April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Year: 2018

Science

Football World Cup: VAR technology is transforming the beautiful game

Olatunbosun Olaniyan, University of Huddersfield You may have noticed something different in the 2018 World Cup. For the first time

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Blood pressure BPCardio vascular diseasesDiabetesHealthMedicineNon-communicable diseasesObesityPublic HealthScienceSmoking

Adults from South, Northeast India have higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Two large surveys covering nearly 8 lakh adults between 2012 and 2014 have found the average 10-year risk of a

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HealthMedicine

Organ transplant controversy: ‘20-25% of foreigners get heart, lung transplants each year’

Each year about 20-25% of foreigners who are registered with the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) get heart or

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H1N1HealthPublic HealthResearchScienceVaccinesWHO

In a first, WHO recommends quadrivalent influenza vaccine

Sanofi has launched in India its quadrivalent influenza vaccine (FluQuadri) containing two A virus strains — H1N1 and H3N2 — and two

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HealthMedicineResearchScienceTuberculosis

Treating latent TB of the uterus improves pregnancy outcomes in infertile women

Indian researchers have for the first time found an association between latent TB of the endometrium and fewer eggs in

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Climate changeDrinking waterEnvironmentResearchScience

Decline in low-intensity rainfall reduces groundwater recharge in north India

Research carried out by IIT Gandhinagar team has found increased groundwater recharge in south India between 1996 and 2016 due

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ResearchScienceScience communication

Novel initiative by DST to encourage science communication by students

DST is set to launch an initiative to encourage and equip PhD scholars and post-doctoral fellows with skills to communicate

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ResearchResearch IntegrityRetractions

IIT Dhanbad retraction saga: ‘Investigation will be completed shortly’

IT Dhanbad has already initiated an investigation into unethical practices by Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma. The investigation

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Research Integrity

Thirteen more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted, 25 papers still under a cloud

Four more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty have now been retracted for “Duplication of images… and presenting them as different

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BatteryDiabetesEnvironmentFossil fuelHealthResearchScience

IISER Kolkata: Paper-based electrodes show superior water-splitting efficiency

Researchers at IISER Kolkata have used a paper coated with nickel nanoparticles and model catalysts to split water to produce

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HealthResearchScienceTuberculosis (TB)

TB infection in the eye can lead to autoimmunity

Researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute have for the first time found evidence of how TB infection of the

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BlindnessHealthResearchScience

IIT Delhi team increases the usability of donated corneas 

IIT Delhi researchers used a novel approach to minimise the chances of corneal rejection when goat cornea was implanted in

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EnvironmentPollutionResearchScienceSoil pollutionWater pollution

Bacteria isolated from domestic sewage remove organophosphorus pesticide

Researchers have used three bacteria species isolated from domestic sewage to remove chloropyrifos, an organophosphorous pesticide, from water and soil

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