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A group of public health researchers at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, recently studied 3,952 girls and women from two rural districts in India to understand the relationship between hygiene practices and self-reported RTI symptoms.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay propse a novel algorithm that can help solve problems involving systems with multiple components, such as irrigation canals. 

बहु-जलाशय प्रणालीतील पाणी पुरवठा सुधारण्यासाठी अस्ताव्यस्तता(केऑस) ही संकल्पना उपयुक्त आहे असे भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान संस्था, मुंबई येथे केलेला अभ्यास दर्शवतो.

While the country struggles with various problems related to waste management, scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, have come up with a novel solution to turn waste to wealth. The researchers develop a method to generate energy from landfill leachate and microbial fuel cells. 

New data gathered by researchers from University of Amsterdam (UvA), over a period of several years from slums across Bengaluru could help in understanding and tackling poverty in India.

भू-भरण स्थलों में रिसने वाले प्रदूषणकारी द्रव्य से विद्युत उत्पादन करने का एक वैकल्पिक सकारात्मक प्रयास!

Earlier this month, we erred. Among the 1000+ articles published on Research Matters, it was the first for us. An alert reader expressed displeasure on Twitter with a hashtag #fakescience on one of our stories.

Wormholes are the stuff of sci-fiction, which transport space travellers through cosmic distances in minutes! But, is this really possible?

Scientists from the Central University of Gujarat (CUG), Gandhinagar, use computers to design the most efficient drug against TB. They apply pharmacophore modelling approach to understand the interactions between proteins found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and the compounds which can suppress the bacteria. 

In an interdisciplinary study, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, display how the use of nanotechnologies can be useful in treatment of cancer.