Month: November 2015

Winners of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize, at a ceremony in California. Source: breakthroughprize.org

Breakthrough Prizes Reward Achievements in Genetics, Particle Physics and Geometry

The Wire Staff 09/11/2015

Previous winners of the Breakthrough Prizes include string theorist...

Colorised scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. Credit: niaid/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

In 5 Years, Threat Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Doubles

Charu Bahri 07/11/2015

A 72-year-old woman in Bengaluru consulted a hospital physician...

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Government Standoff with Greenpeace Escalates as Watchdog’s Registration is Cancelled

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 07/11/2015

New Delhi: The run-in of Greenpeace India with the...

A hypodermic needle injection. Credit: stevendepolo/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Can ‘Indra’s Bow’ Save 500,000 Indian Children?

Manupriya, IndiaSpend.org 05/11/2015

When it comes to complete immunisation–against DPT, polio and...

Ashok Lavasa. Source: YouTube

‘No Joint Statement on Climate Change with US on the Table for Paris’

Nitin Sethi 04/11/2015

Q&A with Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests...

Indian Army soldiers and U.S. Army Alaska set up security around a simulated Black Hawk helicopter during a static loading rehearsal. Credit: dvids/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: War and Peas – the Science Behind the Indian Army’s Diet

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 04/11/2015

The unique challenges of feeding an army, and how...

A stethoscope. Credit: comedynose/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The SPRINT Trial on Aggressive Treatment of Hypertension Should Be Published at the Earliest

Deepak Natarajan 04/11/2015

The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) randomised 9,361...