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Science Notebook

Finally! A safe and effective vaccine against malaria

R. Ramachandran

In African adults who previously had malaria, PfSPZ provided 52 per cent efficacy.

Science Notebook

A new process uses solar thermal energy to recycle concrete debris

R. Ramachandran

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Science Notebook

Radio signal emitted by atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy detected

R. Ramachandran

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Science Notebook

Programmable materials can now shape-shift with the push of a button

R. Ramachandran

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Science Notebook

Solar-powered artificial leaf produces hydrogen fuel out of thin air

R. Ramachandran

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Search for dark matter in the Milky Way and beyond continues

R. Ramachandran

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Science Notebook

Aerosolised particles shoot out of a lid-less toilet when it is flushed: study

R. Ramachandran

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Will it rain today? No one really knows

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The neutrino observatory in Antarctica sees evidence of Glashow resonance

R. Ramachandran

The giant underground neutrino telescope IceCube in Antarctica sees a phenomenon called Glashow resonance that was predicted more than 60 years ago. T

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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. Rajagopalan

Did mosquito research in India in the 1970s act as a cover for certain U.S. research projects having a bearing on biological warfare?

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Dominance of big tech companies

The growing clout of Big Tech companies and the regulatory need to prevent their abuse of power

As big tech companies gain enormous clout, which straddles multiple domains of economic and social life, regulators need to get their act together if

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This year’s Nobel in Chemistry for a magical genetic tool: the CRISPR/Cas9 ‘scissors’

R. Ramachandran

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna jointly win this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a simple but effective method to edit th

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Remembering Engels’ thoughts on science and socialism on his bicentenary

While 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 C

R. 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

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NOBEL PRIZE: Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics honours work on black holes

R. Ramachandran

For providing the theoretical and experimental basis for why black holes should, and do, exist, Roger Penrose is awarded half this year’s Nobel Prize

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Pseudoscientific beliefs and world views in the time of pandemic

Even as the world pins its hopes heavily on science to combat the biggest pandemic ever, the spectre of pseudoscience haunts humanity. It appears that

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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

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New bile acids discovered

R. Ramachandran

Thanks 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. Rajagopalan

Scientific conferences have become public relations exercises instead of functioning as spaces where scientific ideas are exchanged and new ideas enco

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The great Indian family

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A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.

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The 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.