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Researchers find bacteria that can clean up pesticides from soil to enhance crop yield

January 2, 2025 admin

Image demonstrating the effects of bacterial mixture from the study. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Soil contamination is one of the major issues in the agriculture industry. These compounds are toxic, can inhibit seed germination, reduce plant growth, yield and also accumulate in seeds and plant biomass. Traditional approaches to remove these pollutants, like…

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IIT Bombay scientists develop water-pollutant detecting device ‘AroTrack’

November 19, 2024 admin

In a significant development for sustainable environmental management, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have introduced AroTrack, an economical and portable device to accurately detect harmful pollutants such as phenol or benzene in water. Scientists claim that the device can be a game-changer given the increasing water pollution due to industrialisation,…

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Sinclair, IIT Bombay Partner for Next Gen Wireless Broadcast-To-Everything Research

November 8, 2024 admin

India has over 1 billion mobile subscribers, over 200 million homes with TV. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Sinclair Inc have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “collaboration of technology and standards development in wireless broadcast services over next generation telecom and broadcast networks.” Sinclair, a diversified media company and a…

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IIT Researchers Discover How Animals Find Their Way Home, Using Robots

August 28, 2024 admin

Apart from physical experiments IIT also ran computer simulations mimicking movements of animals (File) Mumbai: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have uncovered how animals find their way back home without getting lost or being late by using a robot that mimics their movements. This robot is designed to move on…

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IIT-Bombay, TCS to build India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

May 28, 2024 admin

With its advanced capabilities to identify chip defects, the Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager is a leap forward in semiconductor imaging. Representational | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) has entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. This advanced sensing tool will hold the…

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IIT Bombay, TCS To Develop India’s 1st Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. What It Does

May 28, 2024 admin

A Quantum Diamond microchip imager is an advanced sensing tool to test semiconductor chips. Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond microchip imager — an advanced sensing tool to test the quality of semiconductor…

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President launches India’s first homegrown CAR T-cell therapy for cancer treatment, calls it ‘new hope’

April 4, 2024 admin

President Droupadi Murmu with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, IIT Bombay Director Subhasis Chaudhuri, Tata Memorial Centre Director Sudeep Gupta and others during the launch of the first indigenous CAR-T cell therapy, in Mumbai on April 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu on April 4 launched India’s first indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for…

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Tiny carbon ‘flowers’ turn light to heat at unrivalled efficiency, IIT team finds

October 30, 2023 admin

To synthesise a carbon nanostructure that was “blacker than black”, Ananya Sah and C. Subramaniam started with a material that was white. In Prof. Subramaniam’s laboratory in IIT Bombay, Dr. Sah heated a special form of silicon dust called DFNS (for dendritic fibrous nanosilica) in a furnace. Once heated, she introduced acetylene gas into the…

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IIT Bombay Slaps Fine Over Protest Against ‘Veg Only’ Policy: Students Body

October 3, 2023 admin

The group said that IIT-B imposed 10,000 fine on students for protesting against segregation of tables. Mumbai: A students body of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT B) has claimed a fine of Rs 10,000 has been imposed by the administration on pupils who protested against segregation of tables over vegetarian food at its…

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