Malarial deaths in India grossly underestimated by WHO
Published in The Hindu on October 21, 2010 How many people die of malaria every year in India? According to
Read MoreAuthor: Prasad Ravindranath
Editorial: Landmark achievement
The first-ever Census of Marine Life (CoML), a mammoth decade-long exercise involving more than 2,700 scientists from over 80 countries,
Read MoreEditorial: The threat of lifestyle diseases
Published in The Hindu on October 16, 2010 No longer can it be said that non-communicable diseases like diabetes and
Read MoreAIDS vaccine trial: prime-boost elicits modest immune response
Published in The Hindu on September 30, 2010 The preliminary results of the Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial started
Read MoreEditorial: Dead water zones
Published in The Hindu on September 29, 2010 Levels of dissolved oxygen in the tropical oceans are dropping at a
Read MoreEditorial: Better news on the HIV front
Published in The Hindu on the September 28, 2010 Although nearly 7,500 new cases of HIV infection are reported every
Read MoreThe great continental divide on scientific issues
Published in The Hindu on September 23, 2010 Is the evolution theory equipped to explain the variety of species found
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Genetic therapy cures thalassaemia
Nearly 10,000 children born every year in India suffer from thalassaemia major, an inherited disease that is caused by an
Read MoreDrug-resistant bacteria protect the vulnerable microbes
Published in The Hindu on September 2, 2010 The long-held notion on how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics stands challenged.
Read MoreEditorial: Ideology ruins science
Published in The Hindu on September 7, 2010 Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in the United States has hit
Read MoreEditorial: Shrinking Moon
Published in The Hindu on August 28, 2010 After last year’s discovery of traces of water across the surface of
Read MoreUncertainty over mega science projects in Europe
Published in the Hindu on August 26, 2010 It was never a question of whether but when the funding for
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The threat of superbug NDM-1
Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae strains resistant to carbapenem, a powerful antibiotic, and one of the last lines of treatment for infections caused
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