ICMR certifies ‘economical’ COVID-19 test COVIRAP
The cost of the machine is around Rs 5,000 and one test will cost between Rs 500 and Rs 600
India should not prefer Russian COVID-19 vaccine over own: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez
India has a golden chance to emerge as a superpower; vaccine dissemination would be a paramount challenge, Hotez says in an …
Meet Mars: NASA rover is on the Red Planet
The Perseverance Rover landed on the Jezero Crater February 18, 2021 to look for ancient microscopic life. Dozens of high-resolution images were …
Titanic submersible: Titan search-and-rescue effort shows risky undertakings need to consider potential rescue needs
Many conventional risk assessments do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities
Space Race 2.0: Is this democratisation of space or a high-tech coup?
A handful of billionaires are working hard to make space colonisation a reality. In the process they are reviving a sector that had stagnated for …
A chunk of space rock may hold clues to origin of Earth
Materials like Ryugu space rock make up 5% of the planet’s mass, likely helped make planet habitable, finds study
Did the108th Indian Science Congress uphold its theme of women empowerment?
Vedas also found a mention during the conference; general president of the Indian Science Congress Association, said women were empowered during …
International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Why viruses are necessary
Possible solution to antimicrobial resistance, organ protection are some beneficial roles viruses play
Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds
Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene
Where did Chandrayaan-1 leave us?
Before India achieves the feat of soft landing on the Moon, let’s look at what the first mission attained and how the second will be different
Monsoon modeling is not like the ‘blind men and elephant’ story
Disparate insights into model imperfections are all related to the intricacies of the monsoon dynamics itself and the models capture the most …
Cassini dives into Saturn
The Cassini-Huygens probe has enabled scientists analyse the surface and atmosphere of some of Saturn's mysterious moons
The passing of scientific threads
India lost two eminent scientists last fortnight. While Yash Pal was a scientific communicator par excellence, P M Bhargava laid the foundation …
Warm and convenient
Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product
Fruit scare
Encephalitis is not only threatening lives in Bihar, but also the livelihood of litchi farmers as unconfirmed reports link the disease to the fruit
In praise of open-source innovation
India slams mania for patents and says open-source models work better to spur innovation
A simple yet rare solution
Iron deficiency in newborns can be checked if doctors wait for two minutes before cutting the umbilical cord
God’s Invincible Laddoo
Tirupati temple wins its Geographical Indications case on a specious logic; registry order sidesteps fundamental issues
A tab on wishlist
As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market
Annoying the US, our way
Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card
Raised to the ground
Measures to protect groundwater -- which accounts for 97 per cent of our freshwater resources -- from the pressures and pollution it is …
Screening smoke
Unexpected photography from aboard a space shuttle reveals patches of sulphate aerosols which keep some industrial pockets cooler
Perfect but not quite
Computer models like the ones that recently simulated conditions in the Chesapeake bay in the US could alter opinions regarding the nature of …
Tryst with the Triassic
The Triassic has been brought into sharper focus, thanks to fossilised evidence found in the US
Disarming the disastrous
Attempts are on to convert ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons into more innocuous substances like table salt