Published on November 27, 2023 Ahmedabad: One of the biggest hurdles for a widespread rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) is the availability of charging stations at regular intervals. Many of the existing facilities get the power from the grid — meaning they also use fossil fuel — and this does not make them truly ‘green’. … Continue reading Guj’s first vanadium flow battery facility at PDEU
Stirrings of Struggle That Empowered Bapu
Published on August 14, 2022 Gujarat is synonymous with Gandhi when it comes to India’s freedom struggle, but historians point out that the roots of the crusade for independence ran much deeper than that association. The state was unique in the way that many of the movements initiated here – be it in the British-ruled … Continue reading Stirrings of Struggle That Empowered Bapu
Too hot to handle: High temperature hits mating, reproduction in fruit flies
Published on July 9, 2021 AHMEDABAD: If the current hot and humid weather is making Amdavadis uneasy, a new research from the Ahmedabad University (AhdUni) pointed that rising temperatures due to climate change may be a life and death matter for the tiny insects that are highly susceptible to heat shocks. Two recently-published studies claimed … Continue reading Too hot to handle: High temperature hits mating, reproduction in fruit flies
Ahmedabad: Innovation to make eye surgeries easier
Published on July 5, 2021 AHMEDABAD: A city-based couple along with their colleagues were granted a patent for their forceps for iris claw lenses by the Patent Office of the Government of India on July 2. The innovation will help eye surgeons during complicated cataract surgeries. The patent has been granted to Dr Deepika Singhal, … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Innovation to make eye surgeries easier
‘17 geothermal energy sites in Gujarat can be exploited with good returns on investment’
Published on June 20, 2021 AHMEDABAD: We may know about hot water springs at Tulsishyam or Lasundra, but there are 17 sites in Gujarat where geothermal energy can be exploited with good returns on investment, Gujarat’s first geothermal atlas highlights. The atlas was created by the Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at PDEU, … Continue reading ‘17 geothermal energy sites in Gujarat can be exploited with good returns on investment’
Ahmedabad: Bacteria and fungi that snack on plastic found on Mt Pirana
Published on March 10, 2021 AHMEDABAD: A potential weapon in the war against plastic waste has been found here in Ahmedabad. A group of researchers has found tiny plastic-eating bacteria at Pirana, which can be engineered to cut the city’s garbage mountain to size. In the first such study at the solid waste management (SWM) … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Bacteria and fungi that snack on plastic found on Mt Pirana
Khoda pahad, nikla 10m years old chuhiya
Published on February 3, 2021 Ahmedabad: A team of researchers that carefully dug through 1,500kg of fossiliferous rock at Tapar and Pashuda villages near Anjar in Kutch district, were rewarded with proverbial chuhiyas (rats). These were no simple rodents though, as the samples opened a new chapter of the late Miocene age with the remains … Continue reading Khoda pahad, nikla 10m years old chuhiya
City-origin researcher leads hunt for novel cure
Published on April 28, 2020 Ahmedabad: As scientists across the locked down world attempt to target coronavirus, an Ahmedabad-origin researcher in the US is leading the effort to lock out the virus from the human body. The popular image of the Covid-19 virus as a sphere with protruding spikes has caught the public imagination. It’s also … Continue reading City-origin researcher leads hunt for novel cure
Handheld power: Amdavadis shine at AppFest
AHMEDABAD: The second edition of AppFestwas a win-win for developers and enthusiasts as 40 new applications were developed literally overnight. More than 250 individuals applied their knowledge and talents to come up with new applications - while some succeeded, others went away with the prize of experience. The event organized by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) came … Continue reading Handheld power: Amdavadis shine at AppFest
ATS quadracopters help flood-hit
AHMEDABAD: The state Anti-Terrorist Squad(ATS) is tackling an emergency - this time a very different one. Two quadracopters - 'Netra' with the ATS have been deployed in flood-hit areas of Bharuch for aerial survey. The ATS team is expected to be back on Wednesday. Talking about the operation, superintendent of police, ATS, K G Bhati said the rescuers … Continue reading ATS quadracopters help flood-hit
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