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
Gifting smilesASHA KRISHNAKUMARSet up to bring smiles to the faces of children born with cleft lips and palates, the Smile Train, a United States-based non-governmental organisation
In pursuit of the ultimate theoryR. RAMACHANDRANThe biggest names in particle physics are meeting in Mumbai to take a close look at the 'String Theory', which is widely held to have opened up the pa
NMD, a new threat to nuclear disarmamentJeremy Corbyn has been a member of the House of Commons since 1983. His strongly articulated left-wing commitments present a constant challenge to the
An agenda for disarmamentAn agenda for disarmamentRebecca Johnson served time in a British prison in the 1980s for picketing cruise missile installations at Greenham Common in the U.K. That campaign i
Limiting guidelinesR. RAMACHANDRAN in New DelhiDoubts have been expressed over the extent to which the proposed cooperation between India and Russia can contribute to the Indian civilian nuclear pr
A platform for peaceSUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN in New DelhiThe new idiom of security that has come into existence after Pokhran-II compels a coalescence of forces around the ideas of nuclear disarmament and pe
An Indian adventureIndian IT firms are gearing to cash in on database-related software opportunities following the sequencing of the human genome, but in order to move u
A new genetic paradigmBacked by technology and computing power, genetics for the millennium now comes replete with terms and terminologies dictated by a new paradigm.
In the name of national securityThe decision of the Department of Atomic Energy to divest the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of its jurisdiction over BARC installations stems basical
A controversial decisionT.S. SUBRAMANIAN in MumbaiThe decision to remove the AERB's jurisdiction over the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre points to the government's intention to go ahead with its nuclea
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.
