An IIT Bombay study using satellite data shows rising greenhouse gas levels over Delhi and Mumbai and also identifies emission hotspots in these cities.
Not more than two decades ago, I played with snails on rainy days and would see them crawling abundantly on plants. My friends and I would collect them in glass bottles, treating them as pets.
It appears that snails have almost vanished from our gardens. Lush green landscapes and trees have dwindled to become a few patches of green separated by tall buildings in between.
Researchers improve the efficiency of face shields by coating them with a hydrophobic layer.
On Women's Day, Dr Alakananda Batni highlights some of the challenges and way forward for women in science, in India.
Land subsidence in Delhi NCR region is increasing at alarming rates
Time for reform in medical research and publishing? Indian researchers provide shocking analytical insights.
Transport facility gaps in Greater Mumbai can make schools inaccessible to many
Researchers from IIT B root for restoring Madurai’s historical water tank system to address the region’s water woes
In an exclusive interview with Research Matters, Dr Ângela Barreto Xavier, winner of the Infosys Prize in Humanities for 2021, talked about her work on colonial and imperial history in Goa, India.
![Noisy vehicles cause distress to animals. [picture credits leopard and safari vehicle via Wikimedia Commons]](/sites/researchmatters/files/styles/large_front_800x320/public/leopard_vehicle.png?itok=uOCkPbDQ "Not just us, animals too face the brunt of noisy vehicles")
A study finds that electric vehicles are less intrusive to animals during safaris.
IIT Bombay professor Subramaniam Chandramouli gets the Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2021 for his innovative proposal to generate ‘green heat’