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11 Things you should know about the Indian Origin Engineer who got Russia’s...
He has been awarded Russia’s highest tech award. He was also awarded America’s highest engineering prize in 2011. His invention has saved around $24 Trillion by raising efficiency of digital equipment....
View ArticleIndian Scientist Helps Make Revolutionary Discovery That Could End Malaria
Recently, an Indian scientist named Dr. Mahmood Alam, along with other top international scientists, came up with a potential cure for a disease degenerating the health of thousands of Indians,...
View ArticleThis Indian American Scientist has Devised a Method for Better Diagnosis of...
A new technique developed by an Indian American scientist, Rohit Bhargava, will help in quicker and better diagnosis of cancer. Cancer detection took a leap forward when an Indian American scientist...
View ArticleHow Kamala Sohonie Defied Gender Bias & Became the First Indian Woman Ph.D in...
Underrepresented, underpaid and often unrecognised for their scientific achievements, women scientists across the world have been fighting gender bias for decades. In India, this bias was probably the...
View ArticleWay Up in The Arctic, This Young Indian Scientist Is Studying the Future of...
Imagine a desolate wilderness beset by stormy waves, freezing hurricane-force winds, half-inch thick walls of ice and long seasons of darkness. Now, imagine a strikingly beautiful snow-scape where...
View ArticleHow a Sea Journey By CV Raman Placed India On The Global Science Map
“Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.” – Sir CV Raman Groundbreaking discoveries in science are often accompanied by interesting stories that become the stuff of...
View ArticleISRO Plans To Have Humans Working From ‘Igloos’ On The Moon!
Making an effort to extend space research, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has started working on building igloo-like habitats on the lunar surface for potential future missions,...
View ArticleNow Test Your Water For Bacteria in Just 1 Step — Thanks To This Indian...
Have you ever been sceptical enough to test those RO water purifiers that claim 99.9999% bacteria eradication Well, researchers at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI),...
View ArticleRemembering the Forgotten Scientist Who Fought For Freedom & For Science!
Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya was an Indian scientist whose work on general relativity is equally comparable to its inventor–Albert Einstein. P C Vaidya, as he was commonly known, has his works spanning...
View ArticleFrance Appoints Assam Girl As Ambassador to Inspire Scientists of Tomorrow!
From being one of the few to work for the satellite navigation wing of Rafale Fighter Jets of France, to make a micro-satellite in Paris, Priyanka Das has a list of incredible achievements. The...
View ArticleRemembering Yash Pal, the People’s Scientist Who Left an Indelible Mark on...
Can you think of a scientist who believes that science should be taught to the people for it to be understood and not for it to be reciprocated and that teaching science to all is how we would grow as...
View ArticleWhat Links India’s Chandrayaan Missions to a TN Village? This Brilliant...
In India, unless it is a cricketer, retirement is an event that usually draws no attention. Even if you are the man who literally put India on the moon. The Better India is proud to honour Dr Mylswamy...
View ArticleIndian Scientists Build ‘Nervous System’ of World’s Largest Radio Telescope,...
In September of 1993, there were efforts to build a large telescope with worldwide efforts to answer a few of the fundamental questions of the universe. In 2000, a MoU was signed between 11 core...
View ArticleWhy Is Desi Food So Delicious? IIT-Jodhpur Study Reveals The Culinary Secret!
If you watched Ratatouille, there would have been one scene that would have stuck with you, whether you are a food lover or not. It is the scene where Remy explains to his brother, Emile, about the...
View ArticleExclusive: Meet The Scientist Behind Smoke-Free, Debris-Less & Low-Cost...
Firecrackers have always offered the child within us penultimate thrill and joy, but as we grew up and realised the damage that they cause to the environment, to the body and our wallet, we slowly...
View ArticleIIT Mandi Scientists Create Material That Can Harvest Potable Water From Fog!
Nature has interesting ways of harvesting energy, from perfecting photosynthesis, to breaking down food for a living being. It has also perfected the art of harvesting water. The darkling beetle, for...
View ArticleThis Brilliant Bengali ‘Computer’ Discovered the World’s Highest Mountain...
“Sir, I have discovered the highest mountain in the world!” These were the words spoken by Radhanath Sikdar, a professional mathematician who was the first person to calculate the height of Mount...
View ArticleCracking the Puzzle of the ‘Mother of All Molecules’: A Conversation with...
How is genetic information translated into chains of amino acids which combine to form proteins, the building blocks of life? In the ‘Gene Machine’, published by Harper Collins India, Nobel Laureate...
View ArticleScientist Uses Kitchen Staple to Invent Non-Toxic Dye That Could...
In 2013, Bengaluru-based scientist Dr Fathima Benazir, a molecular biologist, was carrying out her Postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). During research for one of her...
View ArticleWant to Pursue a Career in Aerospace? Here’s How I Got My Dream Job at NASA
Ibrahim Kaleel from Kerala always wanted to work in the field of aerospace and also harboured a love for engineering since his childhood. “But getting a job at NASA was never in my plans. It was rather...
View ArticleJames Webb Space Telescope: 3 Indians Helped NASA Capture Universe’s ‘Deepest...
The sharpest image of the universe, dating back several billion years, has been released by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The picture was taken by NASA’s James Webb Space...
View ArticleIndian Scientist Wins Global Award for Creating World’s First Biofortified...
Dr Mahalingam Govindaraj, an agricultural scientist has won the Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application 2022. This award is for his efforts to develop a biofortified pearl millet...
View ArticleWho is Dr Subash Babu, 1st Indian Scientist to Win Prestigious Bailey K...
Dr Subash Babu, a prominent Indian scientist and physician, was awarded the prestigious 2022 Bailey K Ashford Medal and 2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH)...
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