India invents pesticide in soild form

Hooked on iron

New study stresses need to review treatment of hookworm

Bugged

On cloud nine

Algae and bacteria travel on clouds

Plant-like bacteria

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Therapeutic smoke

Holy smoke disinfects indoor air

Glowfriends

How to detect hazardous wastes dumped in seawaters? Tiny, glowing bugs might be the answer

Rise in algae growth

Clay has curative properties

Benevolent bacteria

Uphill TRIPS

Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance

Fluoride for a meal

Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis

Washing water

Microbes can rid polluted water of toxic metals and colours

Save the killers

Even the nasty little bugs are worth conserving

Plankton warming

Killer cornered

Persistent weed killers meet their match

Dead sea of Japan

Fertilising the ocean

Iron leads to the growth of algae, which absorb carbon dioxide

To catch the polluter

Water pollutants can be traced using a bacterium DNA

Infection threat from clean hospitals too

Bioinspectors

Biomonitoring of contaminants comes of age

Taste for nuclear waste

A bacterium that mops up uranium

Structure of key TB protein unraveled

Scientists unravel the structure of key TB protein