IIT Bombay

Fighting floods the 'expert' way

Research, led by IIT Bombay, design a system to forecast floods in Chennai

During the fag end of 2015, Chennai experienced severe floods resulting in the death of about 500 people and economi...

Bacterial remedy for the toxic pesticide Carbaryl

Researchers explore how soil-improving Pseudomonas bacteria digest carbaryl

The memories of the Bhopal gas tragedy that claimed thousands of lives and injured a few lakhs of people, haunts us...

Mining the Treasures of Twitterverse

Researchers develop a search system to extract meaningful data from live social media posts

Ever tried searching ‘goal’ or ‘kick’ on Twitter during the interval of a football world cup m...

Floating plastics: Nothing to be buoyant about

Study details how floating plastic debris can affect physical processes in the oceans

One of the finalist entries of the 2017 Natural History Museum Wild Photographer of the Year contest...

A Computational Model of the Bladder

We have all felt it—the uncomfortable feeling in our nether regions that has us heading to the nearest washroom to empty our bladder. While many of us can hold it until we reach a t...

Understanding How Cities Grow

Study uses digital processing of archived satellite images to study the growth patterns in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Expanding cities are causing irrever...

Repairing Damaged Industrial Components for Sustainable Industrial Growth

Study proposes an improved additive manufacturing method to restore damaged components

Does it not break your heart when you have to replace an expensive posse...

Towards Hazard-free Wearable Health Monitors

Scientists design low-power, low-cost wearable wireless devices to continuously monitor patient’s health indicators like ECG and EEG

In developing countries li...