Hyderabad: Alternative to antibiotics found
Scientists identity anti-microbial protein in milk. The protein was found in the milk of mammals like Echidna which are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Hyderabad: A novel anti-microbial protein
Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Safe drug for kala-azar
KOLKATA, 10 SEPT: Indian scientists have found a safe orally-administered drug against kala-azar, a disease that puts at risk an estimated 165.4 million people in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Uttar
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NIIST offers ‘clear’ banana fibre extraction knowhow
The National Institute for Inter-disciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) is offering a technology for clear extraction of banana fibre on a non-exclusive basis. NIIST is an affiliate of the Council
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Kolkata engineer designs wonder rickshaw
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: A Kolkata engineer has designed a cycle-rickshaw that uses passenger load to push the vehicle and reduces the puller's drudgery by using bumps on the road for propulsion. Mr Pratik Kumar
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Bio-business in brief: a case for new drugs at generic prices from India
The current drug discovery paradigm in the West is constrained in what it can do, primarily due to the funding model. Here we envisage a hypothetical non-governmental, non-profit organization called the
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Contract signed for pilot project to map aquifers
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on Monday signed a contract with the Council of Scientific Industrial Research–National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI) to implement a pilot project on
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NIIST develops compact digester for biomass wastes
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has developed a compact digester for treating biomass wastes at origin. NIITST is a constituent laboratory under the Council
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Liverpool-CSIR to work together to identify malaria-prone areas
The UK’s University of Liverpool has tied up with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to identify areas in India that are at higher risk of malaria outbreaks, following changes in
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Awards announced for Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology today announced the selections for three consortia projects under the Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC). The JCERDC is
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Biodiesel from microalgae becomes a reality
A maroon car, powered by fuel obtained from photosynthetic microorganisms, was flagged off for a test run by Union minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Vilasrao Deshmukh in New Delhi
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NEIST promises herbal relief from pain, itching
- Institute to foray into production from March to make medicines available at affordable prices The CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, which has so far concentrated on research, has