Natural odours may keep mosquitoes at bay
Published in The Hindu on August 28, 2009 An environmentally safe mosquito repellent to which Culex mosquitoes may not be
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‘Nature’ rated as the top research journal
Published in The Hindu on August 22, 2009 The Nature, published every week, has been rated as the number one
Read MoreA video on groundwater depletion in India
Published in The Hindu on August 20, 2009 A streaming video of the paper on groundwater depletion in the three
Read MoreHwang Woo Suk – down but not out
After becoming the pride of South Korea and gaining worldwide fame due to his `seminal’ work on human embryonic stem
Read MoreWe won’t look at a paper for five years if there is any problem: Bruce Alberts
Professor Bruce Alberts is a biochemist par excellence. He has served in different capacities on a number of prestigious advisory
Read MoreCatherine Verfaillie: Another stem cell fraudster
Published in The Hindu on October 30, 2008 Catherine Verfaillie, a University of Minnesota stem cell researcher, has followed in
Read MoreCatherine Verfaillie: Another stem cell fraud surfaces
Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2007 Even as the U.S. senate debates on expanding federal funding for embryonic
Read MoreBird flu: shorter interval between outbreaks
Published in The Hindu on February 8, 2007 A second instance of avian influenza spreading across the globe and to
Read MoreEditorial: A warning signal
Published in the Hindu on October 12, 2006 The discovery of a highly virulent strain — extremely drug resistant tuberculosis
Read MoreExtremely drug-resistant TB emerges
Published in The Hindu on September 28, 2006 “Drug-resistant TB has frequently been encountered in India and its presence has
Read MoreQuakes: of prediction, coincidence and panic
Published in The Hindu on September 14, 2006 Next time when someone predicts an earthquake with great certainty and specifies
Read MoreWhen rewards prove counterproductive
Published in The Hindu on September 7, 2006 Publish or perish. Researchers around the world are only too aware of
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’
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