Simple salmon
Scottish environmentalists oppose use of chemicals to control sea lice and favour organic salmon
Stormy weather blues
Researchers discover how human activities are responsible for good or bad weather at the weekend
Tree help
Assisted conception of coniferous trees can be a boon for both the environment and the lumber industry
Bee confused
Far from being avid shift workers, young honeybees are quite hopeless when it comes to timekeeping
Fade to black
Coral reefs in the Andaman Sea are losing their colour, owing to extensive bleaching. Experts say global warming is to blame
Cleaning trees
Phytoremediation gets another shot in the arm as Japanese researchers transform conifer leaves to fantastic cleaning agents
In troubled waters
Coral fish, found in the waters of Southeast Asia, are falling prey to the greed of restaurateurs
Rings of evidence
Tree trunks tell a tale of post-war pollution in the uk
Ozone therapy
Reduction of ozone-depleting substances could actually lead to the ozone layer repairing itself
Potato cure
Edible vaccine for cancer of cervix created by incorporating gene of the cancer-causing virus in potatoes
Deadly solutions
To die, Warangal farmers have to no longer consume pesticides. A mere exposure is enough to kill them
SSP falls prey to political machinations
Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project is finally …
The thalidomide story explained
How a drug prescribed for nausea in pregnant women led to severe limb defects in their babies
Galaxy mergers ignite ‘quasars’ — the most powerful celestial objects: Study
Quasars likely to be future of Milky Way galaxy when it collides with Andromeda in about 5 billion years
AI isn’t close to becoming sentient — the real danger lies in how easily we’re prone to anthropomorphise it
Chatbots like ChatGPT raise important new questions about how artificial intelligence will shape our lives, and about how our psychological …
Roman secret to durable architecture? Self-healing concrete
Quicklime, pozzolanic material ‘hot-mixed’ to make concrete can endure for millenia; It can also help reduce environment …
Death by star: Scientists spot alien planet spiralling to ruin
Kepler-1658b’s orbit is getting closer to its ageing star; likely to crash in 2.5 million years
Single nanoparticle twists pave the way for medicines on demand: Study
Understanding chirality — twists within nanoparticles — can help several industries, including pharma
‘Wrap, trap, zap’: New strategy to kill antibiotic resistant bugs in wastewater
Microspheres wrapped in graphene oxide help destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic-resistant genes in wastewater plants
Can game theory help detect drug-resistant bacteria?
Washington State University researchers developed a software tool, with a graphic user interface, that can identify most relevant features …
Smoke and mirrors on COVID-19 drugs?
In a brutal fight to corner the successful outcome of research, governments are openly using money power to grab the first rights to promising …
Ignore US bullying on IPRs
Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report
Manning the groves
Studies conducted on the Vietnamese coast reveal that mangroves are among the best defences one could put up against the ravages of the sea
Bad news from above
A new space-borne instrument helps NASA scientists come to a 'comprehensive' conclusion that the earth is being exposed to increasing amounts of …
From the frying-pan to fire
Sweden may be trying hard to control the phenomenon of acid rain, but the end result is another crisis at hand - a dwindling Population of the moose