Lack of key enzyme in Asians, Africans weakens malaria fight

2004 megaquake fractured the Indo-Australian plate of Earth

Species that gave pest exterminators a hard time identified

Threat to fish due to dams quantified in Mekong basin

Fish farms harbour parasites, threaten wild fish varieties

Genetic barcodes show undisclosed ingredients in tea

Bacteria that can control malarial spread identified

Stone tools suggest a million years ago, previous assumption was 0.5 million years ago

They can be potential drug carriers

Knocking off the plant gene could check arsenic poisoning

Evolution favours plants that rely on cross-pollination

Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better

Salmonella can fight cancer

Scientists crack mystery of celiac disease, assure therapies

Honeycomb glue can fight multi-drug resistant hospital bugs

Studies explain how drugs for asthma, diabetes cause osteoporosis

At stake is the world’s food supply
 

Vaccines preserved in sugars greatly lower maintenance costs
 

On an assignment in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, TIASA ADHYA spends four days on a dinghy and chances upon the elusive cat on day three
 

Food allergy dictates eating low doses of the very food daily
 

Insects travel 4,000 km to avoid the cold British weather

Scientists have started taking osteoporosis more seriously

A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims

Map of India to change soon. Courtesy: climate change

Human’s best friend originated from a wolf in West Asia
 

Fossils of an ancient snake wrapped around a dinosaur enraptures scientists

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Pacific and the Atlantic oceans: key controllers of monsoons