Researchers from the Desert Research Institute, USA and Urban Emissions, New Delhi, India, have investigated the emission levels of multiple pollutants in twenty Indian cities, other than Delhi.
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Bhubaneswar |
Jul 16
General, Science, Health, Society, Deep-dive
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and the University of Southampton, UK have tried to understand the effects of changes in land use and land cover on regional temperatures in Odisha, which frequently experiences heatwave, cyclones, droughts and floods.
Mumbai |
Jul 11
General, Science, Technology, Health, Society, Deep-dive
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the University of Birmingham, UK hope to better understand urinary incontinence and possible interventions for those suffering from this condition.
Mumbai |
Jul 9
General, Science, Technology, Society, Deep-dive
Researchers from IIT Bombay, Microsoft India and Google Inc, develop a search system to extract meaningful data from live social media posts
Chennai |
Jul 5
General, Science, Health, Society, Deep-dive, Friday Features
Researchers from the University of East Anglia, UK, and the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai, India, have explored how women’s work in agriculture affects nutritional outcomes for the family. The study found that although agricultural outputs have increased with women working in the farms, it has left them with little time to cater to the nutritional needs of their families and themselves, resulting in malnutrition.
Mumbai |
Jul 4
General, Science, Ecology, Health, Society, Deep-dive
Study details how floating plastic debris can affect physical processes in the oceans
Kerala |
Jun 27
General, Science, Ecology, Health, Society, Policy, Deep-dive
Researchers use a data-driven approach to identify bat species that could be carriers of the Nipah virus in Kerala.
Kolkata |
Jun 26
General, Ecology, Society, Deep-dive
Researchers at IISER Kolkata study the behaviour of free-ranging dogs in India to understand their food preferences.
Bengaluru |
Jun 25
General, Science, Health, Society, Deep-dive
It is hard to live without a good night’s sleep. However, 22% of the people in industrialised countries do that regularly, when they work in shifts, including those during the night. Working in different shifts disrupts the body’s circadian rhythm—a natural process in our body that regulates the sleep-wake cycle.
Bengaluru |
Jun 14
General, Science, Society, Deep-dive, Friday Features, Joy of Science
Jack: That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple.
Algernon: The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
— Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest
In a series of articles, Research Matters tries to explain the commonly accepted process of scientific methodology, the interpretation of scientific studies and the obvious pitfalls. It is hoped that this series will help lay public in analysing any understanding published scientific studies for what they are, instead of believing just because ‘scientists say so’. This article is the first in the series.