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Robin Santra wins Young Scientist prize

Robin Santra wins Young Scientist prize

Rediff.com20 Jul 2007

Dr Robin Santra, a physicist at the United States Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has been selected for the inaugural International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Algae, the next biofuel?

Algae, the next biofuel?

Rediff.com2 Apr 2008

Researchers at US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are working hard to chemically manipulate algae for production of hydrogen gas the next generation of renewable fuel. Scientists are trying to find a way to take that part of the enzyme hydrogenase which creates hydrogen and introduce it into the photosynthesis process. Algae have several benefits over corn in fuel production. It can be grown in a closed system almost anywhere including deserts or even roof.

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

'Wearing masks, washing our hands, all those things are barriers to transmissibility, or contagion, but as the virus becomes more contagious it statistically is better at getting around those barriers'