Science and Technology

Consumption of ultra-processed and fast foods leading cause of diabetes in India, reveals new study

The Hindu:Science - 07/10/2024
The study found that low-AGE diets exhibited improvement in the insulin-sensitivity and reduction in the inflammatory levels compared to high-AGE diets

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024: What is the research that won the prize? | Explained 

The Hindu:Science - 07/10/2024
MicroRNAs play a key role in how cells perform specialised functions.

Medicine Nobel 2024 awarded to Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA

The Hindu:Science - 07/10/2024
The Nobel Prize for 2024 in Medicine or Physiology has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun

Scientists are working on a way to detect cancer with sound waves

The Hindu:Science - 07/10/2024
An ultrasound-based alternative to biopsies, which are painful and cumbersome, has been hailed as promising and more advanced than previous work

What is gold?

The Hindu:Science - 06/10/2024
Gold doesn’t dissolve in strong nitric acid, which is why the term ‘acid test’ is used to refer to a test of someone’s character

Hidden pandemic of AMR poses challenge for modern medicine

The Hindu:Science - 05/10/2024
A simmering silent pandemic of superbugs that is going on for decades, is causing more havoc than most people realise. 

Meghalaya polio case reveals Health Ministry’s reluctance to share details

The Hindu:Science - 05/10/2024
 On August 12, the ICMR-NIV Mumbai unit confirmed and reported that the polio case detected in Meghalaya was a type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus. CDC Atlanta has also confirmed that it is not an imported strain of type-2 VDPV or wild poliovirus type-1 

Nobel Prize 2024: When and where to watch the announcements?

The Hindu:Science - 05/10/2024
Here is a detailed guide on when and where to watch the Nobel Prize 2024 announcements.

‘To become an astronaut, love science, do science, and become science’

The Hindu:Science - 04/10/2024
ISRO astronaut Group Captain Angad Pratap is one of the four astronauts selected for India’s maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On the Cassowary bird

The Hindu:Science - 03/10/2024
This week’s Sci-Five quiz is on the Cassowary bird.

Madagascar mining rush caused no more deforestation than farming: study

The Hindu:Science - 03/10/2024
Mining is often assumed to be one of the worse land uses – destroying and polluting the environment and creating barren, moon-like landscapes.

Ancient human DNA from a South African rock shelter sheds light on 10,000 years of history

The Hindu:Science - 03/10/2024
What makes the site special is the record of human occupation there, which spans 12,000 years.

Small rocky planet detected in orbit about nearby Barnard's star

The Hindu:Science - 03/10/2024
Scientists eager to study nearby potentially habitable worlds are excited by the discovery of the first confirmed planet orbiting Barnard's star, a rocky one with a mass about 40% that of Earth.

Scientists map fruit fly brain in neurobiological milestone

The Hindu:Science - 03/10/2024
The research detailed more than 50 million connections between more than 139,000 neurons - brain nerve cells - in the insect.

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