Plastic recycling is becoming a challenge, especially number 5 plastics. The recycling symbol on the bottom of a plastic product does not necessarily indicate that the item can be recycled.Continue Reading
Around seven years ago, two city activists, Shefali Dudhabade and her friend Anasuya Kale Chhabrani, in their bit to contribute to society, began finding ways to wipe out the tonnesContinue Reading
Following suit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, Péters Surgical, the leading French medical device manufacturer, today inaugurates its new site in Manesar, Haryana. Expanding its expertiseContinue Reading
All batteries don’t power electric cars or store energy from renewable sources. Some provide small amounts of power to operate an LED or a medical sensor — functions that canContinue Reading
Availability of potable drinking water remains a challenge in rural areas in several parts of the country. Commercially available water filters are costly, need electricity to run and reverse osmosisContinue Reading
For more than six decades, plastic waste has been threatening the the beauty that we can find beneath the surface of our oceans. By 2050 there may be more plasticContinue Reading
Fish scales have a typical structure and chemistry that makes them naturally capable of repelling oil. Scientists are trying to exploit this property for developing novel materials that can findContinue Reading
Eggshells are among the most commonly discarded kitchen waste. Now scientists are putting eggshells to some novel use – drug delivery – by deriving nanoparticles out of them. A teamContinue Reading
