July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

IISc team uses iodine to increase cellular uptake of fluorescent probe

IISc researchers have drastically improved (up to 98%) the cellular uptake of fluorescent probe naphthalimide by substituting two of its hydrogen atoms with iodine. The iodine atom forms a halogen bond with the…

July 26, 2018September 3, 2018

IISc researchers observe superconductivity at ambient temperature, pressure

IISc researchers have for the first time been able to achieve superconductivity at ambient temperature and pressure. The resistance observed is very low (10-4 ohms) but not zero. Though they didn’t observe…