Month: December 2017

FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees, who suffer from diphtheria, are being treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic near Cox's Bazar

Rohingya in Bangladesh at Risk of Deadly Diphtheria Face Shortage of Medics, Antitoxins

Krishna N. Das and Nurul Islam 29/12/2017

Doctors Without Borders has treated around 2,000 patients in...

A moment in time of global carbon dioxide emissions as observed by NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 in 2017. Credit: NASA

What Was It Like to Be India in 2017 and a Warming World?

Aruna Chandrasekhar 29/12/2017

India has taken the lead at multilateral fora, asking...

Ben-Barres-copy

Ben Barres, Neuroscientist and Gender Identity Leader, Passes Away at 63

The Wire Staff 28/12/2017

Barres is known for his pathbreaking work in identifying...

Adivasi-forest-rights

Community Forest Rights Still a Dream in Many Adivasi-Dominated Areas in and Around Maharashtra

Poorvi Kulkarni 28/12/2017

Members of various gram sabhas recently came together to...

Family members have alleged that the undertrials are being denied adequate food and medical treatment. Credit: PTI

NHRC Takes Cognisance of Cataract Surgeries Conducted Under Torchlight in UP

The Commission has issued a notice to the UP...

A PSLV rocket at the first launchpad at SHAR, ahead of its C35 mission in September 2016. Credit: ISRO

The Future of India’s Commercial Spaceflight Is Closely Tied to the PSLV’s

Narayan Prasad 28/12/2017

By assessing the challenges facing the industrialisation and marketing...

That's a closeted metamaterial right there. Credit: Hans/pixabay

Foam Doesn’t Just Make Your Beer Taste Better – It’s Also a Shock-Absorber

Ronak Gupta 27/12/2017

Foam only looks fragile. When scientists shot ultrasonic waves...