Liver fibrosis can be detected through blood test: new study
It will make diagnosis easier to perform, non-invasive, and less prone to sampling errors, researchers say
India’s hot springs harbour solution to oil spills
As natural extreme environments with water at very high temperature, hot springs are of special interest to scientists and those engaged in …
Hidden wonders of India
For the first time, a book comprehensively collates all scientific streams about the natural history of the Indian subcontinent. Down To Earth …
Yawning gaps
The lack of planning and lethargic management have reduced the once prestigious Indian Science Congress to a meaningless jamboree
Can 104th Indian Science Congress claim any achievement?
From nanoscience to navigation satellites and sanitation to antibiotics resistance, the potential of science in tackling development issues was …
Humans now drive evolution on Earth, both creating and destroying species
Human activity doesn't just reduce biodiversity – new research explores how we are continually creating newspecies and ecos
Big helium reserve found in Tanzania
Helium is extremely rare on the earth. Its concentration in Tanzania could be 54 billion cubic feet in just one part of the Rift Valley
`It is perfectly possible that Homo genus evolved in Asia'
Bernard A Wood is University Professor of Human Origins at the Centre for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University, USA.…
Research shows universe's first life was born on carbon planets
This work shows that even stars with a tiny fraction of the carbon in our solar system can host planets
Why the Deep Space Atomic Clock is key for future space exploration
In its final form, the Deep Space Atomic Clock will be suitable for operations in the solar system well beyond Earth orbit
The great science robbery
A Kazakh neuroscientist triggers the 'who owns public-funded science' debate by taking on a publishing giant
Competitive policies
The Ericsson case highlights the uneasy interface between competition policy and patent law
Cacao tree originated 10 million years ago: scientists
Early evolutionary origin of the species is good news as it suggests that cacao has had enough time to diversify genetically
Nutrient overdose
Population burst has increased the amount of nutrients released into the atmosphere through human activity. Varun Varma, a PhD student at the …
Beneath the surface
Heat absorption rate of sub-surface waters in the Pacific has seen a phenomenal rise in the past 60 years
Ultra-sensitive to light
Arindam Ghosh, physicist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, talks to Tiasa Adhya about his discovery of a light-sensitive composite …
Together is better
New algorithm shows how group size affects animals’ response to environmental changes
My genetic profile
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Sweet Victory For Diabetics
Carbohydrate-based sweeteners available in the market are not good for diabetics. Recently, 15 students from IIT Madras tweaked lactobacilli used …
Newton, the alchemist
Book>> Clockwork Universe, Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of Modern Science • By Edward Dolnick • Harper Collins &…
Blast That Cures
For the first time in India a needleless drug delivery device has been designed. Gopalan Jagadeesh from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, …
Big bite
As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only …
Chemical traps
Harnessing solar energy has been a long-standing scientific goal. The latest approach employs chemicals that, like the leaves of a tree, soak up …
Quicker detection of TB and hepatitis
Two new tests allow a faster and more accurate detection of tuberculosis and hepatitis B than possible earlier
Bad blood
A hypothesis that radiation from a nuclear plant caused leukaemia in the children of its employees has been trashed