Challenge of the balance
When will scientists stop? The latest is the 'nanobalance', which would measure the mass of microorganisms and viruses
Y2K, and all that
Though India woke up late to the millennium bug, most large organisations seem on course to fix the problem
You've got Melissa
On March 26, thousands of computers across the world were infected with the 'Melissa' virus through the Internet. Many large corporations had to …
New blood in old veins
As if by magic, scientists turn brain cells into blood: an achievement that could let cells develop their own tissues
Cancerous route
Better cancer drugs may be on the anvil with researchers finding a cell protein that helps cancer spread
Chips make them rich
Princeton University scientists come up with cost-effective technology for making better silicon chips
The adventure of evolution
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In wait for revamp
Researchers and government call for new ideas to revive Indian science yet again. Will it work?
Many Indian women denied mobile phones to keep them 'pure'
A study finds a 33 per cent gender gap in access to mobile phones in India that is inhibiting women’s earnings
Accuracy of non-invasive blood tests depends on skin type: study
The optical properties of the skin significantly affect signals in the non-invasive devices and therefore measurements must consider skin …
Russia to bring woolly mammoths back from the dead
The government of a remote region in Siberia is planning to build a “Jurassic Park” where cloned woolly mammoth, cave lions and other …
India’s first robotic telescope opens its eyes to the universe
The fully robotic optical research telescope is designed to capture cosmic events occurring in timescales much shorter than light years – …
A century-old bamboo is a 'new' species, say scientists
Although tribes in Arunachal Pradesh have used Stapletonia rigoense for almost a century, scientists have only recently discovered and …
Scientists develop new ceramic-based piezoelectric material
Piezo-electric materials change their shape when an electric field is applied and have a wide range of applications from use in inkjet printers …
Thar Desert was once ever tropical forest, new fossil discovery reveals
A set of rare wood boring trace fossils in Barmer region show that the area was under tropical forest and even had vast river network 55 million …
To treat toxic wastewater without chemicals, scientists develop nanomaterial from seaweed
The nanomaterial obtained from seaweed has shown very high adsorption capacity for lead and chromium
First galaxy sans dark matter challenges longstanding belief about universe
DF2 was expected to have about 100 times more dark matter than regular matter. Instead, researchers found almost none
Pride of India Expo major crowd-puller at 105th Indian Science Congress
Spread over an area of more than 18,000 sq m, the expo showcases cutting-edge technologies, scientific products and services, achievements and …
Relevance of Srinivasa Ramanujan: the man who knew infinity
December 22 is the birth anniversary of Ramanujan and observed as National Mathematics Day
Elon Musk's patent ambiguities
Electric carmaker Tesla has patented a battery-swapping system. Does this mean a reversal of its open source philosophy?
Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting passes away
He was known for his DNA study of Indian population, especially the one conducted on the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Quantum computers: how they work
Scientists are achieving major breakthroughs in the construction of computers that will function in a totally new way
Hiroshima isotopes help solve mystery surrounding 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake
It is the biggest earthquake to rock the Himalayas so far with a magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale
What if the Lazarus returns
We may never be able to bring extinct species back to life. Yet, scientists are drawing up secret plans for their resurrection
IMD scientist on long-range monsoon forecast
The India Meteorological Department issued the first stage long-range forecast of the Indian summer monsoon, predicting normal rains for the …