Secondary batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, need to be recharged once the stored energy is used up. In a bid to decrease our dependence…
If you were asked to make a list of everyday tasks that involved the use of a battery, the list would undeniably run quite long.…
Researchers from Ullas Kolthur’s group at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, in collaboration with Ranjith Padinhateeri’s group at the Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay, …
Have you noticed how the brightness of a smartphone screen changes when you take it from the sunny outdoors to a poorly lit room? A…
From Cat’s-Whisker detectors in the early 1900s to electronic circuit chips in modern-day mobile phones, electronic devices have been modified in myriad creative ways to…
Proteins, especially biomolecules such as enzymes, can exist in different structural conformations over a span of time. This property, also called conformational heterogeneity, plays an…
During the early months of 2020, researchers from TIFR Hyderabad began working on strategies to arrest the spread of COVID-19. Here, we list some of…
S. Mathimalar and Satyaki Sasmal (from Karthik V. Raman’s lab) give us a brief preview of their work on a three dimensional topological insulator. The characteristics…
Researchers from Karthik V. Raman’s lab achieve a breakthrough in decoupling surface magnetism from a bulk magnet- a phenomenon which they call the ‘Molecular Crane…
“You are the Yin to my Yang”, said every receptor to its ligand; and they lived triggering cellular responses happily ever after. Binding of ligands…