April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

GM technology

GM crops’ biosafety testing procedure questioned

Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2008 The way in which the Genetic Engineering and Approval Committee (GEAC) has

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HIVHIV/AIDS

Editorial: Proceed with caution

Published in The Hindu on June 20, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of providing single-dose nevirapine to cut

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HIVHIV/AIDS

Helping drug addicts kick the needle

Published in The Hindu on Jun2 19, 2008 Five years after starting the needle exchange programme for the injection drug

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HIVHIV/AIDS

Relooking at single-dose nevirapine strategy, to cut drug resistance

Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of giving single-dose nevirapine to both

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HIVHIV/AIDS

Evaluating drug resistance in HIV positive people

Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Four years after starting the antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme to treat people

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Clinical trialEditorial

Editorial: A welcome initiative

Published in The Hindu on May 31, 2008 At a time when India has become one of the most favoured

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HIVHIV/AIDSTuberculosis

Testing for tuberculosis, HIV co-infection

Published in The Hindu on May 22, 2008 A programme to routinely test patients infected with HIV for TB and

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IGCARNuclear energy

FBTR: plant to vitrify nuclear waste

Published in The Hindu on May 13, 2008 The third facility in the country to immobilise the high level nuclear

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IGCAR

ICGAR: producing efficient heat sinks using nanofluids

Tomorrow’s coolants for electronic devices and engines would come from magnetic nanofluids. And scientists at the Indira Gandhi Centre for

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IGCARNuclear energy

Fast breeder: generating power at 40 paise/unit less

Published in The Hindu on May 8, 2008 Research currently underway to increase the burn-up (cumulative amount of energy extracted

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IGCARNuclear energy

PFBR: work on to increase the burn-up by 50 per cent

  Published in The Hindu on May 1, 2008 The current burn-up target for the mixed oxide fuel in the

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IGCARNuclear energy

Co-location of fuel reprocessing, refabrication

Published in The Hindu on May 1, 2008 The mixed oxide fuel for the upcoming Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR)

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IGCARNuclear energy

Putting the FBTR to the litmus test

Published in The Hindu on May 1, 2008 IGCAR is taking up yet another challenge. The scientists are putting the

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