New Delhi, June 13, 2023: India’s biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats, is home to 62 Desiccation-Tolerant Vascular Plant Species which could have applications in agriculture, particularly in areas with scarcity of water. Desiccation-tolerant vascular (DT) plants are able to withstand extreme dehydration, losing up to 95% of their water content, and they revive themselves once […]
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The green panacea to restore the wastewater disposed during crude oil excavation and processing
New Delhi, June 12, 2023: A mixture consisting of plant-based biomaterial, biosurfactant, and NPK fertilizer can help efficient restoration of formation water — the wastewater disposed during crude oil excavation and processing. Formation water is disposed in huge volumes during crude oil excavation and processing. It consists of oily components, brine solutions, and solvents that […]
Moil: Record production of 4.02 lakh tonnes of manganese ore
New Delhi, June 09, 2023: The Board of Directors of MOIL approved the financial results for the fourth quarter & the financial year which ended on 31st March 2023. In the fourth quarter of FY 2022-23, MOIL produced 4.02 lakh tonnes of manganese ore, achieving a growth of 7% over the corresponding period last year […]
New metric can help quantify image quality of the Sun taken from ground-based telescopes
New Delhi, June 05, 2023: How far have we peered into the Sun, our closest star? A new metric proposed by scientists can help quantify image quality of the Sun taken from ground-based telescopes. Dynamic events like flares, prominences, and Coronal Mass Ejections taking place on the surface of the Sun have made the Sun […]
New cathode material can produce high-performance, cost-effective, environment-friendly Na-ion batteries as next-generation energy storage systems
New Delhi, June 04, 2023: Scientists have found an avenue that can simultaneously address the air/water-instability and structural-cum-electrochemical instability of Sodium–transition-metal–oxide-based cathode materials for Sodium-ion batteries and, accordingly, have developed new air/water-stable stable and high-performance cathode materials. The newly developed materials exhibit high electrochemical cyclic stability and stability upon exposure to air/water, thus, facilitating the […]
Observations from 11 global telescopes lead to detection of the brightest flare of a century-old blazar
New Delhi, June 03, 2023: The brightness of BL Lacertae (BL Lac), a blazar located about 950 million light years from the Earth and discovered almost a century ago has been found to have reached its maxima. Results published in the latest study, led by post-doctoral fellow Aditi Agarwal from the Raman Research Institute, an […]
Newly synthesised biocompatible drug delivery system combined with anti-inflammatory drugs brings potential solution for rheumatoid arthritis
New Delhi, June 02, 2023: A newly synthesised biocompatible therapeutic nano-micelle drug delivery system combined with anti-inflammatory drugs has shown improved potential to cure rheumatoid arthritis at the lab level. It can help ameliorate the pain associated with the disease as well as cure the disease by restoring cartilage integrity which provides the flexibility to […]
A new photonic memory developed with multilevel capability for optoelectronic data storage applications
New Delhi, June 01, 2023: A new photonic, functional memory based on tin oxide slanted nanorod arrays in which both the optical and electrical stimuli can be used to modulate switching characteristics shows potential for developing high-density and high-efficiency computing systems. Currently, various research groups worldwide are designing and realizing non-volatile, ultrafast, reliable, functional memory […]
EPFO adds 1.39 crore net members during the FY 2022-23
New Delhi, May 31, 2023: The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th May, 2023 highlights that EPFO has added 13.40 lakh net members in the month of March, 2023. During the financial year 2022-23, around 1.39 crore net members have been added by EPFO with an increase of 13.22% compared to the previous […]
Indian Railways records monthly freight loading of 126.46 MT for April 2023
New Delhi, May 29, 2023: Indian Railways (IR) has recorded monthly freight loading of 126.46 MT in April 2023. The incremental loading in the month of April has been 4.25 MT i.e. a growth of 3.5% over the April figures achieved in 2022. Freight revenue in April is Rs 13,893 Cr. as compared to Rs […]