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
Ambitious taskThe Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is putting in place public-access computer-based information systems on administrative and public services that are
Fusion and proliferation RESEARCH in pure fusion should actually have no proliferation concerns because nuclear fission is essential for all nuclear weapons. Even fusion or t
The Indian programmeTHE Indian programme of research in nuclear fusion began in 1982 when the design and construction of India's first tokamak, called Aditya, was underta
Anaesthetics activateSCIENTISTS at the Friedrich Schiller University and the University Hospital in Jena, Germany, are researching the use of anaesthetics in therapies for
Fewer stars nowIN the largest ever study of its kind, a team of Portuguese, British, Japanese, Italian and Dutch astronomers has found that the rate of formation of
New super-earthAN international team of astronomers, led by Mikko Tuomi, University of Hertfordshire, U.K., and Tuorla Observatory of the University of Turku, Finlan
No life on Mars?THE National Aeronautics and Space Administrations rover Curiosity has not been able to detect the presence of methane in concentrations high enough t
Gravity influences immunityNEW findings published by researchers from the University of Lorraine and the University of Luxembourg in The FASEB Journal show that immune system de
New cosmic rayUsing the X-ray astronomy satellite XMM-Newton of the European Space Agency (ESA), French researchers from CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scien
The burden of TBThe burden of tuberculosis (TB) remains enormous despite the world having achieved the Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the TB epi
Quantum leapR. RAMACHANDRANThe Physics Nobel has been awarded for experiments that have tried to resolve the paradoxes of quantum theory and help unravel the fuzzy boundary betw
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.
