Science & Technology News - December 17, 2018
Science News
- New Arthritis Treatment Prevents Cartilage Breakdown
- COSINE-100 Experiment Challenges Previous Claims About Dark Matter
- Physicists Use Laser Light to Cool Traveling Sound Waves in Silicon Chips
- Study Shows Connection Between Brain Size and Cognitive Performance
- NASA InSight Safely Lands on Martian Surface, Ready to Discover What Lies Beneath
- Scientists Replicate Surface Structures at the Atomic Scale
- What NASA’s InSight Can Teach Scientists About Life
- Scientists Discover Why Some Supernova Explosions Produce More Manganese and Nickel
- Study Shows Ancient Mars Had The Right Conditions For Underground Life
- The Hardest Known Substance in the Universe – Nuclear Pasta
- Scientists Demonstrate New Method to Control the Behavior of Light
- New Hubble Project Provides Improved View of the Galaxy Cluster Abell 370
Technology News
- “Sun in a box” Stores Renewable Energy & Delivers It on Demand
- Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space, Over 18 Billion Kilometers from Earth
- Isro successfully launches prestigious GSAT-11
- Borophene Breakthrough Provides New Insight Into a Promising Material
- NASA's Mars probe beams back selfie to mark four years
- Insect-Inspired Vision System Helps Drones Pass Through Small Gaps
- VGP Project Releases Fifteen New Genomes
- ‘Robotic Skins’ Turn Inanimate Objects Into Multifunctional Robots
- New Electric Drone Has Groundbreaking Flight Time
- Breakthrough opens door to smartphone-powered $100 ultrasound machine
Government & Policy
Higher Education
- What India can learn from China’s rise in higher education
- The higher education commission of India bill: A failure of imagination
Rankings
Rankings of HEI
- IISc makes it to the top 100 in Times ranking for subjects of Engineering &Technology , IIT-B in top 200
- IISc-Bangalore, IIT-Bombay rank among world's top 200 engineering, tech universities
- IISc ranked 95th position in THE World University Ranking, IIT Bombay, Roorkee & Delhi in the list
- IISc Bangalore In Top 100, IIT Delhi In Top 200 Of Times Engineering, Technology Subject Rankings
- IISc, IIM-A and IIT-D produce most employable graduates in India according to Global University Employability Ranking 2018
- IISc, IIT, IIM produce most employable graduates
- THE WUR 2019: IISc, IIT Indore top Indian institutes for physical sciences
- IISc Bengaluru Beats IITs, IIMs To Become India’s Highest Ranked Institution
- IISc Bangalore top Indian university; IIT Indore second best in Times Ranking
- Times World University Ranking 2019: Besides the IITs and IISc, here is a list of top ten universities in India
- THE World University Rankings 2019: IIT Indore topples IIT Bombay; IISc highest-ranking Indian varsity
- World university rankings: A record 49 from India among the best in the world
- IISc best Indian institute in Times World University ranking 2019
- IISc Bengaluru tops India in global list of best institutes - THE rankings 2019
IISc in the News
- Prof Ganesh Nagaraju from IISc awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for unravelling DNA repair mechanisms
- British Telecom setting up research centre with IISc
- Prof Ambarish Ghosh from IISc awarded the 2018 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his work on active magnetic colloids and nanomotors
- IISc to draw Smart Cities data specs
- On the cutting edge
- SK Satheesh: India’s top climate scientist who’s demystifying greatest pollutants on earth
- Six-lane highway will choke Bengaluru, Mysuru
- IISc Bangalore signs MoU with Western Sydney University to promote Neuromorphic engineering
- Far from reducing traffic jams, B'luru's elevated corridors will increase it : IISc study
- IISc’s pilot project will reduce dependence on fresh water by 40 per cent
- IISc Bangalore, Western Sydney University Sign MoU To Promote Neuromorphic Engineering
- Moving beyond learning: In patents' race, IITs, IISc lead
- IIT's, IISc lead race for patents in 2018, says HRD
- Saving trees by transplanting: BMRCL’s approach has some lessons for Bengaluru
- Mindtree Ties Up With IISc For Artificial Intelligence Research
- Two IISc profs among Infosys Prize winnersTwo IISc Professors among six awarded the Infosys Prize 2018
- ASI, IISc join hands to restore Virupaksha Bazaar
- How an Indian wind farm is changing the colour of lizards
- Rapacious projects imperil Western Ghats ecosystem
- IISc scientists figure out compulsive behaviour in patients with autoimmune disorders
- Study shows possible link between behavioural disorders and immune system
- Quantum dot characteristics prove not so permanent
- IISc lab opens doors for testing pet diseases
- How Tatas made an indelible stamp on India's education sector
- Bengaluru: Tesco collaborates with Indian IISc Fellowship Programme
- Artificial Intelligence-driven machines can be fooled, warn IISc researchers
- A 100 suns to the rescue
- Unity in diversity at Indian Institute of Science
- Karnataka: KSRTC buses to ply via Shiradi Ghat from Wednesday. District administration asks experts from IISc to take a close look at the Ghat stretches
- Overseas Citizen of India Cardholders Can Apply to Teach at IISc and New AIIMS
- IISc Prof K B Akhilesh wins Gusi Prize for 2018
- KC Valley project: IISc report warns of heavy metal content in treated water
- Latest study from IISc could potentially lead to slower ageing and better cancer treatment by targeting inflammation
- Problems with creating ‘World Class Universities’ in India
- Teck check: Shock waves to revitalise
- New approach can help make better titanium alloy for implants
- Auction time at IISc after Kodagu, Kerala floods
- This technology monitor from IISc will help your cellphones read air quality instantly
- Prof. Vijaya Kumar of IISc selected for ACCS-CDAC Foundation Award
- How a startup is readying satellites to send highspeed Internet from space anywhere in India
- Latest study from IISc could potentially lead to slower ageing and better cancer treatment by targeting inflammation