Studied delay

India still without a plan to investigate the 2004 tsunami

Petrol from coal

New liquefying technique works for high-grade coal,

Nobel laureate in race row

Landmark control

Econoburette: easier way to conduct titration

Origin of Darwin

Book>> Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore Allen Lane, London Price 25

A long road ahead

Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have …

A brief mania called Hawkins

Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the …

World's biodiversity needs to be preserved

Biodiversity - the billions of life forms that exist on earth - ranges in size from microscopic be viruses to blue whales that are more than 30 …

Quake causes rift among seismologists

Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

Lilliputians

Scientists claim to have discovered the smallest life forms. But are they alive?

The seabirds have flown

Connect with people, PM tells scientists

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the scientific community at the inauguration of the 106th session of the India Science Congress

105th Indian Science Congress concludes by recognising 14 young scientists

106th edition of Indian Science Congress will be held from January 3-7, 2019 in Bhopal

Significance of CERN

Books>> Smashing Physics • by Jon Butterworth • Headline Press • Rs 700 (Kindle edition) and The Particle At The End Of The …

Model approach

Mathematical models can be applied in real life situations in several ways. R Vishnu Vardhan from the department of statistics, Pondicherry …

Vindicated after 3 years

Journal>> Libel ÔÇó the UK/Egypt

Aryan invasion debunked

Genetic study shows South Asians have a diverse ancestry

Breakthrough in fuel cell

K T Jacob, Indian National Academy of Engineeringdistinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has devised a new type of …

Pengiun clues

Lasers add zing to alignment systmes

Indian engineers have developed a laser-based alignment system, which have the high level of precision essential for installing sophisticated …

Winds of changes

Indian industrialists and scientists want the country's property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain …

Heated debate

Green tech in vogue