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Five grams of carbon nanotubes produced at IIT Madras. Photo: Special Arrangement
Five grams of carbon nanotubes produced at IIT Madras. Photo: Special Arrangement

Reducing water usage in steel industry

Thermal conductivity of water increases when carbon nanotubes are dispersed in it »
Molecules collected in cancer cells destroy them on exposure to light.

Novel molecule to treat cancer shows promise

Combating certain types of cancer using photodynamic therapy could become less expensive in the near future with a novel, indigenously-synthesised molecule showing promising results in studies cond... »

Platelets help kill bacteria, too

The clotting of blood, crucial to wound healing, is carried out by cell fragments called platelets. This is the most established function of platelets, but studies in recent years have begun to hi... »
The global average yield increase was only 1.6 per cent a year for maize. Photo: M. Govarthan

Crop yields will not meet 2050 global demand: study

Yields of four major crops were not rising fast enough to meet projected global demand in 2050, warns a study published today (June 20) in the journal PLoS ONE.Several studies had sho... »

Mimicking microbes to deliver drugs

Scientists from Chennai have provided the scheme for building tiny objects that can propel themselves in fluids, like the bloodstream, to deliver drugs. The scheme is supported by simulations of ho... »