April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Year: 2016

Editorial

Editorial: The hidden river

Published in The Hindu on September 3, 2011 The world’s largest underground ‘ocean’ — a water-body about the size of

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Health

Underground ‘river’ is fed all along its course: Hamza

Published in The Hindu on September 1, 2011 Valiya M. Hamza has discovered a 6,000 km-long underground ‘river’ in Brazil

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Drug resistanceNature

Antibiotic resistance is ancient in origin

Published in The Hindu on September 1, 2011 When did bacteria develop antibiotic resistance for the very first time? Of

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DengueNature

A novel route to battle dengue carrying mosquitoes

Published in The Hindu on August 25, 2011 Nearly 50 million people get infected with dengue fever every year in

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EditorialFossilsNature

Editorial: Archaeopteryx dethroned

Published in The Hindu on August 13, 2011 The discovery of Archaeopteryx , the most primitive bird fossil, in 1861,

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AstrobiologyResearchResearch Integrity

Open science — a transparent and novel way to do research

At a time when many papers published in reputed journals are being retracted on the grounds of unethical practices like

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Blood pressure BPCardio vascular diseasesEditorialWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: Dangerous nonsense

Published in The Hindu on August 11, 2011 There is “no strong evidence” to conclude that cutting down the amount

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EditorialFDATuberculosisWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: Say no to TB blood tests

Published in The Hindu on July 29, 2011 The World Health Organisation recently issued a recommendation against the use of

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DNAEditorial

Editorial: Indo-African gene admixture

Published in The Hindu on July 28, 2011 India is a classic example of genetic potpourri. Though the Ancestral South

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FossilsNature

Archaeopteryx is not an early bird, study says

Published in The Hindu on July 28, 2011 The discovery of Archaeopteryx, considered the basal bird, became central to our

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EditorialGenome sequencing

Editorial: Marvellous rodent

Published in The Hindu on July 21, 2011 Increase in human life expectancy produces a concomitant increase in the number

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Nature

Team work leads to equitable sharing of rewards

Published in The Hindu on July 21, 2011 Does sharing rewards come naturally to humans? A study published today (July

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EditorialNatureOpen AccessOpen access journal

Editorial: Open access is here to stay

Published in The Hindu on July 20, 2011 A recent announcement by three major biomedical funding agencies has given a

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