Editorial: New bird flu strains
If the bird flu strain H7N9 emerged in China in March this year, causing infections in about 134 people and
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New way to develop influenza A vaccine
Precious time lost in developing an effective vaccine against influenza A viruses that jump from animals to humans and spread
Read MoreEditorial: Silent spread of H7N9
With the continued spread of influenza A(H7N9) virus to 127 people in China and a concomitant increase in the number
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The novel H7N9 avian flu virus that is currently circulating in certain regions in China has bewildered public health officials
Read MoreEditorial: The next contagion
The influenza A(H7N9) virus, a novel bird flu strain that emerged in China, has infected nine people and already killed
Read MoreGetting more women into science
Published in The Hindu on March 7, 2013 The results of a simple but telling experiment published last year revealed
Read MoreExpert committee report plagiarised
Published in The Hindu on August 30, 2012 The “Report on possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including
Read MoreBird flu viruses have potential to cause a ‘human pandemic’
Published in The Hindu on May 3, 2012 At last, the controversial paper by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of
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C.N.R. Rao’s paper: Fatal attraction of plagiarism
The scale of the infraction did not warrant rejection or retraction, as the plagiarised portions form only a part of
Read MoreEditorial: Making science enjoyable
That little children are gifted with sophisticated thinking capabilities and can solve problems like a hard-wired scientist has been documented
Read More‘Lab-created H5N1 viruses removed natural barriers’
Published in The Hindu on February 2, 2012 In two articles published today (February 2) in Nature, members of the
Read MoreEditorial: A chance to do real science
Published in The Hindu on November 3, 2011 If doing real science is the best and most enjoyable way to
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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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