News Feature in 2021

Scientific collaborations between researchers in India and China could become part of a wider dialogue to improve troubled regional relations, say Jacob Dreyer and Subhra Priyadarshini

Faster warming in recent years increases India’s west coast's vulnerability to devastating storms, scientists say.

A focus on wastewater epidemiology might still help India predict the third wave of COVID-19, and future outbreaks.

Scientists fear toxin load in migratory bird stopover sites might severely impact avian health and behaviour.

Odisha’s 2018 biotech policy has been a catalyst for a start-up culture embracing transformative opportunites in everything from smart farming to health interventions.

Technological breakthroughs in rice production and fisheries are among success stories in Odisha’s agricultural sector.

Odisha’s rich history, depicted in monuments, manuscripts and archaeological excavations, is further revealed through shipwrecks off its coast.

Intense cyclones, severe heat waves, droughts, floods, and storms are part of life in Odisha, but more robust systems and advanced technologies are improving outcomes.

Nanomaterial design and strategies are at the forefront in developing advanced antiviral and antibacterial therapies.

Artificial intelligence is harnessed to accelerate drug repurposing in the search for COVID-19 solutions.

Responding to a shortage of expensive international ventilators, engineers developed domestically built alternatives.