The Sciences

asteroid mining, space mining, nickel, cobalt, iridium, Hayabusa 2, Ryugu, OSIRIS-REx, Bennu, NASA, JAXA, Ceres, NASA Dawn, space station,

We Know the Future Is Here Because Space Mining Is Here

Prakash Chandra 14/02/2019

It is not far-fetched to think that engineers could...

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Size Matters: For Disruptive Science, Make Research Teams Smaller, Not Bigger

The Wire Staff 14/02/2019

A new study says that small teams are more...

Plan S, Plan S cOAlition, gold OA, green OA, Department of Science and Technology, Nature Publishing Group, open access, scientific publishing, article processing charge, PeerJ, PLOS, Scimago, India research output, DRDO, Department of Space, Department of Atomic Energy, Björn Brembs, society journals, green OA,

Six Concerns Over India Joining the Plan S Coalition for Science Journals

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/02/2019

Plan S's participants want to set up a global...

antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance, carbapenem, colistin, poultry antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, Acinetobacter baumannii, superbugs, Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, blaNDM-1, metallo-beta-lactamase, Drug Controller General of India, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, sanitation, open defecation, drinking water, Ayushman Bharat, drug development,

No Local Woe, India’s Poor Public Health Feeds Antibiotic Resistance Worldwide

T.V. Padma 13/02/2019

The spread of resistance is more acute in places...

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Lise Meitner – the Forgotten Woman of Nuclear Physics Who Deserved a Nobel Prize

Timothy J. Jorgensen 12/02/2019

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish...

IIT Madras, science science, liberal arts, humanities, IIT Madras, National Education Test, senior research fellowship, junior research fellowship, MHRD, University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology, ATREE, Hyderabad Central University, March for Science, PhD scholars, stipend hike, K VijayRaghavan,

With All Eyes on Science, Social Science Scholars Flounder With Even Less Money

Thomas Manuel and Srividya Tadepalli 12/02/2019

In the PhD scholars' stipend hike protests rocking the...

Mount Kailash, Himalaya, Greater Himalaya, Gangdese Shan, Tethyan Himalaya, Indus-Tsanpo Suture, Miocene epoch, Eocene epoch, Siwalik range, fission track dating, argon-argon dating, radiometric dating, Kailash Formation, Kailash basin, Gangdese batholith,

Is Mt Kailash the Oldest Mountain in the Himalaya?

Suvrat Kher 12/02/2019

The southern margin of the Asian continent was elevated...