Science Notebook Finally! A safe and effective vaccine against malariaR. RamachandranIn African adults who previously had malaria, PfSPZ provided 52 per cent efficacy.
Science Notebook Aerosolised particles shoot out of a lid-less toilet when it is flushed: studyR. Ramachandran
The neutrino observatory in Antarctica sees evidence of Glashow resonanceR. RamachandranThe giant underground neutrino telescope IceCube in Antarctica sees a phenomenon called Glashow resonance that was predicted more than 60 years ago. T
Cherenkov radiation and muons in IceCube R. Ramachandran WHEN a charged particle passes through any medium at a velocity greater than the velocity of light in the medium, it emits a short flash of bl
Biological warfare experiment Biological warfare experiment in India and the curious case of yellow fever mosquitoes P.K. RajagopalanDid mosquito research in India in the 1970s act as a cover for certain U.S. research projects having a bearing on biological warfare?
Dominance of big tech companies The growing clout of Big Tech companies and the regulatory need to prevent their abuse of powerShrinidhi RaoAs big tech companies gain enormous clout, which straddles multiple domains of economic and social life, regulators need to get their act together if
Nobel Prize This year’s Nobel in Chemistry for a magical genetic tool: the CRISPR/Cas9 ‘scissors’R. RamachandranEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna jointly win this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a simple but effective method to edit th
Commemoration Remembering Engels’ thoughts on science and socialism on his bicentenaryS. ChatterjeeWhile studying capitalism, Engels studied science and history of science. The most comprehensive summary of his views on science can be found in Socia
NOBEL PRIZE: Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine goes to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for discovering the virus that causes hepatitis CR. Ramachandran Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in discovering the virus
NOBEL PRIZE: Physics Nobel Prize in Physics honours work on black holesR. RamachandranFor providing the theoretical and experimental basis for why black holes should, and do, exist, Roger Penrose is awarded half this year’s Nobel Prize
COVID-19 Pseudoscientific beliefs and world views in the time of pandemicSandipan BaksiEven as the world pins its hopes heavily on science to combat the biggest pandemic ever, the spectre of pseudoscience haunts humanity. It appears that
Public Health What ails biomedical research P.K. Rajagopalan Research in health sciences in India is no more oriented towards problem-solving based on years of field work, one of the reasons why many old and new
Medicine New bile acids discovered R. RamachandranThanks to a new discovery made by scientists at Michigan State University (MSU), led by Robert Quinn, and published in the latest issue of “Nature”, t
Science Conferences Oh to be a scientist! P.K. RajagopalanScientific conferences have become public relations exercises instead of functioning as spaces where scientific ideas are exchanged and new ideas enco
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.