Tinkering with root hair may help boost crop yields
Researchers are exploring mechanisms adopted by plants to survive in low phosphate soils to figure out if they can enhance survival in poor water …
Scientists find probiotic yeast strain to fight phosphorus deficiency
Humans and non-ruminant animals lack an enzyme called phytase that converts phytate into free phosphorus
Scientists confirm Bael extracts can neutralise cobra venom
Researchers found that the extracts inhibited destruction of red blood cells and action of acetylcholinesterase blockers induced by the venom
Immortality is mathematically impossible, new research finds
A mathematical equation has proven that controlling one of the two major changes in a cell—decay or cancerous growth—enhances the …
In a surprise, scientists find that arthritis drug may treat stomach cancer too
Anti-arthritis drug can be used to kill a bacterium responsible for stomach-related problems ranging from chronic gastritis and ulcers to cancer
Technology to generate electricity from water without any energy ready for takeoff
The innovation is now ready for next stage of development and awaiting government's support.
Government launches scheme to attract distinguished scientists from abroad
The objective is to utilise specialised knowledge and technical skills of overseas scientists, including non-resident Indians, people of Indian …
Making sense of sexual swings
Is your sexual preference only a result of your genes or do environment and culture also influence it?
Scientists find nine-million-year-old ape fossils in Himachal Pradesh
Scientists discovered the surprise fossil during an excavation in Haritalyangar in Shiwalik hills region in Himachal Pradesh
How does India look from space at night? NASA has captured beautiful images
Satellite images of Earth at night have always triggered curiosity among people and they are an important tool for environmental research projects
Overwhelmingly WEIRD!
The edifice of Western science is built on generalisation, where homogeneity has replaced diversity
Influenza: The search for a universal vaccine
Flu virus mutates so quickly that one year's vaccine won't work on the next year's common strains. But a new way to create vaccines, called '…
Captain Cernan leaves planet forever, 44 years after his final walk on moon
Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing
How Africa can close its continent-wide science funding gap
Successful economies are led by innovation and driven by knowledge. For Africa to advance, it needs to make more substantial investments in its …
The physical Net
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Quake Escape
Geoscientist Harsh Gupta speaks to Dinsa Sachan on the need for an early warning system for earthquakes
Cyber dystopia
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Satellite link
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Old shine
Indian scientists have found a chemical that cleans antique metallic objets d'art without damaging the patina
Mushroom boom
Indian farmers are busy harvesting the booming demand for mushrooms. The problem is that it is a delicacy that is rather fastidious about its …
Light information
Optic fibres enable transmission of information at the speed of light and without any interference
Mars' water connection
Channels and valleys observed on the Martian surface and meteorites of Martian origin indicate that once there might have been water on the planet
Automatic warning
Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary
Ironing out pollution
A recently-developed cheap and environmentally-benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides
Rock-hard sandwiches
Thin film, no more than a few microns thick, can endow substances with hardness, magnetic, superconducting and optical properties