Real laureates

This year's Nobel prizes are truly grounded in practicality

Beauty of being natural

Organic farming has many advantages over other farming methods, proves a 21-year long study

Self healing

Scientists develop a plastic that can repair itself when heated

Profitable in every way

Scientists develop method to use jute for making paper pulp

Instant data

A new device to measure wastewater pollution on-site

At the North Pole

Pen-happy Pierre speaks a chat with French scientist Jean Pirre Petit

Lies nailed

Model approach

Mathematical models can be applied in real life situations in several ways. R Vishnu Vardhan from the department of statistics, Pondicherry …

105th Indian Science Congress concludes by recognising 14 young scientists

106th edition of Indian Science Congress will be held from January 3-7, 2019 in Bhopal

Connect with people, PM tells scientists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the scientific community at the inauguration of the 106th session of the India Science Congress

Significance of CERN

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Breakthrough in fuel cell

K T Jacob, Indian National Academy of Engineeringdistinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has devised a new type of …

Lasers add zing to alignment systmes

Indian engineers have developed a laser-based alignment system, which have the high level of precision essential for installing sophisticated …

Winds of changes

Indian industrialists and scientists want the country's property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain …

New fungicide is eco-benign

Scientists are thrilled by the discovery that fungal enzymes called chitinases are environment friendly fungicides.

Study finds sperm count decreasing worldwide

Scientists cannot explain why both the quality and quantity of sperm have been dropping since the 1940s. Indications are pollutants may be …

Neptune factor

Scientists discover "chimneys" on the sea floor, hope to get an insight into how the ecosystem works

Wings of change

Researchers are trying to end malaria at its very root: by genetically modifying mosquitoes that carry the disease

Water current

Hydroelectricity can now be generated without the need of costly civil works and installation of complex machinery

Conversing on conservation

Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation Editors: Mahesh Rangarajan and Vasant Saberwal Publisher: Permanent Black Delhi Rs …

Promises kept and not kept

Book>> An Eye for Excellence 50 Innovative Years of IIT Kanpur Harper Collins, Delhi Price Rs 495

The first Indians

Among the world's oldest indigenous populations, too

Bytes

Fudged!

US wildlife reports, complain scientists