Comet impact leads to building blocks of life
A crash of a comet (icy body) on rocky surfaces or rocky body on icy surface may be all that
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Editorial: HPV trial – Collusion of the worst kind
When regulators become violators, who is to regulate them? That perplexing question is what arises from the damning report of
Read MoreA step closer to regenerative medicine
A landmark study published today (September 12, 2013) in Nature shows that reprogramming of adult cells that behave like stem
Read MoreEditorial: Kepler – Down but not out
The failure of the second of the four gyroscope-like reaction wheels of the Kepler space telescope in May this year
Read MoreNow, blood tests can reveal suicide risk
Across the world, one million people commit suicide every year. Now, a simple blood test that looks for enhanced expression
Read MoreEditorial: Food for thought
At €2,50,000, the burger produced recently using meat cultured in a lab is probably the world’s most expensive sandwich. But
Read MoreIIT Madras: How the heart of AUV was developed
The heart of a nearly 1,500 kg robotic vessel that travels inside water — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) — was
Read MoreEditorial: No immediate threat from H7N9
The influenza A(H7N9) virus may not have the characteristics required to quickly and easily spread among humans but the first
Read MoreEditorial: A year of curiosity
Curiosity — the car-sized remote vehicle with an array of sophisticated instruments — may have travelled only a little more
Read MorePopulation admixture happened in India for 2,300 years
Genetic evidence provides sufficient proof that modern day Indian population that was derived from two major ancestral populations — ancestral
Read MoreEditorial: Half measure on tobacco control
The Supreme Court has once again ensured that public health overrides commercial interests. The court’s intervention a few days ago
Read MoreA -200° C refrigerator developed
IIT Madras has achieved temperature as low as -200 degree C by using a single stage vapour compression refrigerator using
Read MoreIndian’s UAV to survey Arctic ice algae
Making unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) was a passion for Vinoth Gurusamy even while he was a student. The 26-year-old, who
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