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The research team tracked the precise movements of molecules within the material film to track their different states and assign them specific values in a "molecular diary".

Should the low-capacity, low-speed, hugely expensive Metro rail system be extended to the far-flung suburbs and the adjacent districts of Bengaluru? Vast swathes of the city’s core are yet to get a decent Metro network, but the urge to extend its reach comes at the cost of a very viable…

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers, who are part of a multi-institutional team probing the cause of the outbreak of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) which resulted in the death of about one lakh cows, have found two distinct LSDV variants circulating in India.

In order to address the issues of dwindling resources of natural sand and the increase in carbon dioxide emissions, especially from manufacturing cement or fired clay bricks, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) are exploring ways to store carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas in excavated soil and…

Not many people have the distinction of having a cosmic body named after them. Jayant Murthy, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, is one of them. Murthy just had an asteroid named after him by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to mark his contributions to…

IISc researchers propose using drone swarms to combat forest fires, with autonomous decision-making capabilities for efficient fire suppression.

IISc researchers develop flexible films with bright colors using gallium nanoparticles, for various applications like smart bandages and sensors.

This work shows that electronic ‘traffic-jams’ that lead to insulating behaviour in these materials are quite stubborn, and challenge our understanding of correlated electron materials.

BWSSB tackles Bengaluru water crisis by filling drying lakes with treated water, increasing groundwater levels and supply.