Friends for rice

Third generation of a benign fungus could boost yield

Dial 100

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

Strengthening the fragile

Scientists have started taking osteoporosis more seriously

We, not humans, are natives

An odorous ant of North America argues its side of the story

On the horns of p53

Fungi create fertile soils

Project nose

A mission to prevent mosquitoes from smelling out humans

Shaping genetic inheritance

Same genes express differently due to smoking, alcohol, stress

Cold chain to hit 45°C

Vaccines preserved in sugars greatly lower maintenance costs  

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Bee, a helper

Honeycomb glue can fight multi-drug resistant hospital bugs

Deadly deficiency

Lack of key enzyme in Asians, Africans weakens malaria fight

Rise of the mutants

Butterflies near Fukushima plant are developing abnormalities

Face your fears

Food allergy dictates eating low doses of the very food daily  

Pills can break bone

Studies explain how drugs for asthma, diabetes cause osteoporosis

India desertified

Map of India to change soon. Courtesy: climate change

Anti-malarial drug resistant parasites knock on India’s doors

Countries will have to consider the possibility of revising treatment strategy to counter drug resistance, says study