Editorial: A warning signal
Published in the Hindu on October 12, 2006 The discovery of a highly virulent strain — extremely drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)–in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, and presented last month…
Extremely drug-resistant TB emerges
Published in The Hindu on September 28, 2006 “Drug-resistant TB has frequently been encountered in India and its presence has been known virtually from the time anti-TB drugs were introduced…
Bacterial resistance to penicillin on the rise
Published in The Hindu on September 21, 2006 The consequences of a drug being used and misused on a large scale are once again beginning to emerge. Only this time,…
Quakes: of prediction, coincidence and panic
Published in The Hindu on September 14, 2006 Next time when someone predicts an earthquake with great certainty and specifies the exact time, location and magnitude, take it with a…
When rewards prove counterproductive
Published in The Hindu on September 7, 2006 Publish or perish. Researchers around the world are only too aware of this unwritten compulsion to get their work published in journals.…
Pluto’s demotion, science and superstition
Published in The Hindu on August 31, 2006 Pluto, we are sorry for you. Though Pluto may no longer find a place in science textbooks as the ninth planet in…
Digital camera: of pixels and quality pictures
Published in The Hindu on August 24, 2006 It was on a cold winter’s day in December 1975 that Steven J. Sasson, who had joined Eastman Kodak Company in 1973,…
Understanding the role of master regulators
Published in The Hindu on July 27, 2006 After obtaining a B. Tech from the Centre for Biotechnology at Anna University, Chennai, M. Madan Babu headed straight for the Medical…
