Explained: Works of 3 evolutionary scientists that got them a Nobel

One Briton and two American scientists bag the prestigious award for their work that is meant to create cleaner fuels and treat diseases

Nobel Prize for chemistry for gene-editing: A gene engineer explains how it works

CRISPR has huge potential to transform how scientists can detect, treat and even eradicate diseases as well as improve agricultural products

French-American duo share 2020 Chemistry Nobel for ‘genetic scissors’

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools  

Chemistry Nobel 2021 goes to 2 scientists for environmentally friendly molecule building tool

Their creation paved the way for a completely new avenue to put together molecules, according to the Nobel committee

Nobel laureates stress on open mind at 107th Indian Science Congress

The big message at India's biggest science congregation: Big discoveries can't be planned 

Three scientists share Nobel for Chemistry for research on DNA repair

Tomas Lindahl of UK’s Francis Crick Institute, Paul Modrich of USA’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Aziz Sancar of the …

Curdling of milk: Explained

When the solution turns acidic, protein molecules react and form lumps. This simple process is the secret to making cheese

This glowing sensor can sniff out explosives

Periodic table to include four newly discovered elements

These elements will complete the seventh row of the periodic table of elements

2016 Chemistry Nobel awarded to scientist trio for their work on molecular machines

Their inventions include a tiny lift, artificial muscles and miniscule motors

Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize for 2019

D Srinivasa Reddy takes over as Director CSIR-IICT

Reddy will also hold the additional charge of the post of director of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu and director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

Software outsmarts drug research

Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines

Eric Betzig, William Moerner, Stefan Hell win 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry

One German and two US scientists develop new methods that let microscopes see finer details

Chemistry Nobel for discovery of receptors that help cells respond

American scientists Robert J Lefkowitz and Brian K Kobilka get recognition

Trio win Nobel Prize for computer modelling of chemical reactions

Models evolved by Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel could help optimise solar cells, catalysts in vehicles and even drugs