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Mindfulness meditation - the ancient practice enters modern research labs

Finding it difficult to control your emotions, distractions or impulses? Practising mindfulness meditation could help, shows new studies

Meditation is often descr...

Harnessing the power of defects to improve metallic alloys

Learning about dislocations and their interactions within an alloy can help precisely engineer its properties

Two new studies from the Indian Institute of Technol...

Coming Soon: A Tabletop Chiral Attosecond Laser

Researchers use a single-double-frequency pair of laser light to generate circularly polarised attosecond pulses from graphene

When molecules form from many atoms...

The Lipid Travel Diary

New research identifies specific molecules that mediate transport of lipids inside a cell and to the bloodstream

A typical cell in the human body is filled wit...

IIT Bombay Team wins Algorand Grant for Blockchain Research

IIT Bombay is a part of a multi-institute endeavour MEGA-ACE which has received Algorand grant for strengthening research in blockchain technology 

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Using diamonds as probes to explore fast-changing weak magnetic fields

Exploiting quantum defects in diamond to image fast-changing weak magnetic fields

Plastic-lined farm ponds exacerbate water scarcity in semi-arid regions

Study of plastic-lined farmponds inorchard farmingand itsimpacton society

Sustainable intensification of agriculture refers to the process or syst...

Microwave Radiation to Detect Tiny Plastic Pollutants

Researchers devise a new technique to identify the presence of tiny invisible plastic pollutants using microwave radiation.