Year: 2016

The festering corruption in medical journals may be tackled by more public funding of trials and stoppage of publication of complete trials as is done now. Credit: pixabay

The Specious Business of Industry-Sponsored Publications in Medical Journals

Deepak Natarajan 02/05/2016

It is no wonder that between 66% and 75%...

A molecule called IRF3 had recently been identified as crucial for the body to activate an innate immune response against polynephritis. Mice without the Irf3 gene developed severe symptoms, uncontrolled inflammation and kidney damage. Credit: scoregasm/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Can We Fight Bacterial Infections by Killing ‘Bad’ Inflammation?

Nandita Jayaraj 02/05/2016

As resistance to antibiotics peaks, alternative strategies to fight...

A black garden ant consumes a droplet of nectar secretion from the edge of a herbivore inflicted wound on a leaf of the bittersweet nightshade. Credit: Tobias Lortzing

Some Plants Bleed to Summon Ant Troops

Janaki Lenin 02/05/2016

The bullhorn acacia trees of Mexico and whistling thorn...

Museum of Natural History Fire a Chance to Secure Our National Treasures Better

T.V. Padma 02/05/2016

The museum had been gifted to the country in...

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

To Fight Zika, Let’s Genetically Modify Mosquitoes – the Old-Fashioned Way

Jeffrey Powell 01/05/2016

Rather than introducing transgenes from other species, why not...

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Pre-Monsoon Showers to Hit Almost Entire Country Starting May 2

The Wire Staff 01/05/2016

Although the showers will hit unevenly, they will have...

Forest Fire in Uttarakhand

The Greed for Timber, and Climate Change, Have Made Himalayan Foothills a Tinderbox

Karn Kowshik and Neha Sinha 30/04/2016

Unlike many other disasters, the toll of this one...