Chernobyl: the final word is yet to be said
Published in The Hindu on April 27, 2006 “An accident has occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. One of
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Biocon: Oral insulin trials to begin soon
Published in The Hindu on April 6, 2006 End of 2008 may well bring about a paradigm shift in the
Read MoreEditorial: A shot in the arm for food irradiation
Published in The Hindu on April 3, 2006 Though India is the largest producer of mangoes in the world, export
Read MoreAvian flu – a second genetic subtype found in humans
Published in The Hindu on March 23, 2006 Even as India is managing to control the fresh outbreak of bird
Read MoreKiller waves and the incidence of diabetes
Published in The Hindu on March 2, 2006 It has always been known that stress is one of the contributing
Read MoreA shot in the arm for food irradiation
Though India is the largest producer of mangoes in the world, export to the United States was not possible for
Read MoreBetter scrutiny by journals imperative
Close on the heels of the revelation of data fabrication by stem cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk of Seoul National
Read MoreGoing beyond the curriculum
The Indian information technology and business process outsourcing industries have been witnessing a galloping growth of 25 per cent a
Read MoreThe end of mixed carbide fuel
Twenty years after the Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu went critical, the mixed carbide fuel
Read MoreThe perils of science fraud
In early 2004, Woo Suk Hwang, a stem cell researcher from Seoul National University (SNU), gained worldwide fame for `successfully’
Read MoreFundamentalism versus science
With a stroke of the pen, President George Bush has dealt a body blow to science and dashed the hopes
Read MoreEditorial: Rewards of basic research
Published in The Hindu on October 7, 2006 The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded this year to Andrew
Read MoreUniversities as centres of research excellence
In a move to stem the rapid deterioration of research in Indian universities, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
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