Year: 2018

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#MeToo: IISc Forces Senior Professor Giridhar Madras Into Compulsory Retirement

The Wire Staff 30/10/2018

His removal follows the institute's internal complaints committee's investigation...

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From Oxygen Cylinders to Coronary Stents, India’s Health Equipment Density Is Abysmal

Biraj Swain 30/10/2018

Low budgetary allocation and import dependency are major reasons...

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ISRO’s AstroSat Discovers Ultraviolet Wings on the Butterfly Nebula

Niruj Mohan Ramanujam 30/10/2018

Scientists used the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope on board AstroSat...

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Why Does Only One Type of HIV Cause Almost All Infections in India?

G.B.S.N.P. Varma 29/10/2018

HIV-1 is not one. It’s a hive. Its genetic...

One of the neutrino detectors at Daya Bay. The glass 'bubbles' lining the walls are photomultiplier tubes that will amplify the faint signal registered when a neutrino is detected. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Weak Signal Suggests Neutrino Sector May Upset Cherished Particle Physics Idea

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/10/2018

Physicists have taken another small – but vastly more...

DNA sequencing is inadvertently exacerbating social biases and inequalities

DNA Sequencing Is Inadvertently Exacerbating Social Biases and Inequalities

Matthew Stallard 29/10/2018

The cost of genealogical genetic testing and currently limited...

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India Tops Global Chart of Pollution-Related Child Deaths

The Wire Staff 29/10/2018

According to the WHO, the deaths of about 60,000...