Pray before you spray

Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases

Improved stove: a misnomer?

Some emit more black carbon than traditional mud stoves

More grime on teflon

Chemical used in teflon triggers early menopause

US targets China’s wind subsidy

Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers

‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …

See climate effect on world’s favourite tourist spots in 2050, in pics

Environmental specialist Marish Cuenca partnered with online car hire website DiscoverCars.com to predict the effects of rising sea levels, …

US government considers controversial solar geoengineering to counter global warming: Report

Report outlined research options for solar radiation management that may be able to reflect sunlight to space — but White House says it&…

Artemis set to take off soon: 5 things you need to know about this NASA mission

The next giant leap for mankind not alone; Joint plans by Russia-China for research station, India's Chandrayaan has lunar …

GMO rice from India withdrawn in EU: Indian coalition asks for action

500 tonnes of genetically modified rice were discovered in a consignment that India exported to the European Union countries in June 2021 

Taliban take-over of Afghanistan: India should be a first responder in the humanitarian crisis

The exit of American forces from Afghanistan has underscored the gravity of the new turmoil in India’s neighbourhood. DTE speaks with …

Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making

Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China

Why welcome trouble?

What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …

Warm and convenient

Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product

Annoying the US, our way

Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card

`We've strong evidence that eating sugar contributes to heart disease'

Kimber Stanhope, nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, US, is studying the health effects of fructose, a component of …

Accidental toxic spill in Colorado river continues to spread

Authorities deny any threat to fish and other wildlife 

Science & Technology - Bytes

Increasing green cover could trigger the release of carbon trapped in soil

No more freebies to doctors: GSK

Pharma company changes marketing strategy to put an end to malpractices

Plane truth

People near airports are at an increased risk of heart diseases

Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets

The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy

Organic v conservative

Scientists contest an age-old agricultural technique

US tastes cream paste

COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?

Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response

Crackdown: Egg seizures at US-Mexico border go up 300%

Median cost of a dozen eggs in the US was $4.25 in January 2023 — over twice what it was a year ago