Starch watch

Science Friction

Scientists discover the atomic phenomenon behind friction

Blood cells from stem cells

The apple holds ground

Gravity works between bodies kept at minute distances, just the way Newton calculated

Found at last

Remains of Neanderthals discovered in Germany

What a nerve!

Scientists turn skin cells into nerves and immune cells

Speeding up research

Enigma unexplored

Bacteria fossils or mere rock?

Deforestation accelerating

Parmjit Singh Sehra

Meet the only Indian scientist to have visited the South Pole

Master of all

Leonardo da Vinci was the creator of natural plastic

Scientists find probiotic yeast strain to fight phosphorus deficiency

Humans and non-ruminant animals lack an enzyme called phytase that converts phytate into free phosphorus

Genesis of water

Life on Earth is the result of several fascinating coincidences, of which the presence of water is considered the most important. But we are …

The secret sex life of the sea urchin

With the unravelling of how fertilisation occurs in sea urchins, scientists may now better understand the reproduction process in higher mammals, …

Helping computers keep a tight hold on power

Scientists are trying to integrate a new type of circuits - called reversible circuits -- into computers to make them more energy efficient

Why some bumble bees spend the night out

Bumble-bees infected with the larvae of parasitic flies stay the night out in the cold to hinder the development of the eggs

In search of gravitational waves

Two projects are under way to detect an elusive phenomenon that are thought to be produced by violent events in outer space

Wanderlust heats up the blood of some fish

Biologists have found that some fish evolved into warm-blooded creatures because their adventurous ancestors were exposed to large temperature …

Penguins gauge sea resources for scientists

Scientists are relying on the emperor penguins to find out the state of sea resources in the inhospitable Antarctic region.

Male flowers enhance pollination

Plants normally have only bisexual flowers. Some species, however, also produce male flowers to make the dispersal of pollen more efficient.

Eight hearts do the work of one

US scientists postulate the Barosaurus needed more than one heart to pump blood throughout its 15-metre height

Yeast genes spring surprise on scientists

Chromosome III in yeast, the first to have its DNA fully described, opened up a wealth of new genes whose functions are completely unknown

A stale session of scientists

The 81st session of the Indian Science Congress failed to inspire interaction among scientists and was reduced to a forum for criticising the …

By God, it's Tipler!

THE PHYSICS OF IMMORTALITY Frank J Tipler . Doubledey (New York), 1994 Price: US $24.95