April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Author: Prasad Ravindranath

CancerCardio vascular diseasesDiabetesEditorialNon-communicable diseasesTobaccoWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: Necessary but not good enough

Published in The Hindu on October 3, 2011 A political declaration adopted recently by more than 30 world leaders and

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Clinical trialEditorialHIV/AIDS

Editorial: AIDS vaccine – a ray of hope

Published in The Hindu on September 24, 2011 The search for an effective AIDS vaccine began a quarter-century ago and

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Heat-resistant fungal spores found in Western Ghats

Published in The Hindu on September 22, 2011 Can the mesophilic fungal spores that normally grow at 20 degree C

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Editorial: Signs of earliest life

Published in The Hindu on September 12, 2011 The latest fossil finds of microscopic life about 3.4 billion years ago

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HIV/AIDSVaccines

Phase-I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial shows modest immune response

Published in The Hindu on September 12, 2011 The final results of the Phase I prime-boost AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency

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NASAScience

Moon to have no-fly zones by month end

Published in The Hindu on September 8, 2011 No-fly zones will come into effect on the moon for the very

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CDCClinical trialEditorialExercisingWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: Brief workouts count

Published in The Hindu on September 5, 2011 “I don’t have the time” can no longer be an excuse for

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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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