Fuel for the Future
12 Dec 2025 under Features
How scientists are improving hydrogen production and storage for real-world applications In the 1980s, researchers at IISc, were searching for indigenous materials to serve as alternative energy sources to fossil fuels. Around early 2000, they extended the search for materials that would generate hydrogen. That was when they came across a readily available natural resource […]
Novel Photoacoustic Contrast Agent for Visualising Tumours
27 Jun 2025 under Focus
Tumour cells have higher metabolic activity compared to healthy tissue and consequently consume a lot of glucose. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) – the current gold standard diagnostic technique – exploits this property. Clinicians inject patients with radioactive tracers like 18F-fluoro 2-deoxy glucose (18F-FDG) which accumulate at the tumour site and help pinpoint it. However, PET is […]