April 1, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 1, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Day: January 11, 2016

Earthquake

Why the April 11 quake was caused by a strike-slip fault

Published in The Hind on April 13, 2012 Besides the subduction zone (where the Indian plate dives under the Burmese

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India

Sumatra quake: Why there was no tsunami

Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2012 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initially estimated Wednesday’s earthquake off the west

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Inherited intellectual disability can be reversed

Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2012 Studies undertaken in adult mice showed that the Fragile X syndrome (FXS)

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Nature

Pigeon navigation: magnetic sensors in beak a fallacy, says study

Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2012 Many animals and migratory birds use some kind of navigation system based

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MalariaScience

Artemisinin-resistant malaria has emerged in western Thailand

Published in The Hind on April 6, 2012 A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of Plasmodium falciparum and

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Editorial

Editorial: Call of the Deep

Published in The Hindu on April 6, 2012 After stirring the imagination of people by bringing them up close with

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India

Fetoscopy technique saves at-risk twin foetuses

Published in The Hindu on April 5, 2012 If non-identical twins are born from two totally different zygotes (fertilised eggs),

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India

Humans may have used fire one million years ago

Published in The Hindu on April 3, 2012 Latest evidence indicates that humans may have used fire as early as

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