With over one lakh visitors to date, the Bengaluru-based Curiouscity’s science centre has exhibits and experiments for children aged 8-15 years that have been designed by experts from IITs, IISc and Cornell, and facilitated by trained guides. It takes at least three hours to fully cover the centre and interact with the models
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To attract senior scientists from other countries, India needs a strong, stable commitment to science, which means not only much more funding but also more stable funding, much better infrastructure and, just as importantly, insulating science from politics and excessive bureaucratic rules and regulations
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The long-awaited reforms to the procurement processes — General Financial Rules, Government e-Marketplace, and Global Tender Enquiry — address the bureaucratic bottlenecks that for years hampered the scientific community’s ability to conduct world-class research
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The role of the IIT Roorkee team led by Prof. Arumugam was in ascertaining the proton emission through theoretical calculations
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NIV should quickly make genome data available in a public database so that researchers in India and elsewhere can analyse
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In January-February this year, Neurosurgical Review, a Springer Nature journal, retracted 129 Commentaries. Of them, 87 Commentaries are by the Chennai-based Saveetha Institute
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Genetic sequences of Nipah virus must be shared in public databases quickly The case of a 42-year-old woman in Kerala
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On January 9, 2025, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) called for proposals on ‘Translational research using genomeIndia data’ from scientists
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After nearly three-and-a-half years and 13 rounds of meetings, member-states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on measures to
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In total, 180 million mutations have been found from the individuals sequenced; while 130 million variations are in the non-sex
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The rt-LAMP assay was able to detect TB DNA even when only 10 copy numbers were present per microlitre in
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The information on genetic variants associated with specific diseases can be utilised for developing low-cost diagnostic kits and for personalised
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The Central TB Division informed the States in end-January this year to “consider utilising” the DeepCXR tool only when the
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