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Clean drinking water is an essential prerequisite for good health. In a country like India, where 21% of communicable diseases spread through unsafe water, and more than 500 children under the age of five die each day from diarrhoea, the accessibility to clean drinking water is paramount. Researchers from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, have developed a frugal water purification system, Oneer, to help overcome our water woes.

Interspeech--the world’s largest and most comprehensive conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing -- is coming to India for the first time ever.

LMC X-4 is a two-star system consisting of a pulsar and a companion star. In a recent study, scientists from the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, examined characteristics of the X-ray signals emitted from LMC X-4, using signal processing techniques and analysis.

A recent study by researchers from the Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Assam, and the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the groundwater in the Brahmaputra floodplains has revealed some alarming information.

In research to be shared at the prestigious 56th International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc)  will present a paper that details a breakthrough in significantly improving the reliability limits of 3D FinFET technology in sub-14nm technology for System-on-Chip integration.

In today’s gadget-filled world of cameras, cell phones, smart watches and other lightweight and wearable devices, thin film transistors are commonplace. They are made by stacking thin layers of semiconductors, insulators and metals.

Have you ever stepped outside and looked up at the sky on a clear, summer day and noticed something swimming in your field of vision? Little transparent worms or blobs that seem to disappear whenever you try and get a closer look at them, only to reappear as soon as you shift your glance.

ನೀವು ಎಂದಾದರೂ ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯ ಹಗಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಬಿರುಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ಆಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಬರಿಗಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದ ನಿಟ್ಟಿಸಿದ್ದೀರಾ? ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಿರುವಾಗ, ಏನೋ ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ಮುಂದೆ ತೇಲಿದಂತೆ ಭಾಸವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಗಮನಿಸಿದ್ದೀರಾ? ಹೀಗೆ ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ನಿಟ್ಟಿಸಿ ನೋಡುವಾಗ ಕಣ್ಣಿನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೋ ಈಜಿದಂತೆ ಎನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಅಲ್ಲವೇ? ಇವು ಪಾರದರ್ಶಕವಾದ ಹುಳುಗಳೋ ಅಥವಾ ಯಾವುದೋ ಆತ್ಮವೋ ಎಂದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಜನ ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತಾರಂತೆ.

Some details of the reproductive journey of a fig wasp, to find a suitable tree and lay eggs while simultaneously pollinate it in the process are known. In a recent study, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, fill in the gaps in our knowledge about this fascinating journey.

Ever wondered why the great cities of India like Mumbai and Chennai frequently make headlines for flood-related disasters? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, have an answer for you.