Researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida have announced the discovery of two strains of plastic-eating bacteria that have the potential to solve the problem of plastic waste globally. The bacterial species namely Exiguobacterium sibiricum strain DR11 and Exiguobacterium undae strain DR14 were isolated from the wetlands adjoining the University by Dr Richa Priyadarshini and her team at the Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences. …

Avery Dennison Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Avery Dennison Corporation, a global material sciences and manufacturing company with presence in India as well, on Augsut 27 revealed names of 10 winners under its Spirit of Invention (InvEnt) Scholarship Scheme. Avery Dennison felicitated these 10 scholars in New Delhi. The winners include A Bala Aditya from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli for …

Big plan to make Quantum Physics experiential in India USA-based retired professor of physics, Dr Amit Goswami, who is best known for his research and activism on Quantum physics and conscience, has found a team of supporters in India, which will together take his concept and work forward. IITian Anil Sinha, credited with co-founding “Consciousness Engineering Research Foundation” at Pyramid …

AP set to emerge as a big higher education destination as Enabling frameworks and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s ambitious vision translate on ground   FICCI to set up National Knowledge Functional Hub, FICCI Center of Excellence for Grass root Initiatives and Development in the state In a welcome development that may augur well for country’s sluggish and not so …

Ever wonder why barring physicist Sir C V Raman, who won Nobel Prize in 1930, other Indian Nobel laureates in sciences won the prize from outside India? Even the Raman spectroscope was invented outside India. There is something amiss in the social ecosystem which includes education system, which is not encouraging sciences in general. According to Dr. Anil Kakodkar, nuclear scientist …

If relationships are strong, then it is considered that the chemistry between two people is working.  Chemistry is in everything that we do.  It is in each one of us. There is no Life Science without Chemistry. Everybody is made of chemicals. Chemical reactions occur when we breathe, eat, sleep. It is in the food we eat, clothes we wear, …