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New plateau type discovered in Maharashtra
01 A rare low-altitude basalt

plateau housing 76
species of plants and shrubs
from 24 different families
discovered in Thane region
in the Western Ghats—one of the four
global biodiversity hotspots in India,
can prove to be a repository of infor-
mation for species interactions. It can help study effects of climate change on
species survival and increase awareness of the conservation needs of rock
outcrops and their immense biodiversity value in the global context.

Affordable smart window with energy storage capability

02 Indian scientists have institutes of the Department of Science

& Technology (DST), Government of
developed a cost-effective
polymeric electrochromic
smart window which can India, have found a cost-effective
solution by utilizing a chemically
store energy using hybrid synthesized conducting polymer,
transparent electrodes, as well as carry poly(o-methoxyaniline) (PMOANI), as
out transparency switching. It has the an electrochromic layer over a low-cost
potential of replacing the costly transparent coducting electrode
traditional smart windows in modern (ITO--60 nm/Al
structures. Bengaluru-based scientists -mesh) to form a smart
from the Centre for Nano and Soft window.
Matter Sciences
(CeNS), and
Jawaharlal Nehru
Centre for
Advanced and
Scientific Research
(JNCASR),
autonomous

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