The Sciences

RNA interference, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, electron microscopy, melanisation, EOF1, mosquito eggs, eggshell organising factor, Zika, malaria, dengue, kala azar, chikungunya, yellow fever, insecticides, bees, nicotinoids, molecular inhibitor,

Scientists Identify Protein That Mosquitoes Need to Lay Viable Eggs

Sukanya Charuchandra 15/01/2019

It's the first step to devising insecticides that specifically...

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DNA Sequencing Can Help Fight Epidemics, But There Are Privacy Risks

Liam Shaw and Nicola C. Sugden 14/01/2019

Researchers have increasingly turned to DNA sequencing to help...

photosynthesis, photorespiration, tobacco plant, RuBisCO, oxygen, carbon dioxide, Green Revolution, transgene, glycolate, RNA interference, rice, wheat, soybean,

Tinkering With Photosynthesis, Scientists See 40% Jump in Plant Productivity

Rashmi Bhat 13/01/2019

The ultimate goal is to introduce these adaptations into important...

Harappan civilisation, Indus Valley civilisation, Harappa, Mohenjo Daro, Rakhigarhi, Haryana, Archaeological Survey of India, Sutlej river, Harappan necropolis, ancient burial, joint burial, archaeology, Neolithic era

First Harappan People Buried as a Couple Found at Site in Haryana

The Wire Staff 13/01/2019

The man was aged about 35 and the woman,...

Ayurveda, Bhartiya Shiksha Board, board exams, CBSE, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, MHRD, Murty Trust, Prakash Javadekar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rewriting history, school textbooks, secondary education, state board education, Ved pathshalas, Vedic schools, Vedic text, Vedic vidyalayas

The British Origins of Gravity-Defying Ancient Indian Achievements

Kiran Kumbhar 13/01/2019

Faced with constant assaults on their traditions, the elite...

Michael Atiyah, Hermann Weyl, Isadore M Singer, VK Patodi, Nicolas Bourbaki, Harish-Chandra, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Armand Borel, Raoul Bott, Abel Prize, Fields Medal, number theory, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, algebra, geometry, John von Neumann, James Clerk Maxwell, Scotland, Claude Chevalley, Pythagoras, differential calculus, foundations of logic, Kurt Gödel, fundamental physics, Alan Turing,

Michael Atiyah, Mathematician Who Went Farther Than Most by the Light of Beauty

C.S. Aravinda, Bhāvanā Magazine 12/01/2019

He received the Fields Medal in 1966 and the...

Nature journal, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistan, Lahore, fake journals, plagiarism, research quality, research productivity, Beaconhouse National University, Anjum Altaf, University of Management and Technology, MHRD, Habib University, Pakistan Higher Education Commission, Clarivate Analytics, citation hacking

What Pakistan’s Amazing Research Productivity Statistic Isn’t Telling You

Emaan Majed and Bilal Anwar 11/01/2019

The journal Nature reported in December that Pakistan's research...