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Posted on January 11, 2020February 3, 2020

IIT Madras designs room temperature sodium sulphur battery

IIT Madras researchers have fabricated a new sodium sulphur battery that can be operated at room temperature and not at 300 degree C as is the case now. They achieved…

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Posted on October 5, 2019

Tenure track system at IITs is a recipe for failure

Flogging a small subset of young faculty to improve research and teaching metrics using the threat of tenure track while leaving the large majority of senior faculty completely unmonitored will…

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Posted on September 14, 2019September 14, 2019

IIT Madras finds an eco-friendly way to degrade plastics

IIT Madras researchers have demonstrated an eco-friendly way to degrade a few types of plastics. All that is required to degrade the plastics into molecules is continuous stirring of the…

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Posted on August 10, 2019

IIT Madras registers initial success with iron ion battery

Researchers from IIT Madras have for the first time fabricated a rechargeable iron ion battery using mild steel as the anode. The iron ion battery is cost-effective and has 54%…

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Posted on July 26, 2019July 29, 2019

IIT Madras develops breath humidity sensor for wearable electronics

IIT Madras researchers have fabricated a sensor that can measure minute variations in relative humidity levels in the exhaled breath. It can detect ethanol and acetone in the oral breath…

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Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019

IIT Madras converts petroleum waste toluene into useful product

IIT Madras researchers have used a green oxidant and water (instead of organic acid) for converting petroleum waste toluene into benzoic acid. Benzoic acid is used as a food preservative and…

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Posted on February 9, 2019February 9, 2019

IIT Madras identifies unique biochemical pathways of retinoblastoma

Researchers from IIT Madras and Sankara Nethralaya have identified biochemical pathways that retinoblastoma (eye cancer) preferentially chooses for growth and survival. They found amino acids are a major source of…

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Posted on January 8, 2019January 11, 2019

IIT Madras produces gas hydrates by mimicking interstellar conditions

IIT Madras researchers have produced in the lab methane and carbon dioxide hydrates by simulating the low temperature and pressure conditions seen in deep space. The work raises the possibility…

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