Month: August 2017

The draft policy sets the trajectory of growth for the energy sector in India. Credit: Reuters/Amit Dave/Files

NITI Aayog’s Draft Energy Policy Fuels Doubts About India’s Commitment to Renewables

Anjali Viswamohanan and Kanika Chawla 04/08/2017

There are many policy uncertainties in this new draft,...

Physicists installing the CsI[Na] crystal in the Spallation Neutron Source facility. Credit: arXiv:1509.08702v2

Spotted 43 Years After Prediction: The Dim Light of Neutrinos Bumping Against Nuclei

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/08/2017

Making the discovery was like trying to accurately measure...

P. M. Bhargava. Credit: Facebook

Council for Social Development Mourns the Passing of P.M. Bhargava

The Wire Staff 03/08/2017

His sustained emphasis on the methods of science and...

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Government Begins Recovering Money for Overcharged Cardiac Stents

Anoo Bhuyan 03/08/2017

The Centre's pharmaceutical pricing agency has issued a demand-notice...

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Where Are the Trees?: Activists Demand Accountability from Delhi’s Forest Department

Mallory Moench 03/08/2017

Activists and Delhi’s courts criticise the lack of replantation...

A sea spider. Credit: Timothy R. Dwyer (PolarTREC 2016), Courtesy of ARCUS

An Insect’s Ab Workout, Bird-Eating Bugs and the Plant That Schemes Against Caterpillars

Janaki Lenin 03/08/2017

A quick review of interesting research on living things...

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For First Time, US Scientists Alter Genes in Embryo to Correct Disease-Causing Mutation

Deena Beasley 03/08/2017

"We have demonstrated the possibility to correct mutations in...