IIT-M’s 3D, Paper-Based, Portable Device Detects Milk Adulteration in 30 Secs

Originally reported and written in March 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Researchers led by Dr Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, have developed a portable device that can detect multiple substances commonly employed as adulterating agents in milk within 30 seconds.   Collaborating with Dr Mahapatra in this interesting endeavour are research scholars Subhashis Patari and Dr Priyankan Datta. Together, they have co-authored a research paper that was recently published in the prestigious...