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Category: Environment

Posted on October 28, 2021

Nobel Prize for simple but brilliant discovery of asymmetric organocatalysis

The duo developed “a truly elegant tool for making molecules — simpler than one could ever imagine”. Since then, the process developed by the two laureates has led to a…

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Posted on October 7, 2020

Dust aerosol responsible for snowmelt at higher elevation in western Himalayan Region

While black carbon has a large effect on snow darkening and resultant melting of snow, dust particles transported from as far as Saudi Arabia that gets deposited in the Western Himalayan Region has a large role to play in melting of snow, particularly at higher elevations.

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Posted on February 29, 2020

Presence of colistin-resistant bacteria of food origin in the gut is cause for worry

A small study has found evidence of colistin-resistant bacteria in the gut. 77% of such bacteria were found to be food-acquired. There is a possibility of colistin resistant food Klebsiella…

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Posted on January 18, 2020February 3, 2020

IIT Bombay team removes heavy metals from water with greater efficiency

IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated a carbon-based nanostructure that is capable of simultaneously adsorbing with very high efficiency four heavy metals — arsenic, chromium, cadmium and mercury — from wastewater.…

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Posted on December 21, 2019

Painting cows with zebra stripes cuts insect attacks

Instead of using pesticides, painting cows with zebra-like stripes led to 50% reduction in the number of biting flies. As a result, cows painted with white stripes showed 20% reduction…

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Posted on December 7, 2019December 7, 2019

Brazilian researchers remain anonymous on research paper

Due to fear of losing their job, researchers from Brazil have preferred to remain anonymous in a paper on Amazon forest fire. The acknowledgement section of the paper published last…

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Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019

IIT Jodhpur fabricates a highly sensitive device for lead detection

Researchers at IIT Jodhpur have fabricated a portable sensor for detecting lead in water. It can detect lead even when present at extremely low concentration of 0.018 ppb, much lower…

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Posted on October 19, 2019October 20, 2019

IIT Bombay’s sensor detects zinc in sweat, soil

IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated a sensor that can detect zinc over a wide concentration range — 0.1-500 ppm. The electrochemical sensor can be used for detecting zinc in the…

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