Breaking the science glass ceiling: Four African women share what it took

Bias at workplace to lack of opportunities, what four African scientists dealt with to forge a career in STEM

How international scientific collaborators sideline African researchers

Scientists from sub-Saharan Africa writing research papers on health in their own countries are often not named first or senior author, finds a study

Now, a way to diagnose ovarian cancer early

Australian scientists develop a blood test that can “dramatically improve” early detection of the disease

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

Vaccine to prevent viral infection in hens

Scientists in Madras gave come up with a vaccine that would help leash a viral disease that impairs the egg-laying ability of hens, and is often …

Computers to map the human genetic code

Indian scientists have developed a computer programme that transforms a huge quantity of genetic data into an easily understood graphic on a …

Is Mt Everest the tallest peak?

Scientists studying the evolution of the highest Himalayan peaks will soon announce the exact elevation of Mt Everest at present.

Serum found to curb lung cancer

Tests on mice show that a hormonal antibody inhibits the growth of turnours, giving rise to hopes for a vaccine to treat lung cancer.

Genetic fingerprinting catches on

Scientists are using DNA to be 99.99 per cent sure of an individual's and paternity in criminal cases

Mere volume will not sell research papers abroad

Despite a prolific output, Indian science researchers are rarely cited in foreign journals. The reasons: poor quality work on subjects far …

Babies made to order

A furore over the ethics of the new eugenics-reproduction technologies that could create 'designer' babies-has the medical community worldwide in …

Reinterpreting Darwin

THE MEANING OF EVOLUTION Robert J Richards Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago Price: Not stated

A matter of consequence

Science's search for the Holy Grail finally comes to an end with the uncovering of the 5th state of matter

Elephants pit

Scientist R SUKUMAR of the Centre for Ecological Studies, Bangalore, says that DTE correspondent Anju Sharma was slipshod in her homework on elephants

Impossible ispossible

Cold nuclear fusion has been observed during a recent experiment. If this holds ground, energy harnessing process would become much easier

Lab manual

Book>> A Guinea Pig's History of Biology by Jim Endersby Random House 2008 Indian Price Rs 495

The icons of physics

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

Probe into poaching

How scientists solved a centuries-old mystery

UK scientists discovered a rare form of star collision

Lessons animals teach

How animals treat themselves with various plants provide medicinal leads to scientists.

Hopes dashed

Underwater "windmill"

Indian officials optimistic

Setting new limits to scientific knowledge

CHANDRASEKHAR AND HIS LIMIT G Venkatraman Universities Press, 1992 Rs 35