Making power needs more energy than it yields

Kani vs Kani

Kanis are dragged into bureaucratic wrangling, pitting them against each other

Taste of waste

How to make plants yield salt

An opportunity lost?

"GMOs will not feed the world"

New graphene-based material developed for medical implants

Biometallic implants have become popular as a means to repair, restructure or replace damaged or diseased parts in orthopaedic and dental procedures

Why there are fewer women in science

This field and participation of women in it is a reflection of society, which hasn’t considered investing time or money in the gender’…

India to send manned mission to space within 40 months

This feat has only been achieved by three countries till now—the United States, Russia and China

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

The world of french fries and potato salad

The potato, native to South America, invaded England in 1588, the year Elizabeth I's devil-may-care sea-dogs vanquished the Spanish Armada. It …

The red tape vs Kanis

The forest department reserves the right to conserve arogyapacha, and prevents Kanis from selling it outside

The miracle-makers

Scientists are only now finding out the Kanis' knowledge of herbal remedies. The most outstanding find so far is arogyapacha

Flying high and low

Small wonders from our scientists: ultra-small aircraft that will fly into hazardous areas and bring back data

Where are the heroes?

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'There is a conflict in gene patenting in India and abroad'

ASIS DUTTA, a senior biologist at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, is the first Indian scientist to have applied for a gene patent in …

"Right should belong to scientists"

For the first time in India, the draft of the Plant Varieties Protection (PVP) Act is being finalised by the ministry of agriculture. India, as a …

QED

Scientific proof that pesticides harm the human body

Why no debate on independence of research?

There was no discussion on how promoting PPP model will affect independence of research

Even shorter workouts help

Exercise changes the way fat is stored

Opportunists among plants

Invasive species thrive by making the most of nutrition that comes in spurts

An ardent activist passes away

Spaced out waste

Caught in a haze

Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud

Look inside the whale

Scientists develop a method for studying the whales' stomach contents without killing them

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