Bringing science to layman: Vigyan Prasar workshops tries to rekindle public interest in science

Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science and Technology, has been working to kindle interest in science …

Wearable tech at the Olympics: How athletes are using it to train to win

Wear tech may soon be able to tell a runner the amount of injury risk associated with a particular stride or a physician the amount of risk …

Pride of India Expo major crowd-puller at 105th Indian Science Congress

Spread over an area of more than 18,000 sq m, the expo showcases cutting-edge technologies, scientific products and services, achievements and …

DTE in Indian Science Congress: chronic underfunding in this sector highlighted

PM Modi reposes faith in deep-rooted scientific tradition to help India quickly adapt to new realities

Quantity v quality

Though India is churning out research papers at a higher rate, scientists are not celebrating as yet

Human puzzle

Signs of butchery in the Siwalik Hills of India 2.6 million years ago make the story of human evolution more intriguing than ever

Joker in the pack of stars

Book>> Gravity’s engines: The other side of black holes • by Caleb A Scharf • Allen Lane • Rs 1,800

Writer's block

Science journalism in India suffers from a lack of understanding among writers and a reluctance on the part of scientists to explain their work

India close to solar energy breakthrough

Solar energy is free, but harnessing it using conventional crystalline silicon cells is expensive. Efforts in India to produce an efficient, low-…

The mess over neutrino mass

The neutrino dispute has broken out again, with a new study claiming evidence that the ethereal particle has mass

Spectra of colour

A Japanese company has developed blue light-emitting diodes using gallium nitride, thus filling the gap in the spectrum of semiconductor light …

Toying with the unborn

Is it right to experiment with the foetus? The US preparesfor another )8 controversial medical experiment

Power-crazy

Clean and unlimited power from just a handful of hydrogen atoms. Physicists are busy working to make this dream real

How genes cheat

In order to promote themselves, certain genes resort to underhand tactics. Welcome to the realities of evolution

Brainy hardware

A path-breaking step in the process of understanding the most complex structure of the human body

How the eye anticipates

Though light takes some time to reach the eye, there is a system by which animals anticipate the movement of a moving object. Now, scientists …

Cold cold heart

If everything goes right, it would be possible to 'store' vital organs to be used for transplants much later

Quest for speed

Scientists claim to have sent pulses of microwaves over a one-metre distance at speeds that are 5-10 per cent faster than the speed of light

Memories of grandma

Not just parents, but even the genetic makeup of our grandparents account for the traits we inherit

Big and mysterious

The current theory of planet formation has just been proved wrong. It is time astrophysicists got back to the drawing- board

The missing element

Niobium, an element scientists searched for in the Earth's mantle, is found in the core instead

The icons of physics

Book>> Quantum, Einstein, Bohr and the Debate on the Nature of Reality • by Manjit Kumar • Icon Books • Rs 300

Big gains from pigeon pea

A high protein crop makes good economic sense

Young Innovators

Chemical in curry leaves can cure prostate cancer