'We have moved industry from water-intensive to water-free cleaning'
Eran Meller, CEO and co-founder of Ecoppia, tells Down To Earth about Ecoppia E4, a robotic system which cleans photovoltaic panels in …
Africa fails its young scientists by not investing in their innovations
Unless African governments put their money where their mouths are, innovative advances from young scientists on the continent will be stifled
Putting faith back in science
Pope Francis may have just succeeded in creating a kind of middle ground, albeit a slippery one
World eagerly awaits New Horizons’ flyby past Pluto
Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup using the Ralph spectrometer
NASA’s Hubble detects ‘sunscreen’ layer on remote planet
The discovery is important as a stratosphere provides clues about how a planet is formed and its composition
Glacier change in the Everest region
An international team of researchers has studied glaciers in the Dudh Koshi basin of the Everest region in Nepal
Life beyond Earth
Book>> Five Hundred Billion Years Of Solitude • by Lee Billings • Penguin • Rs 799
Baltic Sea low on oxygen
Anthropogenic activities are reducing oxygen in the Baltic Sea, harming the marine ecosystem
Born with a map
Chinook salmons have an innate sense of direction, based on the earth’s magnetic field
Nano carriers
Nanoparticles which help deliver curcumin, a natural compound with potential to cure Alzheimer’s, to rat brain have been created
Cop’s weapon to track rogue plants
Geographical profiling used to hunt down criminals can help predict spread of invasive species
Look beyond invasive species
Competition, not predation, is the most influential process that shapes food web
We are pirates all
Film>> Partners in Crime • Directed by Paromita Vohra • Produced by Magic Lantern Foundation
Warning signal
Telecom service providers’ study shows mobile phone towers are safe. But are they?
Power for the future
The Institute of Plasma Research in Gujarat is working to make power generation from nuclear fusion a reality.
Molecules made to order
Restructuring molecules for specific purposes -- be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs -- has come of age in India.
Speeding up in the fast lane
India's largest particle accelerator installed in Delhi is a boon for scientists studying the behaviour of particles at high speeds.
A ray of hope for leprosy patients
Two groups of Indian scientists have developed anti-leprosy vaccines that they claim are also effective in helping victims recover.
As deadly as thermal power
Newly flooded reservoirs, which store water for hydroelectric plants, sometimes generate large amounts of greenhouse gases, comparable to those …
Selling God's secrets
After 20 years of scepticism, increasing sales have finally convinced industries that genetic engineering holds the key to the future.
Polluting fuels choke Chinese households
Extensive domestic use of coal in China has led to an increase in the incidence of respiratory illnesses, which are now among the leading causes …
Ayurveda offers remedy for failing memory
After yielding successful formulations like Liv. 52 and Guglip, Ayurveda now holds out promise of a new range of drugs to treat mental disorders.
Pollution clogs hyacinth control
Insects introduced to curb the spread of water hyacinths are avoiding feeding on those weeds that have been contaminated by toxic metals
Insistence on dollar payments delays ocean power project
A US firm proposing to set up a project off the Tamil Nadu coast that will supply electricity and potable water from the ocean wants to be paid …
One of the world's largest radio telescope being set up near Pune will look for incontrovertible evidence for the Big Bang theory on the origin …