Editorial: Encouraging voluntary testing
Published in The Hindu on January 16, 2009 The recent announcement by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh that the
Read More14 % drop in coral growth seen in the Great Barrier Reef
Published in The Hindu on January 8, 2009 The effects of global warming have shown up in a definite way
Read MorePublic cord-blood banking becomes a reality in Chennai
Published in The Hindu on January 1, 2009 Public cord blood banking in India has got a great fillip
Read MoreEditorial: The oral polio vaccine is safe
Published in The Hindu on December 25, 2008 Ever since four infants died in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district after they
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IAEA: Turning to radiation-induced mutation
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for increased investment in radiation-induced mutation techniques that help in producing crop
Read MoreHIV: is early start of ART prudent?
Transmission of HIV from mother to child (vertical transmission) can be prevented by providing short-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) to the
Read MoreChandrayaan-1: imaging the moon in 64 colours
Published in The Hindu on November 20, 2008 If the Terrain Mapping Camera (TRC) can collect topographical data that will
Read MoreA decade of embryonic stem cell research
Published in The Hindu on November 13, 2008 Medical science got a big boost when James Thomson of the University
Read MoreEditorial: New hope for stem cell research
Published in The Hindu on November 8, 2008 The seven-year embryonic stem cell research winter brought about by George W.
Read MoreHow Chandrayaan-1 will help compile a 3D atlas
Published in The Hindu on November 6, 2008 The Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) on-board Chandrayaan-1 is a unique demonstration of
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 MoreHow Chandrayaan-1 is raised to higher orbits
Chandrayaan-1 could have been fired to reach the moon, which is about 3,84,000 km from earth, in one shot. But
Read MoreChandrayaan-1: Why ISRO changed the orbit-transfer strategy
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had earlier planned two earth-bound orbits for the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft before it moved towards
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