Brainy inheritance

Continental melting

Home made potash

New Technology will help save foreign exchange

Water proof

Mars may support life

Sound judgement for whales

Scientist gets jail term

Phenotype factors

Nature, nurture and noise

Skeleton Lake

What happens when ice melts in the Roopkund tarn?

Follow the Chinese way on high tech

Making universities the hub of innovation and churning out scientists adept in frontier technology has put China at the top

Union Budget 2024-25: Scientists disappointed over silence on National Research Foundation

Lack of transparency persists in proposed institution’s structure, governance

Early years with nature

Book>>An appetite for wonder, the making of a scientist • Eco Books • Rs 1,930

Novel Therapy

Bimal K Banik is President’s Endowed Professor and professor of chemistry at College of Science and Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan …

Catching them young

Every year, the Indian Science Congress Association awards young scientists of the country. Down To Earth spoke to some of the winners about …

Perfect model

Biologists use a variety of animal models for experiments. But a mouse or a fruitfly cannot truly represent a human being. Jessica Bolker, …

Experimental protests in the lab

A week of unprecedented protests by the employees of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research indicates the deep discontent among India'…

A question of leadership

The issue of leadership and management of R&D institutions proves to be a stumbling block in making such bodies more productive.

Rao wants more opportunities for young talent

Twenty-five scientists met the Prime Minister recently and appraised him of the issues confronting scientific research in India

Change in immigration rules flayed

A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short-listed vocations has come under fire

No more shrinking from shrimps

Scientists in Bangalore have identified the protein that makes people allergic to the meat of shrimps, crabs and prawns. Now they will be able to …

Drainage plan helps reclaim land

Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years

Protein provides clue to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in treating this old-age disease, with the discovery that abnormal production of proteins, called …

Clearing the clouds

Scientists are learning that the Indian monsoon is an integral part of the global ecosystem. The knowledge of these 'global teleconnections'…

Time for India to take stock

The new trade order ordained by GATT affects India's entire economy. Some consider it a new form of colonialism, but others see it as a bountiful …

Having a ball

Great balls of fire! Science has finally explained ball lightning, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon until now

I won't and you can't

The bureaucracy does nothing to conserve India's invaluable animals and plants. But it knows how to cry wolf when private agencies want to use these