Bird-sized fossil found in Myanmar could be smallest dinosaur: Scientists

The study could offer insight into how dinosaurs evolved to be small, according to scientists 

Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw

Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise

COVID-19: First few peer reviewed studies suggest vaccine induced antibodies fail to protect from Omicron

The studies, published in Nature, covered Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but not India’s indigenous Covaxin

Why India should prepare for COVID-19 recovered patients as ‘next big health crisis’

A recent study says besides other long-term health risks, patients face higher chance of death even after six months of recovery  

Malaria parasite’s drug resistance decoded

The finding will help understand drug resistance in other microbes causing bacterial infections, TB

Two-stroke vehicles are the worst polluters

Six per cent of bikes and 70 per cent of three wheelers run on two-stroke engines in India

How tortoises got their shells

South African researchers claim to have found out the reason

Scientists make DNA barcode of malaria parasite

It can help prevent spread of drug-resistant malaria from one region to another

Genome sequence reveals big cats evolved to kill, eat meat

Mapping of genomes to help wildlife conservation efforts and combat wildlife crime

Indian researchers decode function of non-coding part of human genome

Simple sequence repeats punctuate genome; discovery will help improve gene therapy

Evolution in times of climate change

The origins of some of our fundamental traits could lie in climate change