MARCH 2018
Why gulping water quenches thirst
Two-fold increase in short spells of heavy rainfall in Indian cities
JNCASR team develops novel material to convert waste heat into electricity
IIT Hyderabad’s novel composite keeps tomatoes fresh for 30 days
Predatory journals: UGC’s greyish white list is a curse to science
IIT Kanpur researchers find why babies need to move in the womb
ICMR wins the 2017 Kochon Prize for TB research
OMICS to translate all Open Access journal papers to Indian languages
Egyptian vultures wintering in India undergo a change in drug-resistance pattern
IIT Guwahati develops superhydrophobic coating that mimics lotus leaves, rose petals
India bends the rules for Neutrino project
897 predatory journals identified in UGC’s white list
FEBRUARY 2018
IIT Guwahati achieves greater desalination efficiency using crystalline carbon dots
IISc researchers overthrow cancer metastasis dogma
Cancer conference sponsored by IIT Madras mired in controversy
Yogi Adityanath takes pledge to control tobacco menace in Uttar Pradesh
Tata Trusts to fund innovations, technologies to combat TB and malaria
IGIB team partially reverses a rare disease
IISc team identifies a biomarker for early-stage Alzheimer’s
Oncologists step aside, here comes medical astrologers
What makes SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch so special
Hyderabad-based OMICS group to translate their journal papers to Indian languages
Indian scientific community should act now to stop the journal paper translation centres
IIT Delhi researchers develop scar-tissue model for screening drugs
IIT Bombay fabricates wearable sensor for motion monitoring
NCCS finds dual mechanism that helps embryonic stem cells maintain pluripotency
Paper by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted, 38 more papers under a cloud
JANUARY 2018
IICB team deciphers the molecular mechanism of stress-induced gastric ulcer
IGIB discovers a protein regulating melanoma growth, pigmentation
IACS researchers use a novel compound to kill cancer cells
IISc researchers witness division of labour emerge in social insects
IGCAR’s optical probe quickly detects urea in serum, environment
WHO revises advice on use of delamanid drug in MDR-TB patients
IIT Delhi develops a novel platform to test drug sensitivity in bacteria
Vitamin C improves the efficacy of TB drugs, AIIMS researchers find
At last, there’s a welcome push back by the Indian scientific community
Three science academies denounce Satyapal Singh’s statement on evolution
IISER Pune researchers study the early stages of transformation into cancerous cells
Aniket Sule, the scientist who torpedoed Satyapal Singh’s grand plan for evolution
IIT Kanpur team finds possible cause of neurodevelopmental disorders
IISER Pune team unravels nuclear protein lamin B2’s novel role
Neural mechanism behind stinging by honeybees unravelled
Archaeological site near Chennai shows the long process of human evolution
DECEMBER 2017
IIT Bombay makes low cost vibration sensors
IIT Hyderabad team recycles polystyrene using orange peel extract
IISER Pune makes novel anode for next-generation batteries in electric vehicles
IISc: Chemically etched aluminium kills, keep surfaces bacteria-free
IIT Guwahati researchers create bioartificial liver using silk
NCCS’ novel approach improves success rate of bone marrow transplantation
IISc: HIV drug elvitegravir lowers the efficiency of immune system
Bhubaneswar: Urban heat island effect studied in a growing city
How to spot predatory journals
Diagnosing early-stage cervical cancer using artificial intelligence
IIT Guwahati team fabricates spinal disc using silk
IIT Hyderabad team fabricates e-skin for motion monitoring
JNCASR researchers add more security to LiFi
Delhi researchers use AI to diagnose asthma, identify subtypes
Prakash makes mosquito surveillance using mobile phones possible
A glimmer of hope as India’s war on TB gets more funding
IIT Guwahati uses superhydrophobic cotton to remove oil-spill
IIT Roorkee’s novel molecule reverses antibiotic resistance
IIT teams developing a self test for cervical cancer
ICRISAT researchers make groundnuts free of aflatoxin
IIT Hyderabad develops novel skin patch for constant drug release
IIT Bombay’s superior water filter needs very little power
NBRC researchers uncover how damaged neurons recover function
Women in Kerala live 10 years longer than women in Uttar Pradesh
Delhi researchers’ novel molecule prevents malaria disease
Four papers from CSIR, ICAR labs retracted for fake peer reviews
Decreased dust aerosol leads to reduced rainfall over north India
Injunction against Hyderabad’s OMICS group to stop ‘deceptive practices’
IISER Kolkata’s compound makes drinking water nearly free of fluoride, metal ions
OCTOBER 2017
Astrology workshop at IISc stands cancelled
IIT Madras develops extremely water-repellent coating
Novel inhibitor to combat kala-azar identified
Alas, astrology workshop to be held at IISc in November
Some Indian cities cooler than surrounding areas during summer days
Organic near-infrared filter developed by NIIST researchers
IIT Hyderabad uses activated jamun powder to remove fluoride from drinking water
IIT teams use plant extract, heat to kill skin cancer cells
At 2.51 million, India ranks number one in pollution deaths
IIT teams use elevated enzyme in cancer cells for diagnosis
CDFD researchers find common genetic variants for skin colour in Indians
IISER Bhopal team’s new strategies to fight breast cancer
IISc team designs a nanomaterial to treat Parkinson’s
IIT Kanpur researchers make antibodies for treating a few genetic diseases
IIT Gandhinagar develops a system to monitor drought in South Asia
Growing interest in HPV vaccination in India
Three-fold increase in extreme rainfall events over central India
A rapid diagnostic test for Zika, dengue viruses developed
SEPTEMBER 2017
NIIST researchers fabricate a wearable WiMAX antenna
IIT Roorkee team repurposes a drug for chikungunya
Serum’s rotavirus vaccine is safe and efficacious
Sale of tobacco products in India only through licensed shops
Kolkata scientists use fungus to remove toxic chromium from tannery waste
This is one reason why India does not produce path-breaking health technologies
IGIB researchers reverse cancer drug resistance
Mumbai team a step closer to treating oral cancer without surgery
Mumbai researchers discover how embryos implant in the womb
TMC team overcomes resistance to hormonal therapy for breast cancer
UGC’s revised white list has 111 more predatory journals
IGIB scientists discover a skin bacterium with antimicrobial activity
Researchers at Harvard, Mayo Clinic too publish in predatory journals
After 24 years, ISRO faces a small setback with the failed PSLV launch
UGC’s revised white list has 71 active predatory journals
IIT Guwahati team mimics nature to keep surfaces oil-free in water
How to get rid of beer foam fast
AUGUST 2017
Of mice and men: why animal trial results don’t always translate to humans
IIT Guwahati team creates an implantable ‘pancreas’ to treat Type 1 diabetes
ISI Kolkata discovers reptiles with horns that came 100 million years before dinosaurs
Now, more predatory journals get indexed in PubMed
Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
Lessons India has not learnt on H1N1
Mumbai researchers’ biomarker will tell if early-stage tongue cancer will spread
The Asian Zika virus strain turns out to be more dangerous
Preventing sepsis in newborns using probiotics
IISc’s copper-coated membrane makes drinking water safe
No, funding for science in India or DST has not been increased to 2% of GDP
The myths and facts about wine
Unravelling the acute encephalitis syndrome that kills children in Gorakhpur
Why BMJ’s advice to ‘stop taking antibiotics when you feel better’ should be ignored
IIT Guwahati team develops silk patch to repair damaged heart tissue
IIT Bombay researchers develop wearable, movement-capturing device
IIT Madras: Now, silver ‘grows’ in paddy fields
IIT Delhi team develops a new antibacterial drug-delivery system
Scientists edit a disease-causing mutation from genes in human embryos
FDA wants to prevent smoking addiction by limiting nicotine in cigarettes
Farmer suicides in India may be linked to climate change
JULY 2017
IGIB researchers’ first step to rein in cancer cells
IISER Thiruvananthapuram: Scooping out marine oil spills is now possible
inStem team finds how colour-blind flatworms choose colours
Bleached girls: India and its love for light skin
IACS researchers use a novel approach to cancer drug discovery
The uncertain future of genetic testing
As another smog season looms, India must act soon to keep Delhi from gasping
See how well you can spot photoshoped images
Why India’s National Programme on panchagavya is worrying
Indian researcher finds malaria drug shields foetus against Zika virus
A looming threat of tuberculosis in children
IISER Kolkata team develops corrosion-resistant, fire-retardant material
Predatory journal clones of India’s Current Science spring up
Now, one Zika case reported from Tamil Nadu, India
JNU researchers reduce TB treatment time using curcumin
India wants to eliminate TB by 2025 but falters on several critical fronts
IISc researchers’ quest to make a common antibiotic more effective against TB
Scientists now know why Chennai received unprecedented heavy rainfall in 2015
Mumbai: Chicken, ready-to-eat moong beans laden with drug-resistant bacteria
IIT Madras develops surgical robots for medical colleges
Why I disagree with Nobel Laureates when it comes to career advice for scientists
IIT Guwahati team succeeds in regenerating damaged nerve
Cheaper TB diagnostic test developed in India enters final validation stage
JUNE 2017
Air pollutants reduce India’s solar power generation by 17%
Sun Pharma, NIV to jointly test drugs for Zika, chikungunya and dengue
Prior infection with dengue does not increase Zika disease severity
IISER Pune researchers produce a novel drug-delivery system to kill cancer cells
Flat lying posture doesn’t do much for stroke treatment
Did LIGO really detect Gravitational Wave signals or was it just noise?
Hyderabad researchers grow miniature eyes using stem cells
Cabell’s: “Our predatory journal Blacklist differs from Jeffrey Beall’s”
At last, Jeffrey Beall reveals the reasons for shutting down his blog on predatory journals
Probability of dying due to heat waves increases in India
IISc’s blood cancer drug shows early promise
CCMB develops a novel drug-delivery system for treating keratitis eye infection
Nearly 50% of diabetics identified in 14 Indian States unaware of their condition
With GSLV Mark III launch, ISRO puts India in a new orbit
Bharat Biotech has begun chikungunya vaccine Phase I trial
Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes less capable of spreading Zika, chikunguya
Seventy-year journey of Zika virus
Improving access to mental health services in remote areas
LIGO: Now, gravitational waves provide clues on how binary black holes form
MAY 2017
Scientists are accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction
Tissue-matched, unrelated donor transplants to aid thalassemics
Ridiculous excuse for India’s shocking cover-up of Zika virus cases
Don’t ignore the adults in deworming
Indian researchers develop 3D bioprinted cartilage
Three Zika cases reported in Ahmedabad, India in Januray 2017
IISc team mimics nature to keep orthopaedic implants bacteria-free
IISc: Annapoorni Rangarajan is on a quest to understand how breast cancer spreads
Diabetes drug metformin partly works by altering gut bacteria
Indian researchers use a novel approach to kill TB bacteria
With 18 million tonnes, a remote island turns into plastic junkyard
Euro VI diesel emission norms can avert nearly 174,000 premature deaths
When dogs become the biggest predators of livestock
Breaking the drug-resistant TB transmission cycle important
Preterm babies don’t gain growth by early initiation of complementary food
Indian researchers reverse multidrug resistance in E. coli
IIT Madras team produces white light using pomegranate, turmeric extract
Novel molecule synthesised by Indian researchers shows promise in treating cancer
What elephants teach us about cancer prevention
ISRO asked to remain silent on South Asia Satellite launch
India to treat all HIV positive people irrespective of CD4 count
Number of wild poliovirus cases drop in Pakistan, Afghanistan
APRIL 2017
IGIB uses novel drug discovery approach to identify drug targets in TB bacteria
The big test for malaria vaccine RTS,S
IIT Madras’ baby steps to develop data glove for the speech-disabled
Science or Snake Oil: can turmeric really shrink tumours, reduce pain and kill bacteria?
Soon, plastic can be biodegraded more efficiently
IISc team unravels how vitamin C helps kill bacteria
IIT Kanpur finds more aerosol in the atmosphere produces heavier, widespread rainfall
Why do we see H1N1 cases every year?
Examination without invigilation – An experiment in trust
Predatory journals in India make desperate bid to gain authenticity
Zika vaccine Phase I trial to begin next month in India
Bharat Biotech’s Zika virus vaccine confers 100% protection in mice
Counselling for depression: A journey within
IISc’s potent molecules show promise for TB therapy
IGIB team enhances the efficiency of DNA delivery into the skin for treating skin disorders
IGCAR work may allow doctors to ‘see’ a fever
Depression: The fault lies in classification
IIT Bombay uses mango leaves to make fluorescent graphene quantum dots
IISc designs a novel graphene electrical conductor
The very microbes that helped us evolve now make us sick
Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood
Indian researchers use graphene sieves to turn seawater into drinking water
IISc researchers’ novel, eco-friendly way of recycling e-waste
MARCH 2017
Vaginal bacteria responsible for recurrent urinary tract infections
TB vaccine trial on adults begins in June in India
How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
In a breakthrough, a blood test can diagnose TB disease
Indian researchers find a new bacterial target for drug development
Plastic waste found in fish meant for human consumption
TB diagnosis, treatment sub-optimal in Indian prisons
Indian researcher develops smartphone-based device for male infertility screening
IISER Thiruvananthapuram Director: There’s more to it than meets the eye
Overweight, obese men at higher risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer
CCMB: Can alpha chain of clusterin protein control weight, fat gain in animals?
Without a magic wand, India cannot eliminate TB by 2025
Academics can change the world – if they stop talking only to their peers
‘Copy and paste’ content spotted in IISER Thiruvananthapuram director’s papers
Controling HIV-like virus in monkeys by early intervention
Indian researcher uses novel strategy to increase wheat yield, improve resilience to drought
Institutional delivery high but only 42% are breastfed in first hour of birth in India
WHO’s website for vaccine safety information gains traction
Ostriches existed in India over 25,000 years ago, DNA evidence shows
Why is TB bacteria not on WHO’s deadly superbug list?
Mumbai researchers identify a protein critical for sperm motility
Low measles-rubella vaccination coverage may cause more cases of congenital rubella syndrome
FEBRUARY 2017
Why India needs the rubella vaccine?
Watery exoplanets, but is there life?
Seven Earth-size planets with possible liquid water spotted
IIT Madras’ first step to develop cheaper cancer diagnostic alternative
ISRO sets the bar high by launching 104 satellites in one mission
IIT Madras researchers study the role of mushroom spores in atmospheric bioaerosols
Waking up to MCPG toxin’s role in causing litchi mystery disease
IIT Bombay team finds Chennai and Mumbai have high wind energy potential
Lancet gets in touch with Current Science authors on litchi disease ethics issue
In the Post Truth era we have the Journal of Alternative Facts!
I am still trying to figure out what my new research agenda will be: Jeffrey Beall
Toxins in litchi kill children in Bihar
Indian researcher uses light to speed up electronics by one million times
JANUARY 2017
Tamil Nadu researchers show chronic exposure to commonly used insecticide causes diabetes
In defiance, several rogue U.S. federal agency Twitter accounts crop up
Trump Ctrl-Alt-Deletes climate change policies
Indian scientist Felix Bast reports from the field in Antarctica
India begins caged trials of GM mosquitoes to control dengue, chikungunya
Open Access: The sorry state of Indian repositories
Five-month-old babies know what’s funny
The missing fossils matter as much as the ones we have found
Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
JNU researchers show highly pungent capsicum varieties have higher antioxidant property
How ISRO plans to launch a record 104 satellites in one go in February 2017
Trump jolts science, gives anti-vax movement a booster dose
Will we see Jeffrey Beall’s predatory journal list in a new avatar?
Indian scientists to gain as India becomes Associate member state of CERN
India’s white list to curb researchers from publishing in predatory journals
India should show sustained commitment to science: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
A hand-held, 20 cents paper centrifuge can revolutionise global health
IIT Gandhinagar: Changing rainfall pattern results in groundwater deficit in north India
IIT Bombay: Urbanisation has not led to hotter summer days for many Indian cities
Indian researchers’ novel approach to early diagnosis of retinal diseases
IIT Madras develops a novel electrode material for lithium batteries
People seeking mental healthcare increased six-fold
IIT Guwahati: A thumb imprint is enough to detect jaundice
A woman scientist nominated for the Swarnajayanti fellowship award
‘There is no session on science and spirituality at the Indian Science Congress’
Science communication: ‘There is a huge price to pay when scientists remain in a cocoon’
Drug discovery for GPCR signalling made easy by IIT Kanpur researchers
DECEMBER 2016
A 47-year-old Mumbai lady returns to college after 25 years to finish her PG in biological sciences
IIT Gandhinagar develops irrigation maps of India
Bengaluru researchers mimic nature to produce richer colours
Renal failure deaths nearly double in a decade in India
IIT Madras researchers prove the superiority of arsenic water filter which got $18 million funding
Researchers from Indian national institutes publish in predatory journals
LIGO scientific collaboration is Physics World 2016 breakthrough of the year
ICGEB researchers identify distinct biomarkers for dengue, chikungunya
Invasive algae species from China found in Tamil Nadu shores
TIFR’s landmark discovery challenges the theory of superconductivity
ICGEB researchers adopt a novel approach to drug discovery
IIT Kharagpur researchers fabricate a tiny blood pH sensor
Indian researchers use wild silk protein for faster, scar-free healing of wounds
NOVEMBER 2016
Chennai researchers turn leather waste into electrode-grade carbon
IIT Kanpur unravels brown carbon’s effect on atmospheric warming
IISER Mohali discovery gives a big boost to leukaemia research
CCMB researchers unravel the skin colour genetics of Indians
Pune researchers fabricate a flexible nanogenerator for wearable electronics
IIT Madras researchers with a Midas touch, on a nanoscale
Mumbai researchers use blood samples to diagnose pulmonary TB, MDR-TB
NCBS researchers find a biomarker for stress-induced memory loss
IISc produces a novel salt to better combat bacterial infections
IISER Thiruvananthapuram researchers can scoop out marine oil-spills
IISER Pune researchers turn insulating MOFs into semiconductors
OCTOBER 2016
Time India got serious about fighting TB
Can The Union think out of the box to hold the Lung Health conference in India?
Pune researchers’ anti-leishmanial drug compound shows promise
About 0.5 million TB patients approaching RNTCP centres are not treated
IISER Kolkata makes targeted delivery of cancer drug possible
BHU researchers a step closer to preventing Alzheimer’s
BHU researchers use laser to remove blood clots
Voila! NPL scientists produce electricity from water without using electrolyte, light
IIT Bombay researchers a step closer to treating Parkinson’s disease
Electric bicycles from Chennai to hit the road soon
IISc’s self-powered UV photodetector can power electronic devices
IISER Kolkata uses human hair to produce cheaper cathodes for solar cells
IISER Pune researcher produces stable, inorganic, nanocrystal solar cells
Now, ‘qualified’ quacks will treat rural folks in West Bengal
Kochi scientists’ unique way to treat residual glioma cancer cells
IIT Hyderabad finds a chink in E. coli armour
Nobel Prizes – The lure of the exotic and esoteric
Non-communicable diseases killed more Indians in 2015
Quacks treat a majority of rural India
Voila! IISc’s catalyst uses sunlight to make water E. coli-free
Indian researchers’ membrane to solve marine oil spills
SEPTEMBER 2016
IISc develops a handheld device to detect melamine in milk
Chennai researchers’ simple approach to produce graphene nanosheets
IIT Madras develops a cheaper, lab-on-a-chip diagnostic device
IISc researchers find a novel, cheaper way to prevent sepsis
Pune researchers use bagasse to produce anode-grade carbon for Li-ion batteries
IIT Madras scientists’ cheaper solution to make brackish water potable
IIT Hyderabad develops sanitary napkins that absorb better
Pune researchers close to making cheaper, more efficient fuel cells
A novel compound prevents, cures malaria
Indian researchers turn to zebrafish to study microvillus inclusion disease
Indian researchers use bacteria to power a tiny engine
Nobel Laureates to attend Nobel Prize Series in Gujarat in January 2017
Editorial: Sri Lanka conquers malaria and how
Thanks to air pollution, magnetic particles found in the brain
Indian researchers unlock preterm birth mystery
Higher abdominal obesity triples breast cancer risk in Indian women
CSIR scientist publishes nine papers in bogus journals
AUGUST 2016
Editorial: ISRO’s scramjet on course
Indian researchers enhance BCG vaccine efficacy using anti-leprosy drug
60 percent of Indo-Gangetic groundwater too contaminated to use
‘Journal’ publisher in the dock for duping researchers
IISc researchers produce an improved water purification membrane
Pharmacies in India may not be causing TB drug-resistance
Indian private sector bears 2-3 times higher TB burden than estimated
Deforestation causes reduced rainfall in Ganga Basin, Northeast India
TB: DOTS therapy offered by RNTCP should be more flexible
Indian researchers use seaweed, sunlight to treat industrial dyes
IIT Madras researchers develop an optical system to detect algal blooms
Indian researchers use a novel drug to inhibit skin cancer in mice
Emissions from ships can impact monsoon activity over Bay of Bengal
IISc researchers find endosulfan causes DNA damage in animals
India’s avoidable rabies burden
Indian researchers prolong eggs’ shelf life using nanotechnology
Zika vaccine trials on monkeys show promise
IIT Bombay: Extreme rainfall not associated with warming
TB: Social media campaign launched to get Indian government to act
JULY 2016
The yawning gap in tuberculosis care in India
Indian researchers find a new ancestor of modern humans
Surplus river basins in India face drop in rainfall, IIT researchers say
A novel, powerful antibiotic found inside human nose
CSIR sends a strong message to Indian scientists
Nano particles pack a mega medicinal punch in green tea
Zebrafish provide insights into a rare human disease
CSIR: IMTECH scientist sacked for fabricating data
Trials with antibiotics lead to TB diagnosis delay
Repeated use of oil leads to increased trans fat content
With $18 million venture funding, IIT Madras Prof breaks the glass ceiling
Using fat tax to change food consumption behaviour
Mcr-1 gene found in second human sample in the U.S.
Is Kerala’s fat tax a mere topping than health initiative?
Screening for rare genetic disorders becomes easier
U.K. will continue to excel in science post-Brexit: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Infectious Zika virus found in saliva and urine
At last, Juno enters Jupiter’s orbit
Sin tax reduces intake of energy-dense food in Mexico
Nutrition labelling to take the pinch out of salt
Two genetic variants up the diabetes risk in Indians
JUNE 2016
A cheap, sensitive diagnostic tool for Zika virus developed
Many Zika cases will be missed if microcephaly screening alone is used
The changing landscape of malaria parasite P. vivax’s resistance to drugs
Artemisinin resistance dents the anti-malaria armour
Did WHO’s TB care advice cause more MDR-TB cases?
Bright LED street lighting adversly impacts health
First CRISPR trial on humans set to begin
Vaccine trial for Zika virus to start soon in humans
Holding Olympics in the time of Zika virus
When the media created the ‘wild’ type-2 polio virus
Potential drug target identified for Zika virus
One more reason to avoid consanguineous marriages
LIGO: Merger makes waves, again
Friends, relatives are not always safe blood donors
Hyping up the benefits of private cord blood banking
Why Indians, SE Asian Malays respond differently to some drugs
IIT Madras researchers dissolve silver using glucose water
Zika can be transmitted by oral sex
MAY 2016
When pills make us worse: Monitoring the adverse effects of medicines
Will the Zika infection rate during Olympics be lower?
Will mcr-1 gene cause a new superbug?
Get ready for plain packaging of tobacco products
More light on how Zika virus infects the placenta
Finally, mosquito species transmitting Zika virus confirmed
Bread makers in India to stop using potassium bromate and potassium iodate additives
Gender bias: fewer girls get cardiac care in Punjab
Editorial: ISRO’s new frontiers with reusable launch vehicle
Editorial: IRNSS – Self-reliance is the key
APRIL 2016
One minute of hard exercise thrice a week has great health benefits
Polio: Off-label use of IPV vaccine to tide over shortage
Heat wave conditions in India to persist till April 27
Global ‘switch’ to reduce vaccine-derived polio cases
Indian researchers show cancer drugs can stop the progression of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Warming brings better weather to the U.S.
Loosening the vice-like grip of chewing tobacco
IIT Delhi develops a novel, cheap device for sepsis diagnosis
Getting pregnant in the time of Zika
A ‘turning point’ in the Zika outbreak
CDC confirms Zika virus causes microcephaly, other birth defects
‘Extremely severe’ brain damage found in babies with Zika-linked defect
Temple disaster: Why potassium chlorate is banned for use in fireworks
Missing girls of Indian-born parents in Canada
How Zika virus causes microcephaly studied
Editorial: On detecting and delaying diabetes
Activity equivalent calorie labelling to fight obesity
Treating sugar addiction to reverse obesity prevalence
Sharp increase in diabetes patients, obese & underweight adults in India
Yoga as a ‘cancer cure’ is a claim without basis
MARCH 2016
Where does the fat go when you lose weight?
A simple blood test can help reduce global TB burden
IISc: A novel method to kill cancerous cells
Now, solar energy can power air conditioner, refrigerator
Let larger pictorial warnings stay
Parliamentary committee recommends smaller pictorial warnings
Editorial: Transparency by AERB at any cost
Plastic degrading bacteria isolated
Racket maker Head backs Maria Sharapova
Editorial: Maria Sharapova and a poser for sport
Doping: ‘Excessive and inappropriate’ use of meldonium drug during Baku 2015 European Games
Drug resistance: The antibiotic red line of control
Zika virus might cause Guillain-Barré syndrome, a French Polynesia study shows
Tobacco excise duty increase lowest in the last five years
First diagnostic test kit for Zika virus already created
Zika Virus – “it really felt like having bad sunburn, all over your body” — by BMJ talk medicine
FEBRUARY 2016
Landmark experiment improves coral calcification by 7% in Great Barrier Reef
Zika virus: The benefits of open research
A step closer to a safer, more efficacious TB vaccine
IISc: Garlic and artemisinin derivative kill malaria parasites
Pilot testing of bedaquiline drug on TB patients to start soon
Editorial: LIGO-India – A landmark for Indian scientists
The curious case of larvicides causing microcephaly
Listening to the chirps of gravitational waves
Editorial: Elusive gravitational waves detected
Editorial: Time for pharma course correction
Zika: When research goes off the rails
Novel approaches to fight Aedes aegypti mosquito
Editorial: Gearing up for the Zika threat
JANUARY 2016
Sugar tax may be the bitter pill to cut obesity
Zika: ‘I think WHO should declare an emergency’
Sounding the smoke alarm on sale of tobacco to minors
India sets an example in subsidised TB diagnosis
No, zebra stripes not for camouflage
IISc: endosulfan induces infertility in male mice
Inter-group violence may be as old as 10,000 years
Focus on quality at Jeevan Stem Cell Bank
Pakistan’s polio plan needs global support
An Ebola cloud with a silver lining
IIT Madras: designer alloys by chemical reactions
DECEMBER 2015
‘India should show leadership in TB research’
‘India’s fight against TB lacks punch’
‘Child-friendly paediatric TB drugs will be a game changer’
Child-friendly TB drugs launched
NOVEMBER 2015
Alas, topical steroids sold as over-the-counter drugs
IPV vaccine boost to India’s polio fight
Chennai city’s new strategy to eliminate TB
Western Sahara once had a large river network
Will funding issues derail the Indian dengue vaccine trial?
OCTOBER 2015
Surprising discovery of oxygen in 67P comet’s atmosphere
Show cause notices sent to 10 Indian doctors for receiving payment from drug companies
Fake journal publishing flourishes in India
Indian scientist in the news for wrong reasons
ASTROSAT spots Crab Nebula, the brightest X-ray source
Less risk of skin cancer if exposed to UV radiation in the morning: Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar
Ediorial: Revolutionary therapies
Two objects fused to form Rosetta’s 67P comet
SEPTEMBER 2015
Editorial: Space observatory takes wing
ASTROSAT, India’s unique space observatory
Alcohol users in India face higher health risk, mortality
Outdoor air pollution killed 0.65 million Indians in 2010: study
Novel approach to prevent motion sickness
Over 3 million premature deaths in India in 2013, says study
New insights into how geckos climb walls
AUGUST 2015
Medicinal properties of tulsi unravelled
Women live four years longer than men in India
Gene responsible for obesity in Indians identified
An App for cardiovascular management shows promise
Pluto may be geologically active
A Promising target to treat cognitive disorders identified
A ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet discovered
Spread of drug-resistant malaria parasites looms large
Why the 7.8 magnitude Nepal quake was less devastating
Indian cholera vaccine found to be safe, efficacious
JULY 2015
Smell guides mosquitoes to see a human host
Editorial: Historic fly-by of New Horizons
GM mosquitoes check dengue in Brazil
The science of screams deciphered
Insight into how the brain forms memories
JUNE 2015
Breakthrough in treating leucoderma
MDR-TB spreads less within households
New antimalarial agent shows promise
IIT Madras: graphene nanoribbons produced by a novel method
Scientist proposes marriage through a journal paper
Heat wave threshold ignores public health impact
Now, soft tissue found in ancient dinosaur samples
Disability burden highest in diabetics
MAY 2015
Evidence of earliest murder comes to light
IIT Hyderabad: Scanning kidneys becomes easy
TB: India study confirms Xpert diagnostic test’s superiority
Editorial: This tobacco warning should stay
Repurposed antibiotic shows promise
India flooded with unsafe drug combinations
Why the May 12 Nepal quake is called an aftershock
TB treatment programme in India may be generating more MDR cases
APRIL 2015
Chikungunya vaccine shows promise
Himalayas: next major quake may be west of the recent one
25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
How knuckle cracking produces popping sound
Emissions from biomass burning cross the Himalayas
A pictorial warning must shock
MARCH 2015
Fixed nitrogen: Mars was once habitable
Editorial: India flounders as H1N1 spreads
IISc: Chennai highest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases
Mutations make H1N1 virulent, spread easily
India turns spotlight on adolescent health
Mothers’ low weight linked to shorter height of Indian children
FEBRUARY 2015
IISc researchers produce a superior water filter
Editorial: Under-5 mortality – the cost of negligence
Serum Institute’s H1N1 vaccine will be ready next month
Working towards personalised TB treatment
Why rural children in India die of diarrhoea and pneumonia
8 million tonnes of plastic waste entered oceans in 2010
Editorial: The menace of plastic waste
‘Obesity is a chronic, treatment-resistant disease’
Editorial: Lethal injection is cruel and unusual
A smartphone dongle to diagnose HIV, syphilis
JANUARY 2015
Editorial: Climate change deniers
Editorial: Another Ebola battle won
IISc: Repurposing existing drugs to fight TB
Meningitis: Indian vaccine will protect infants too
Editorial: Sterilisation deaths – no room for choice
Indian Science Congress: An annual ritual losing its meaning
Editorial: Science Congress – mythology and science
Editorial: A step in the right direction
Key science developments to look forward to in 2015
DECEMBER 2014
ISRO: Radhakrishnan in journal Nature’s top ten list
Editorial: A significant achievement
Increase in life expectancy more in women in India
The pollutants causing discolouration of Taj Mahal identified
Editorial: Plastic bags – the cost of convenience
Mountains of plastic waste afloat in the oceans
Editorial: H5N1 – no room for complacency
IISc: novel way to reduce cell damage found
NOVERMBER 2014
Editorial: Discouraging cigarette sales
IIT: Novel way to produce safer drinking water
Editorial: Strengthening care of the newborn
Using a diabetes drug to treat TB shows promise
Editorial: L’Aquila – Bizarre verdict reversed
Editorial: Sterlisation targets endanger lives
Editorial: The continuing polio challenge
Ebola: Australia not to send health workers to Africa
OCTOBER 2014
Ebola: Australia’s unjustified ban
Editorial: Going by medical evidence
Editorial: Loosening tobacco’s deadly grip
Sanitation: Behavioural change critical
‘India has the potential to end all preventable child deaths’
Editorial: Brightness at night
Coverage of antenatal care in India has to be increased: WHO
Preterm births and pneumonia kill most children under five years in India
SEPTEMBER 2014
‘There is fantastic immunisation coverage in India’
IISc: novel membrane filters water, kills bacteria
Editorials: Outreach plans for scientists
Fastest decline in child mortality rates witnessed
Editorial: Ebola – Lessons to be learnt
IISc: Sapota’s anticancer properties studied
Communicating through telepathy achieved
Diabetes triples the risk of developing active TB
Cardiovascular risk factors low but mortality high in India
Editorial: Commendable initiative on open defecation
AUGUST 2014
New approach needed to curb open defecation?
Editorial: Rosetta makes space history
Editorial: Keeping Ebola in check
IIT Madras: Turning a simple optical microscope into a powerful tool
Editorial: Irrational prejudice against people with HIV
JULY 2014
Editorial: A blot on Indian science
Editorial: Sin tax and tobacco use
A novel cholera vaccine developed in India provides more protection
Scientists, doctors write an open letter condemning violence in Gaza
India scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria
Excise hike on gutka may apply only to Meghalaya, Lakshadweep
IMTECH: CSIR scientist used faked data in seven papers
Keeping girls in school cuts child, maternal mortality
Bangladesh: women’s education cuts maternal, child mortality
JUNE 2014
Finally, neonatal mortality prevention gains attention
Ten countries that were on a fast-track to achieve the MDG 4 & 5 goals
New avenues to novel drugs open up
IISc: Targeting a chink in TB bacteria’s armour
STAP cells: Haruko Obokata agrees to retract controversial papers
Will tax hike reduce tobacco consumption in India?
Editorial: Tobacco causes a huge health burden
Editorial: Maternal mortality – No reason to cheer
5.5 million ‘invisible’ baby deaths a year
A new test promises better diagnosis of TB in children
Non-fasting test sufficient for gestational diabetes screening
APRIL 2014
PaMZ drug combination is a game changer for TB and MDR-TB treatment
Childhood TB: symptom-based contact screening safe, reliable
Tobacco use accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers in India, says report
Training doctors to diagnose paediatric TB to start soon
Editorial: Neutralising diarrhoea, a mass killer
MARCH 2014
One million TB cases in children annually
IIT Madras: Honey, I shrunk the mass spectrometer
Indigenous vaccine against diarrhoea virus ‘safe’
Editorial: The wages of scientific fraud
The “landmark” stem cell paper may be retracted
Editorial: Regulating stem cell therapy
MenAfriVac: first use of vaccine outside of the cold chain in Africa
FEBRUARY 2014
Black skin, a response to skin cancer risk
Editorial: No end to inhumanity
Duplication of images in stem cell papers spotted
Restrictive global governance system affects public health
Editorial: The ways of tobacco companies
Smoking causes type II diabetes
A novel bird flu virus kills woman
JANUARY 2014
Now, reversing adult cells to stem cells becomes easy
Editorial: XDR-TB – An ominous situation
Can cold exposure be an effective strategy to fight obesity?
‘Long-term outcomes in South African patients with XDR-TB poor’
Editorial: Smoking – A patchy record
Choroideremia: gene therapy shows promise
Why oral polio vaccination must for India-bound Pakistanis
Editorial: Mission to cut neonatal deaths
IPAQT: subsidised Xpert TB test in private labs gets popular
Mangroves in Florida expanding poleward
DECEMBER 2013
‘In 2003, RNTCP had eight lines in the guidelines that related to TB in children’
Clinical trials on child-friendly bedaquiline MDR-TB drug for children initiated
‘Nuances of childhood TB are never taught in medical schools’
Child-friendly, first-line TB combination drugs will be available in 2016: Dr. Mel Spigelman
Editorial: New bird flu strains
Second-line TB drugs: ‘It is more difficult to assess adverse effects in children’
‘Children metabolise TB drugs much faster than adults’
Malnourished children in India below three years are underdosed for first-line TB drugs
NOVEMBER 2013
‘Sentinel Project provides guidance on preventive treatment for children with MDR-TB infection’
Sentinel Project gives a fillip to managing MDR-TB in children
‘In 80-90 %, TB bacilli in children same as in MDR-TB index case’
‘Very few children in India are diagnosed and treated for MDR-TB’
‘Age has a significant effect on the immune system in childhood TB’
TB: ‘There is a clearly higher risk of mortality in children of 0-4 years’
Why the true burden of paediatric TB remains unknown
Metformin: no cardiovascular benefit for non-diabetics
OCTOBER 2013
Paediatric TB: should Xpert molecular test replace smear microscopy?
Contact screening: the risk of wrong TB diagnosis
TB: how many young children are wrongly diagnosed as disease-free?
Editorial: Don’t ignore TB in children
Editorial: The right to safe abortions
Programme to prevent TB in children neglected
SEPTEMBER 2013
Editorial: Curiosity can’t kill life on Mars
Editorial: More than baby steps required
Comet impact leads to building blocks of life
Editorial: HPV trial – Collusion of the worst kind
A step closer to regenerative medicine
AUGUST 2013
Editorial: Kepler telescope – Down but not out
Now, blood tests can reveal suicide risk
Editorial: Lab meat – Food for thought
IIT Madras: How the heart of AUV was developed
Editorial: H7N9 – No immediate threat
Editorial: A year of curiosity
Population admixture happened in India for 2,300 years
Editorial: Half measure on tobacco control
A -200° C refrigerator developed
JULY 2013
Indian’s UAV to survey Arctic ice algae
Editorial: Let the science decide on plioglitazone
Drugs board wants ban on Pioglitazone diabetes drug revoked
Pioglitazone: no bladder cancer for 3 years
Diabetes drug: ‘Maybe I erred in my judgement’
“Functional” blood vessels made from stem cells
Editorial: Organs, made to order
Genetic basis of cholera resistance found
JUNE 2013
The secret behind speed throwing
Editorial: BRCA genes – Patent justice
Reducing water usage in steel industry
‘We are fighting a war against polio without a General’
Bring in injectable polio vaccine
Editorial: A river ran through Mars
Rounded pebbles on Mars point to water flow
MAY 2013
Radiation risk to astronauts travelling to Mars measured
New way to develop influenza A vaccine
White Bengal tiger enigma solved
Editorial: When commerce rules the roost
BRCA gene case: will the court take the middle ground?
‘Not all BRAC1, BRAC2 mutations result in breast cancer’
North Pole drifts east due to climate change
Is the new TB drug already being misused?
IIT Madras: Affordable water purification using silver nanoparticles
Editorial: Silent spread of H7N9
Camera with compound eye-like lenses
APRIL 2013
IGCAR: Hydrogen sensor for greater safety
Editorial: Crowdsourcing science
H7N9 silently spreads in humans and birds
Pottery used for cooking fish over 12,000 years ago
Editorial: Houston, we have a litter problem
Towards cheaper, mass-scale housing
MARCH 2013
Editorial: Mars mission accomplished
WHO-approved TB test, now at a subsidised price
A trial drug raises hope to eradicate malaria
Editorial: Too early to cheer on HIV
A drug to treat leukaemia shows promise in mice
Study spikes notion atherosclerosis is lifestyle disease
Was the U.S. baby infected with HIV at all?
Getting more women into science
Seven more loci associated with age-related macular degeneration
FEBRUARY 2013
White House expands Open Access
Preventing heart failure post attack in pigs
Editorial: A model for the rest of India
PeerJ journal: Path-breaking move
Web observatory for cybergazing
JANUARY 2013
Chance favours the prepared mind
At last, hideout of dormant TB bacteria found
Editorial: Aaron Swartz – Right the wrong
Role of starch food digestion in dog domestication
After cancer, India starts stroke registry
Editorial: Searching for Earth’s twin
‘There is a need for statisticians to work closely with scientists’
DECEMBER 2012
Editorial: Great hope for science
Trials soon to test treatment for blindness due to chemical burns
Pilot project to test TB drug as prophylactic to HIV-infected
Prevalence of hypertension high in rural Tamil Nadu
India: Appalling condition of primary healthcare services
Hybrid desalination plant at Kalpakkam
NOVEMBER 2012
Why Kolar gold mine never became a repository
Editorial: Welcome move on clinical trials
Malaria vaccine trial on African infants disappointing
Dengue nation: The rise of a viral challenge
Brazil: reducing tobacco use is a ‘winnable battle’
OCTOBER 2012
Editorial: L’Aquila – Scientists crucified
‘Our policy is to reprocess all the fuel put into a nuclear reactor’
Open Access: ‘A few countries are outstanding, including India’
Editorial: Child marriage – Lost childhood
India’s tuberculosis challenge
Efficient way to turn waste into resource
Editorial: Turning the clock back
SEPTEMBER 2012
Guidelines for tuberculosis notification sent out
On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind
Editorial: After sayonara, second thoughts
Editorial: Sayonara nuclear power
TB control: challenges in engagement
TB control programme to engage private sector
Interim results of TB vaccine trial expected soon
Starting ART early prevents tuberculosis
Dengue still retains its deadly bite
Incentives-linked plan to detect TB cases
Evolution “prevails” in South Korea
80 % of human genome has an active role or function
‘Vitamin D hastens recovery in TB patients’
A shallow quake but high magnitude
AUGUST 2012
Editorial: A sure recipe for disaster
Expert committee report plagiarised
IIT Madras develops a sensitive TNT sensor
Growing rice in soil poor in phosphorus possible
Editorial: Plain packaging – Packaging punch
206 million Indians use smokeless tobacco: study
Genetic differences seen in the same tree
Editorial: Pride and prejudice
Editorial: Stretching the limits
A new oxidant in the atmosphere identified
Even lower stress levels can increase risk of cardiovascular deaths, says study
JULY 2012
Editorial: Banning paan masala
A transitional form between lizards & modern-day snakes found
Editorial: Ignorance is not bliss
Glaciers in the Himalayas are shrinking rapidly, says study
A thin line separates science and religion: Dan Shechtman
Scientists should not be crucified for mistakes: Nobel Laureate
‘Science and technology can find sustainable solutions for many challenges’
JUNE 2012
German research at India’s doorstep
Wood and bark were part of human ancestor’s diet
Editorial: TB blood test – A necessary ban
Earliest evidence of dairying practices in Sahara found
Editorial: A retrograde decision
‘India is drowning in its own excreta’
Probiotics can reduce occurrence of diarrhoea
MAY 2012
HIV testing: ‘An over-the-counter option offers privacy’
Editorial: Clean hands, stay healthy
Will high HDL level lower the risk of heart attack?
Editorial: Educating students for free
‘Cancer killed 5.56 lakh people in India in 2010′
Consuming plutonium for producing energy is the superior option: Anil Kakodkar
The safest way for plutonium disposal
Bird flu viruses have potential to cause a ‘human pandemic’
Editorial: A blow for open access
APRIL 2012
India accounted for 47 per cent of global measles deaths in 2010
Repairing damaged hearts by healing affected cells
Shantha Bio to supply cholera vaccine to Haiti
Magnetic sensors in pigeon beak unlikely
April 11 quake: Distance from epicentre protects Indian cities
Why the April 11 quake was caused by a strike-slip fault
Sumatra quake: Why there was no tsunami
Inherited intellectual disability can be reversed
Pigeon navigation: magnetic sensors in beak a fallacy, says study
Artemisinin-resistant malaria has emerged in western Thailand
Fetoscopy technique saves at-risk twin foetuses
Humans may have used fire one million years ago
MARCH 2012
‘Cancer killed 5.56 lakh in India in 2010’
IGCAR develops sensors to inspect defects in materials
White rice intake increases risk of Type II diabetes
Health consequences in adults with low birth weight studied
More instances of plagiarism come to light
Novel study in TN to know gestational diabetes effects
With alien seeds, Antarctica ‘no longer most pristine environment’
Editorial: The ways of science
Editorial: Fatal attraction of plagiarism
Novel technique using stem cells revives damaged eye
FEBRUARY 2012
Editorial: Fukushima – Let truth prevail
Still sprouting after 32,000 years
Editorial: Don’t ignore the adults
Human activity reverses species diversity
Editorial: Clinical trials in the dock
Cardiac stem cells can restore heart muscles, says study
Role of Y chromosome in inherited coronary artery disease
Editorial: Talk less, text more
Editorial: Making science enjoyable
Harmful effects of excess sugar intake
‘Lab-created H5N1 viruses removed natural barriers’
JANUARY 2012
A long journey — History of horse domestication traced
Censorship won’t stop bird flu contagion
Editorial: Hwang Woo-Suk – Cheating science
Yeast evolves to multicellular variety in 60 days in the lab
Two more planets orbiting binary stars discovered
Editorial: A step closer to HIV prevention
DECEMBER 2011
Editorial: Thinking after acting
Editorial: New evidence of water on Mars
Scientists a step closer to finding Higgs boson
An Indian veteran recalls his Antarctic experiences
Editorial: Gene therapy offers fresh hope
100 years — Amundsen’s dash to immortality
Editorial: Bring in plain packaging
Is Curiosity only an advanced science lab?
NOVEMBER 2011
Editorial: Europe’s blow for health safety
Speed of Neutrinos: Replication of OPERA results is the key
When 60 nanoseconds threaten modern physics
Replication of OPERA results is the key
Editorial: A hero — but no magic this
Editorial: A chance to do real science
Autistics’ strengths can be useful in research
OCTOBER 2011
Editorial: No risk of brain tumour
Induced pluripotent stem cells cure liver cirrhosis
Linking genetic changes to human diseases become easy
Steve Jobs: He gave us four big bytes of the tech apple
Editorial: How pathogens are killed
Editorial: Necessary but not good enough
SEPTEMBER 2011
Editorial: AIDS vaccine – a ray of hope
Heat-resistant fungal spores found in Western Ghats
Editorial: Signs of earliest life
Phase-I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial shows modest immune response
Moon to have no-fly zones by month end
Editorial: Brief workouts count
Underground ‘river’ is fed all along its course: Hamza
Antibiotic resistance is ancient in origin
AUGUST 2011
A novel route to battle dengue carrying mosquitoes
Editorial: Archaeopteryx dethroned
Open science — a transparent and novel way to do research
Editorial: Dangerous nonsense of salt and BP
JULY 2011
Editorial: Say no to TB blood tests
Editorial: Indo-African gene admixture
Archaeopteryx is not an early bird, study says
Team work leads to equitable sharing of rewards
Editorial: Open access is here to stay
1000 Genome-Wide Association Studies lack global coverage
JUNE 2011
Coconut: origin and east-west spread from Asia
Editorial: Lessons from Japan quake
Japan: why the killer quake was never expected
Editorial: Radiation and thyroid cancer
Young children should avoid using cell phones
Editorial: Is there a brain cancer risk?
MAY 2011
Editorial: A shockingly unethical trial
Did humans and Neanderthals coexist in Europe?
Editorial: Threat from chronic diseases
Editorial: What ails public health research?
APRIL 2011
Editorial: The superbug effect
Editorial: Unlocking Mercury’s secrets
Superbug NDM-1: 2010 results confirmed by others
Editorial: Fifty years since Gagarin’s flight
NDM-1 superbugs found in seepage, tap water
MARCH 2011
Editorial: Highly skilled early knappers
Acheulian stone tools discovered near Chennai
Earthquake: unpredictability is its middle name
Naoto Kan: “What the hell is going on?”
Fukushima Daiichi: how the nuclear plant crisis happened
Editorial: Use and misuse of the placebo effect
Editorial: In search of a second earth
Editorial: BMI and risk of death
Dying with dignity through ‘assisted suicide’
Dedicated lab for HIV vaccine design
FEBRUARY 2011
Editorial: The killer aftershock
JANUARY 2011
Grunting affects opponent’s response time
Editorial: MMR vaccine & science fraud
Nanotechnology: ‘None said ‘there are risks, so let’s stop it’
Editorial: Shoring up public healthcare
DECEMBER 2010
Editorial: Revolutionary test for TB
‘Science is cool and fun,’ say child authors
NOVEMBER 2010
England takes the first step to legalise assisted dying
Effects of sea level rise on Tamil Nadu coast
Editorial: Origins of plant life
OCTOBER 2010
Malarial deaths in India grossly underestimated by WHO
Editorial: Landmark achievement
Editorial: The threat of lifestyle diseases
SEPTEMBER 2010
AIDS vaccine trial: prime-boost elicits modest immune response
Editorial: Better news on the HIV front
The great continental divide on scientific issues
Genetic therapy cures thalassaemia
Editorial: Ideology ruins science
Drug-resistant bacteria protect the vulnerable microbes
AUGUST 2010
Uncertainty over mega science projects in Europe
Editorial: Superbug NDM-1 threat
All authors ‘approved final version’ of superbug report: Lancet
First use of stone tools pushed back by 8 lakh years
Editorial: Promising microbicide
Sponge species sheds light on animal evolution
Editorial: Long-acting insulin
JULY 2010
Cholesterol: low HDL level not a risk?
Editorial: Early humans in a colder climate
Evidence of early humans who lived in colder climate found
Earliest multicellular, O2 breathing organisms found
JUNE 2010
Editorial: L’Aquila, a bizarre indictment
Editorial: The power of cash incentives
Editorial: WHO and conflicts of interest
MAY 2010
Editorial: Neanderthal genes in us
Chemical signature of Archaeopteryx revealed
The chance discovery of the ozone hole
APRIL 2010
Editorial: Doing science in a new way
How the young brigade mapped the TB genome
Editorial: A new human species
What invalidating breast cancer gene patents implies
MARCH 2010
Editorial: China’s rise in science
New species in human’s family tree found
Editorial: What genome sequencing reveals
Journal Nature confirms China’s high-quality research output
Species survival, protected area link found
Editorial: Dinosaur-eating snake
Chile: where three tectonic plate boundaries meet
Extinct Indian snake preyed on dinosaur hatchlings
FEBRUARY 2010
Editorial: Hair reveals our past
Now, ancient human genome studied
JANUARY 2010
Editorial: Earthquakes and science
Editorial: Pandemic lessons to be learnt
Editorial: Oldest four-legged animals
DECEMBER 2009
Editorial: A worthwhile programme
Editorial: Pandemic vaccine is safe
Climate change science complex, effects clear
Editorial: Limiting salt intake
Effects of aircraft emissions studied
NOVEMBER 2009
Editorial: HIV entry ban repealed
‘I absolutely believe that scientists should be paid more than they are currently’
Editorial: Make pictures speak
Measles: two-dose regimen a must
Hwang Woo Suk – down but not out
OCTOBER 2009
Editorial: Conflict of interest in research
The future for Hwang Woo Suk does not look gloomy
Concerns about H1N1 vaccine safety snowball in Germany
Editorial: Prediction gets tougher
ALVAC-AIDSVAX AIDS vaccine unlikely to be a public health control measure
Sumatra earthquake triggered quakes 8,000 km away
My exposure to Physics certainly helped me: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Embryonic-like stem cells generated from cord blood
Avian infection could have killed T. rex
Depression: 15 % prevalence seen in Chennai
SEPTEMBER 2009
NASA changes its Moon crash target
Unambiguous evidence of water on Moon found
Sinking Indian deltas put millions at risk
Study throws light on genetic diversity of Indian population
Editorial: Towards effective H1N1 vaccine
H1N1 trial results in children show promise
Tortured brains tell not the truth
Hormone replacement therapy increases risk of death from lung cancer
Gene therapy cures red-green colour blindness in adult monkeys
Antarctic ice cap formed due to reduced CO2
India’s TB treatment strategy stands vindicated
Promising results from two H1N1 vaccine trials
Single dose of H1N1 vaccine produces robust immune response
Rapid diagnostic tests for H1N1 not reliable
A step closer to restoring vision using embryonic-like stem cells
H1N1 vaccine trial in pregnant women set to begin soon in the U.S.
“CIA health professionals played greater role in torture than previously known”
Editorial: Misplaced vaccine safety fears
Are facemasks effective in preventing H1N1 transmission?
India rejects patent claims on two HIV/AIDS drugs
Nanosensor breathalyser for diagnosing lung cancer
In India BP levels higher in girls than boys
Editorial: Ghosting medical science
AUGUST 2009
A moderated website for sharing H1N1 information
H1N1 transmission in the tropics is by contact
World’s smallest semiconductor laser
How the colour blind see coloured medication
Natural odours may keep mosquitoes at bay
Plastic garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean
New species of marine life discovered
Universal screening for gestational diabetes becomes easier
Retina cells grown from skin-derived stem cells
High blood pressure linked to memory loss
Smoking raises the risk of developing TB disease: study
Molecule that senses influenza A (flu) identified
‘Nature’ rated as the top research journal
Flooding may no longer damage rice plants
Public cord blood banking scores a century
Link between polished rice intake and diabetes found
One step closer to treating neurodegenerative diseases
A video on groundwater depletion in India
More dangerous chemicals found in smokeless tobacco
Nanoflares responsible for superhot corona of the Sun
How long you sleep is in your gene
The journal Science plans online videos of select papers
Targeted killing of cancer stem cells
Swine flu: AIDS patients not at greater risk of infection
Editorial: Clearing the final hurdle
Amputation: Smokers learnt the hard way
Bone marrow stem cell treatment saves legs
Editorial: Milestone in stem cell research
JULY 2009
Growing limbal stem cells without using human scaffold
Editorial: Accessing publicly funded research
Editorial: More transparent clinical trials
Editorial: H1N1 – No room for complacency
Reboxetine: Pfizer conceals trial data
Detecting breast cancer using thermal imaging
JUNE 2009
Editorial: Climate change and agriculture
Different diseases pose different challenges
Thalassemia cured using cord blood stem cells
Bringing more transparency to clinical trials
Cardiac CT: reducing radiation dosage possible
MAY 2009
Has the war directed at science ended?
Treating TB, AIDS co-infection
Editorial: Misleading on Vioxx drug safety
Editorial: Ending the war on science
Editorial: AIDS vaccine prospects brighten
APRIL 2009
Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial on
Editorial: Polypill: promise and problems
Editorial: Battling cervical cancer
Editorial: A boost to open access
MARCH 2009
Editorial: Cash transfers in new light
Harvesting stem cells from umbilical cord
Celecoxib: a big research fraud stands exposed
Editorial: Removing the shackles
Embryonic stem cell research winter ends
PFBR: novel steel reduces power generation cost
Bruce Alberts: ‘GM crops are not an issue in the U.S.’
FEBRUARY 2009
Editorial: A giant leap in sequencing Neanderthal genome
Unlocking the secrets of human evolution
Editorial: Research funding imperatives
Charles Darwin: Filling the missing links
Rocking Charles Darwin’s tree of life
Only a fraction of all species identified
Genome of sorghum plant sequenced
JANUARY 2009
Editorial: Encouraging voluntary testing
14 % drop in coral growth seen in the Great Barrier Reef
Public cord-blood banking becomes a reality in Chennai
DECEMBER 2008
Editorial: The oral polio vaccine is safe
Editorial: Radiation-induced mutation
HIV: is early start of ART prudent?
NOVEMBER 2008
Chandrayaan-1: imaging the moon in 64 colours
A decade of embryonic stem cell research
Editorial: New hope for stem cell research
How Chandrayaan-1 will help compile a 3D atlas
OCTOBER 2008
Catherine Verfaillie: Another stem cell fraudster
How Chandrayaan-1 is raised to higher orbits
Chandrayaan-1: Why ISRO changed the orbit-transfer strategy
Vioxx: drug promotion in guise of research
Bystander radiation effects studied in vivo in mice
Orchid: first fundamental research collaboration
SEPTEMBER 2008
Editorial: Ensuring transparency at GEAC
HPV vaccination: key factors studied
‘Waiver offers opportunity for nuclear exports’
AUGUST 2008
Pilot study: good response to female prophylactic in TN
Editorial: AIDS vaccine – A glimmer of hope
Phase I prime-boost vaccine trial to be conducted in Chennai, Pune
India: AIDS vaccine trial results encouraging
Editorial: Study confirms the merits of nutrition
Phase I prime-boost HIV vaccine trial planned
Prevalence of dementia in India underestimated
Sheep death: no test for Bt toxin done
JULY 2008
AIDS: importance of nutrition confirmed
Editorial: Cut emissions to save fishes
Thirty years since Louise Brown, a way of life
Editorial: Regulating stem cell research
PFBR: main vessel to be installed soon
China earthquake: topography can reveal tectonic activity
Rice: more silica in soil reduces arsenic uptake
Editorial: GM crops – Precaution is the key
GM field trials: leaving no room for assessment
JUNE 2008
GEAC: The truth behind sheep death revealed
Many skeletons tumble out of GEAC’s cupboard
GM crops’ biosafety testing procedure questioned
Editorial: Proceed with caution
Helping drug addicts kick the needle
Relooking at single-dose nevirapine strategy, to cut drug resistance
Evaluating drug resistance in HIV positive people
MAY 2008
Editorial: A welcome initiative
Testing for tuberculosis, HIV co-infection
FBTR: plant to vitrify nuclear waste
ICGAR: producing efficient heat sinks using nanofluids
Fast breeder: generating power at 40 paise/unit less
PFBR: work on to increase the burn-up by 50 per cent
Co-location of fuel reprocessing, refabrication
Putting the FBTR to the litmus test
Metallic fuel for fast breeders after 2020
FBTR: ‘We don’t see any problems with reprocessing’
APRIL 2008
Register trials, insist Indian editors
Editorial: Public funding and open access
Editorial: Need for early intervention
Editorial: Transparency at last
MARCH 2008
How to detect true gestational diabetes
Editorial: MDR-TB – No time to lose
Screening newborns for two metabolic disorders takes off
Glaucoma: misconceptions galore
FEBRUARY 2008
Managing diseases using stem cells
Editorial: Lessons from AIDS vaccine trial
Saving legs through stem cell transplantation
JANUARY 2008
AIDS vaccine: Chennai trial results encouraging
Editorial: H5N1 – Containment is the key
Public stem cell bank: dump not, donate cord blood
DECEMBER 2007
Editorial: Beyond the primate barrier
Was the start of Phase II AAV AIDS vaccine trials in Africa in 2005 justified?
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