April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Author: Prasad Ravindranath

HIVHIV/AIDS

HIV: trial shows male circumcision cuts risk

Published in The Hindu on August 25, 2005 One more trial has shown a positive correlation between circumcision and reduced

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Cancer

Treating cancer the nanotechnology way

Published in The Hindu on August 4, 2005 The battle against cancer has entered a new phase and if Ram

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EditorialIGCAR

Editorial: Succeeding against all odds

Published in The Hindu on June 14, 2005 By successfully reprocessing the mixed carbide fuel used in the Fast Breeder

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CancerEditorialNature

Editorial: Cord blood banking

Seventeen years after the first successful transplantation of stem cells harvested from the umbilical cord, the use of cord blood

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DrugsMalariaNature

New antimalarial agent shows promise

Published in The Hindu on June 17, 2015 A new antimalarial compound (DDD107498) tested on mice and several mosquito species

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TuberculosisWorld Health Organisation

MDR-TB spreads less within households

Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2015 Unlike people with drug-susceptible TB, those with multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) are

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HealthPolioPublic Health

A vaccine boost to India’s polio fight

Published in The Hindu on November 29, 2015 After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated

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Smell guides mosquitoes to see a human host

Published in The Hindu on July 26, 2015 It may be largely impossible to avoid getting bitten by a mosquito

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Vaccines

Indian cholera vaccine found to be safe, efficacious

Published in The Hindu on August 2, 2015 The safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccine Shanchol manufactured by the

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Earthquake

Why the 7.8 magnitude Nepal quake was less devastating

Published in The Hindu on August 8, 2015 Despite the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake being 7.8 magnitude, shallow focus,

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Obesity

Gene responsible for obesity in Indians identified

Published in The Hindu on August 23, 2015 For the first time, Indian researchers have been able to isolate a

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NASA

Pluto may be geologically active

Published in The Hindu on August 16, 2015 Contrary to the grand old theory that Pluto is an inert mass

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Nature

Surprising discovery of oxygen in 67P comet’s atmosphere

Published in The Hindu on October 29, 2015 The Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has thrown a very big surprise — its atmosphere

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