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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Public engineering and research institute in Gujarat, India, part of the IIT system, spanning chemistry, biology, materials, and civil engineering.

Known aliases

  • IIT Gandhinagar
  • IITGN

Current stories

scienceOne report1 publisher

IIT Gandhinagar team finds enzyme reactions outside cells raise transferrin uptake by about 17%

IIT Gandhinagar researchers report that enzyme reactions in the fluid around cells raised the cells' uptake of transferrin by roughly 17%. If the team's stirring explanation holds, the medium around a cell helps set how much cargo the cell takes in.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
scienceConfirmed2 publishers

Copper MOF from an IIT Gandhinagar-led team captures both lead and rare earths in batch tests

Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar, Cambridge and Birmingham report a copper MOF that holds 490 mg of lead or 351 mg of neodymium per gram of material. Whether that lets cleanup pay for itself through recovery depends on cost and scale-up work the team says still has to be done.

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption5
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

IITGN clones the four stigma genes behind toria's rejection of its own pollen

The work is careful basic genetics: cloned sequences, predicted protein folds, and one gene switched off at a time. Whether it touches India's 56% edible oil import share depends on breeding that has not happened yet.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption12
Hype gap+30
Incentives68
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

Simulations single out three five-metal boride sheets that reduce CO2 to CO with no extra voltage

Overpotential is the part of a CO2 electrolyser's electricity bill that buys no product, and a computational screen from IIT Gandhinagar says three five-metal boride sheets may not need any of it, though those sheets so far exist only in the calculation.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence46
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+24
Incentives72
Confidence54
scienceOne report1 publisher

India's cereal reform has the wrong target: aim at nitrogen, and the water follows

An IIT Gandhinagar and UFZ model in Nature Communications finds the water saved by targeting nitrogen is 4.6 times the nitrogen saved by targeting water, with calorie output held flat.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+16
Incentives58
Confidence52