Researchers from IIT Bombay install a solar microgrid with a hybrid storage system in a high altitude site in Sikkim.

Scientists have devised a novel approach to combine memory and computation units.

Researchers probe properties of the new material, say better for micro- and nanodevices. 

Researchers have sped up the study of light-matter interaction on specially-engineered surfaces.

Researchers have explained how the electronic and thermal properties of uranium are linked.

Researchers have used modified sugars to hamper the development of cell wall in disease-causing bacteria

Study identifies specific genes in chickpea plants that help the plant to grow in water-deficient conditions.

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The year 2020 saw science thrust into the media limelight as world over people sought news about the COVID-19 pandemic. The year has been marked by frustration and weariness for us all. Nevertheless, science and its people have carried on the quest of figuring out the ways of the world. So here are the science updates that caught our eye in 2020, in no particular order.

Footsteps of history

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we do things, set new normals and left its mark on this year, 2020. Through difficulties and challenges, people kept working, and scientists and researchers were no exception. Here is a small list of significant happenings in science in India, presented in no particular order.

India makes COVID-19 testing kits