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 do very little to achieve the prime objective. In a marked departure in the way assistant professors, who are the lowest rung of the academic … Continue reading Tenure track system at IITs is a recipe for failure
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IIT Kharagpur fabricates multipurpose piezoelectric nanogenerator
Piezoelectric nanogenerator capable of harvesting electrical energy from diverse sources — mechanical, acoustic and wind — has been developed by IIT Kharagpur researchers. At 62%, it has high energy conversion efficiency, high output current (over 12 microamphere), and voltage (about 61.5 volt). Researchers are working to use this device to convert heartbeat to power a … Continue reading IIT Kharagpur fabricates multipurpose piezoelectric nanogenerator
IIT Kharagpur researchers fabricate a tiny blood pH sensor
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed a small device to measure the pH of any solution, with preliminary studies showing its usefulness to measure the pH of blood. Unlike the conventional approach of measuring the pH of blood potentiometrically, the device works by measuring the impedance. The device was found … Continue reading IIT Kharagpur researchers fabricate a tiny blood pH sensor
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