Research Matters

Killing Cancer with a Light Saber!

A team at IISc, Bangalore has successfully developed a novel technique to target and destroy cancer cells through multiple actions. As a group of diseases, cancer affects over 7 lakh people every y...

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Science IISc Neuroscience Biological Sciences Memories

How our memories become a 'treasure-trove'

At one time or another in our life, all of us are confronted with the most fundamental question of “who am I?” Do our memories make us who we are?  When our memories are lost we are t...

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Science General Ecology Centre for Ecological Sciences Ecology

Malaria - it is not just a human disease

Our world is changing - too much and too fast. Species are moving into higher latitudes and altitudes, often carrying new infectious agents with them. As climate changes, vectors of infectious disease...

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HUBOT- Bridging the gap between Human and Robot Interaction

A variety of robots are available today and each having their own, unique applications. However achieving an efficient means of communication with these robots is still problematic. It is difficult fo...

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Science IISc Bacteria Department of Biochemistry Biochemistry

To Cut or Not to Cut-The Bacterial Dilemma!

Some bacteria possess an interesting ability of incorporating a new piece of DNA from the outside.This new DNA might come from its surroundings, other bacteria or even invading virus and might help in...

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Science CCS Interdisciplinary Humanities General

Centre for Contemporary Studies – Bridging Science and Humanities

“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” - so goes the famous qu...

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Science IISc Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics

A Novel Fabrication Technique for Morphable Displays and Profilometers

A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore have recently demonstrated the self assembly of a 2-D array of high aspect ratio, electrically conductive sharp tips fabricated on ...

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Genes Science IISc Mutation Neuroscience National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences MRDG

5 new gene mutations found, making a significant contribution to an international database.

A collaborative study conducted by researchers at the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the National Institute of Mental Health and...

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The 2015 Chennai floods – A rapid assessment

In December 2015, Chennai witnessed massive floods killing about 400 people and displacing thousands. Now, researchers from Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR) at the Indian Institute ...

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Science IISc Neuroscience Co-ordination

Orchestrating eye-hand movements: What mechanisms does the brain use?

The eyes and the hands work together as a team for most of the daily tasks we perform. When we pick up the morning coffee, or when we drive to work, our brains are constantly commandeering our eye and...

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Killing Cancer with a Light Saber!

How our memories become a 'treasure-trove'

Malaria - it is not just a human disease

HUBOT- Bridging the gap between Human and Robot Interaction

To Cut or Not to Cut-The Bacterial Dilemma!

Centre for Contemporary Studies – Bridging Science and Humanities

A Novel Fabrication Technique for Morphable Displays and Profilometers

5 new gene mutations found, making a significant contribution to an international database.

The 2015 Chennai floods – A rapid assessment

Orchestrating eye-hand movements: What mechanisms does the brain use?