The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, has developed a cost effective way to convert Reverse Osmosis membranes to Nano Filtration membranes. The plant with such converted membranes is useful for the treatment of surface water. The permeate water...

Houses near airports and railways have a problem of noise. How to keep noise from entering the houses? You can achieve that if you can build a barrier that will absorb all the noise...

Rice husk is a waste product from the rice mills and it is a headache to dispose it off. Now, National Physical Laboratories has a solution that kills two birds with one stone. With...

IIT-Kharagphur's GM crop technology is an improved version over the existing Bt cotton technology. The existing (first generation) technology offers protection only against cotton bollworm. IIT-K has technology that would protect crops from lepidopteran insects, which means...

Bhabha Atomic Research Center has developed a process to produce Xanthan gum, which is used as a thickener, stabilizer, emulsifier and rheology modifier in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Xanthan, by the way, has been...

Do you want to produce clothes that are flame retardant? Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has developed a technology for it.  The technology is to produce a transparent liquid, which is based on ‘phosporous functionalised graphene quantum dot...

Thin plastic (LDPE) bags floating all over the place is an ugly spectacle to behold and also harms the environment. The challenge has been to use the bags and yet not harm the environment. IIT...

National Physical Laboratories has developed a method of making tiles with used plastic bottles and LDPE bags. With these tiles, you may build small structures such as waterless toilets.  Recycling of Plastic Wastes into Tiles...

Hard anodic oxide coatings find application in the engineering industry for components where abrasion resistance is the required primary characteristic of the coating. Some of the industries that can use this process are: automobile industry...

Want to convert kitchen waste into compost in a very short time? Bhabha Atomic Research Centre can help. Composting waste from large kitchens, such as of hotels, restaurants and temples, can take a long time—months...