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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

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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 Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, show the importance of defects in the arrangement of atoms in a crystal, called dislocations, in shaping the physical properties of metallic alloys.

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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

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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 with a fluid called cytoplasm and has a nucleus and several other organelles. Suspended inside the cytoplasm are lipid droplets—vesicles or sacs made of lipid molecules, just like oil droplets. Another organelle, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is an interconnected web of tubular network surrounding the cell’s nucleus.

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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 

Today, the news is full of buzzwords such as 'cryptocurrency' and „blockchain'. Ever wondered what they are? Blockchain is a distributed digital database that is shared using a computer network. It records transactions and tracks ownership of assets such as cryptocurrencies, land records and goods in the supply chain.

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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

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

Study of plastic-lined farmponds inorchard farmingand itsimpacton society

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Microwave Radiation to Detect Tiny Plastic Pollutants

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

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Advanced drug delivery by wearables and implants: our saviours

A comprehensive survey of the advanced drug delivery solutions

Have you ever missed taking your medicine? You may just let it go and tell yourself to be regular henceforth. While the implications of missing a single dose of medicine may not be serious in many cases, not adhering to a strict dosing schedule may lead to serious problems in some medical conditions or diseases such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and eye diseases.

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IIT Bombay builds 5G core towards developing an end-to-end 5G testbed

Multi-institutional 5G test bed project to help develop human resources and 5G infrastructure and create an enabling environment

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