Microbes in extreme heat and cold hold lessons about life on Earth, and beyond

Microbes have the ability to survive in extremely hot and cold conditions. This makes them invaluable tools for research: they can teach us how …

The file drawer bust

Daniele Fanelli, researcher at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, probes the problem of quantity versus quality in scientific research. …

Chemical-intensive farming good for soil?

Ancestors of vertebrates did not have a brain

Atmospheric scientist V Ramanathan on brown clouds

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Technology To The Core, Science and Technology with Indira Gandhi

Book>>Technology To The Core, Science And Technology With Indira Gandhi by Ashok Parthasarthi Pearson Longman 2007

Checking a menace

A virus is being used to destroypests that damage the chickpea crop

Old wine in a new bottle

Leguminous trees rather than plants are a better option for improving soil fertility

Sleep aids in learning and memory

Science puts fruit flies to bed

Micro-organisms can detect minute changes in their environment

How they detect minute changes in their environment

Deformations in upper Shivaliks help predict earthquakes

AIDS came to US from Haiti say researchers from University of Arizona

Gold salts to treat arthritis

Vitamin C used to assemble gold, silver and platinum nanoparticles

Malaria vaccine fails to protect people in Mali

Sleep deprivation affects brain cell growth

Over production of enzyme triggers dengue

Geologists get new tool to manage multiple data

Nanoparticles make bone implant long lasting

Decoding antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Giant frog links South America, Madagascar

Low-volt chip for longer cell phone battery life

Appearances can be deceptive

183 bird species have moved to higher threat category