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In a ceremony held on the 25th of April, 2018, in New Delhi, the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) has released a new book entitled "Indian Science: Transforming India. Impact of Science in Independent India".

In the past century, fossil fuels like petrol and diesel have powered our vehicles, machines and in fact, our world! But the era of these fuels is coming to an end; all our petroleum reserves are soon ending, and the increasing pollution due to these fuels is making the world sick.

Scientists from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have developed a novel detonation–driven shock tube device for needle-free, painless drug delivery method. If commercialized the technology could replace the dreaded injections used in drug delivery.

ಶುಷ್ಕ ಹುಲ್ಲುಗಾವಲುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ರಸಭರಿತ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನುಳ್ಳ ಮರುಭೂಮಿಗಳು - ಇವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಣ ಭೂಪರಿಸರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಎನಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ; ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲ್ಮೈಯ ಸುಮಾರು ೪೦% ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ಇವೇ ಆವರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿವೆ. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಇವನ್ನು ಜನರು 'ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಭೂಮಿಗಳು' ಎಂದು ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸಿದರೂ, ಪರಿಸರ ಸಮತೋಲನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವು ಕೂಡ ಬಹಳ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಪಾತ್ರ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತವೆ; ಈ ಒಣ ಭೂಪರಿಸರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯು ನೀರಿನ ಕೊರತೆಯಿರುವ ಪರಿಸರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗೆ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿರುತ್ತವೆ. 

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India; University of North Texas, USA and the National Institute of Technology Goa, highlight how changes made to patent policy in 2005 have boosted research and development in the country.

An international team of researchers focus on a representative sample of languages to reconstruct the Dravidian language family tree by using first-hand data, to understand how old the languages are and how they are related.

Scientist from Indian Institute of Technology (India School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand are studying the potential environmental risks and hazards of coal ash, by studying the composition of the by product.

Neutrinos are the elusive sub-atomic particles in the Universe. They are abundant throughout the universe and tens of thousands pass through our body every second!

The superbug series: Part 2. The second of a three part series talks about antibiotic resistance showed by disease causing bacteria, its reasons, the problems associated with antibiotic resistance and the severity of the issue in India.