Newton, the alchemist

Book>> Clockwork Universe, Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of Modern Science • By Edward Dolnick • Harper Collins &…

On the verge of a breakthrought

The electronics industry is poised for a quantum jump as a group of Indian scientists claim to have developed a silicon-based, light-emitting diode.

Detecting a hard-to-trace brain disease

Indian scientists have developed a kit to detect a disease caused by tapeworm larvae, which doctors often confuse with tuberculosis of the brain.

Can we live forever?

Though all living beings have a finite life span, beyond a certain age, the probability of survival becomes unpredictable.

Malaria breakthrough promises better drugs

Now that they have discovered how chloroquine controls the malaria parasite, scientists hope to use this knowledge to develop more efficient anti-…

Do Indian scientists get what they deserve?

Leading scientists state unequivocally that favouritism and not talent attracts grants and promotions in Indian research institute.

Bickering stalls formation of R&D authority

Scientists and industrialists are trying to give final shape to a body that will select and fund projects.

Peasant women list their woes to scientists

At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.

Breaking the rural barrier

The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …

Caught by the gen(i)e

Scientists develop genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria parasite

Scientists in the fields

Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute

Poets in lab coats

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The man and his machine

Book>> The man who invented the computer • by Jane Smiley • Doubleday • Indian Price Rs 750

How eggs do it

Tiniest of errors in sex cell division can lead to abnormalities in offspring. Arshad Desai from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, …

Fried potatoes

Germ warfare

Oral vaccines could soon be available for rotavirus infection -- a major cause of diarrhoea

Scientist gets jail term

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

Book on inspiring moments of great scientists released

It seeks to reveal important facets of development of science and technology 

Scientists talk back

Communications>> Science Research • Canada

Faulty policies

Red tape loosened

Turmeric shields

Motion pictures from zeroes and ones

After compact discs, it is the turn of videos to adapt to the digital- the format of tomorrow.

The making of a dinosaur

That is just what the Jurassic Park special, telecast by STAR Plus, was all about