium from wastewater using microalgae and bacteria. This s...
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain
EID Parry, Synthite Industries sign agreement to form JVThe company's Parry Nutraceuticals division is a pioneer in the production of microalgae-based products.
How a seaweed is providing Sea6 Energy and its four founders from IIT-Madras with opportunitiesSea6 is now based at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-Camp), the Bengaluru-based incubator built by the Department of Bio...
'Superalgae' to protect world's corals from bleachingResearchers have found a solution to reduce coral bleaching by genetically engineering the micro-algae found in corals, enhancing their str...
Researchers discover new cheap, better method to make biofuelsResearchers discovered that this new method purifies the carbon dioxide that is in power station flue gases by absorbing it into a liquid.
Global warming could cause fall in oxygen, mass mortalityEarth's oxygen could dramatically fall due to change in ocean temperature of just several degrees, thereby resulting in mass mortality, sci...
Cusat scientists isolate algae capable of producing biofuelThe highly polluted backwaters of Cochin estuary could be a rich source of biofuel, as a research team of Cochin University of Science and ...
- NTPC, IOC use algae to check carbon emission
Country's largest generation utility NTPC and the R&D wing of biggest refiner-marketer IndianOil have launched an innovative project to use...
Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cyclesThe new research means that ocean warming will impact plankton, and in turn drive a vicious cycle of climate change.
- SUV that runs of biodiesel unveiled
A car that runs only on biodiesel extracted from microalgae cultivated in marine systems was unveiled by scientists.
- How Chennai startup is using seaweed to drive India's biofuel thrust
Renewable energy isn't anyway economical at the moment without subsidies, but algal biofuels seemed hopelessly uneconomical.