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Electrifying industrial heat as a path to India’s thermal independence

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Electrifying industrial heat as a path to India’s thermal independence

In the industrial town of Morbi in Gujarat, the air usually hums with the roar of gas-fired kilns producing millions of square metres of ceramic tiles. Today, however, nearly a quarter of the town’s ceramic units have gone silent. Nearly a thousand kilometres away in Ludhiana, Punjab, one of India’s largest hosiery and knitwear clusters…

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ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine and research

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ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine and research

ISRO said that long duration human space missions such as Bharatiya Antariksh Station and crewed missions to Moon offer unique medical challenges due to the extreme space environment and microgravity. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences…

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India-made app turns impaired speech into clear speech in near-realtime

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India-made app turns impaired speech into clear speech in near-realtime

A whisper. A few slurred words. For those who suffer from dysarthria, a motor speech disorder, basic communication is a challenge, indelibly affecting both their professional and personal life. But now a new innovation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and developed in India could be life-changing. Led by associate professor Vineet Gandhi of the International Institute…

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The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani

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The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani

Anna Mani | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Researcher and writer Asha Gopinathan remembers asking children to name a female scientist when working on science popularisation programmes with the Alliance Francaise in Thiruvananthapuram in March 2015. After several moments of silence, a hand went up and a voice said ‘Marie Curie’. “I realised then that something…

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A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake zoning, rollback

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A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake zoning, rollback

The Centre’s rollback of the revision to India’s earthquake zoning by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), follows a major challenge to the methodology used, which some engineers believe are out of sync with site-based evaluations. Yet, the reversal is driven largely by the massive cost and execution implications, as the decision impacts urban planning,…

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LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win thermal independence

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LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win thermal independence

In the industrial town of Morbi in Gujarat, the air usually hums with the roar of gas-fired kilns producing millions of square metres of ceramic tiles. Today, however, nearly a quarter of the town’s ceramic units have gone silent. Nearly a thousand kilometres away in Ludhiana, Punjab, one of India’s largest hosiery and knitwear clusters…

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IIT Bombay scientists develop solar heat battery for freezing Himalayan homes 

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IIT Bombay scientists develop solar heat battery for freezing Himalayan homes 

In a breakthrough that could reshape winter heating in India’s cold desert regions, such as snow-covered Leh, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have developed a solar-powered thermal battery that can store summer heat for use in the harsh Himalayan winters. This heat storage system could offer a cleaner, long-term alternative…

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Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create green technology

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Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create green technology

As Tamil Nadu approaches its Assembly elections, its ambition to become a $1-trillion economy and its position as one of India’s leading industrial and knowledge hubs means it’s worth examining how the State has invested in science and environmental issues in the last five years. First, the State’s strategy on environment and climate action has…

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The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Data Cruncher

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The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Data Cruncher

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972) was a Bengali statistician and institution-builder who became one of the most consequential figures in twentieth-century Indian science. Trained as a physicist in Calcutta and Cambridge, he discovered statistics almost by accident through an encounter with Biometrika, and went on to found the Indian Statistical Institute in 1931 out of a…

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Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds

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Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds

A numerical simulation of the earth’s magnetic field. Blue lines are moving into the core and yellow lines are moving out. | Photo Credit: NASA The earth’s magnetic field aids navigation but also protects the planet from high-energy radiation from the sun. For decades, geologists believed that when this field periodically flipped, swapping the north…

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