Seven defining scientific contributions that impact every Indian
In the past seven decades, India has built satellites, sent probes to the moon and Mars, established nuclear power stations, among many other …
New antibiotic delivery system could improve cancer treatment
The strategy, according to researchers, may specifically be useful in treating infected cancer cells where conventional antibacterial agents …
In caste-ridden India, genetic isolation may be harmful to health
Occurrence of genetic diseases could be due to genetic isolation caused by endogamous marriages over generations
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 …
Why time seems to go by more quickly as we get older
Apparently accelerated time travel is not a result of filling our adult lives with grown-up responsibilities. Research seems to show that …
Why Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand deserve to compete (and win) at Rio 2016
After much suspicion and derision, women with hyperandrogenism can compete in international events
Can reading fiction literally change your mind?
Is there weight to claims that reading can make you a better person – or are they just tall tales?
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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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