We must move from the reverse to the forward gear

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is the director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and a former director of one of …

Indian genome sequences: 32 variations found unique

Results from the extensive computation analysis of 1,029 sequenced genomes from India were published earlier this week

Doda to host lavender festival

Down To Earth last year reported on Jammu’s 'purple revolution’

Herb to the rescue

Operation Himalayan yew

ONGC returns salvo

Braving the cyclones

Spiked petrol

Experimental protests in the lab

A week of unprecedented protests by the employees of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research indicates the deep discontent among India'…

A question of leadership

The issue of leadership and management of R&D institutions proves to be a stumbling block in making such bodies more productive.

Indian scientists hit novel formulation for cost-effective and thermo-stable Insulin

Fibrilliation lead to loss of effective quantum of insulin

Garnering research funds

Patenting a tradition

IICT Scientist to be awarded CRSI Bronze Medal

Srihari Pabbaraja has been awarded for his contributions on the total synthesis of natural products and method development for new chemical entities

Prime Minister confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes

Narendra Modi conferred the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s prestigious prizes for 2016, 2017 and 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan in …

Now glucose monitoring through saliva too

This device can work inside the body without using any external electrical energy

Indian scientists decipher how Salmonella survives in human cells

Salmonella is the causative agent of typhoid and gastroentritis

CSIR lab to organise nationwide summer research training programme

The programme’s objective is to ameliorate the stagnancy created in the national academic scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

Here is how nutrition may help overcome genetic risk of diabetes

B12 and folic acid supplements have a beneficial impact on genes associated with Type 2 diabetes, says research by the Council of Scientific and …

Winds of changes

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

No ozone depletion over India yet

The ozone layer over India is in place, though there is a trend towards depletion, say meteorologists

Trouble over the Taj Mahal

NEERI submitted a report on the effect of air pollution on the Taj Mahal which was questioned by the Centre for Science and Environment. What …

Science reveals the magic in herbal cures

Recent studies have brought to light the science behind traditional herbal medicinal systems.

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

Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

Presence of plantations and livestock significantly increased parasite diversity in wildlife owing to possible spillover, find researchers