Science and Technology

Diabetes drug may lower death rate in obese people: study

The Hindu:Science - 14/09/2024
Excess body weight, especially abdominal obesity, is associated with several health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease. Various weight reduction methods have been tried over the years, most have not stood the test of time

ICMR to develop evidence-based guidelines for antibiotic use in respiratory infections, pneumonia

The Hindu:Science - 14/09/2024
The apex health research body has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from researchers

How the concept of open science can be beneficial

The Hindu:Science - 14/09/2024
It enables unrestricted access to knowledge, shaping the future of research and education

What are AM, FM, and signal modulation? | Explained

The Hindu:Science - 14/09/2024
Signal modulation simplifies the technologies required to transmit signals carrying information, like the news on TV or songs on the radio

Gastrointestinal problems could heighten Parkinson’s disease risk by 76 per cent, study finds

The Hindu:Science - 13/09/2024
These findings, published in JAMA Network Open, add to a growing body of evidence that ageing-related or neurodegenerative disease, long thought to originate in the brain, could begin in the gut

Superfast lasers open a shortcut to hard drives of the future

The Hindu:Science - 13/09/2024
Spintronic drives of the future are expected to be able to store more data than existing drives, manipulate the data faster, and consume less energy

What role does CSTT play in standardising technical terms?

The Hindu:Science - 13/09/2024
The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) focuses on preparing standardised scientific and technical terminology in Indian languages.

Panic in the time of cholera: addressing issues critical to managing a resurgence 

The Hindu:Science - 13/09/2024
Cholera, a disease that is preventable and easily treatable, killed 4,000 people last year, WHO director general Tedros Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said

Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

The Hindu:Science - 12/09/2024
The commercial spacewalk was the main focus of the five-day flight financed by Isaacman and Elon Musk’s company, and the culmination of years of development geared toward settling Mars and other planets.

Whales near Antarctica face dire competitor for krill: industrial fishing

The Hindu:Science - 12/09/2024
The fishing industry has proposed increasing the catch limit along the Antarctic Peninsula fourfold, threatening the fragile recovery of baleen whales

Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk

The Hindu:Science - 12/09/2024
Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness

Organ-on-chip tech could boost BioE3 goal to personalise medicine

The Hindu:Science - 12/09/2024
A major driving factor in the organ-on-chip market is the increasing demand to replace the use of animals to test drugs

Centre to nudge banks to fund renewable energy projects

The Hindu:Science - 11/09/2024
At the Re-Invest summit scheduled in Gandhinagar next week, all major banks and financial institutions will be giving promissory notes about their proposed loans or funding plans in the sector

What science is finding about the Shroud of Turin and the controversy around it

The Hindu:Science - 11/09/2024
Millions of Christians around the world believe that the Shroud of Turin is the cloth that was used to bury Jesus after his crucifixion

Research rewrites where, when humans first domesticated horses

The Hindu:Science - 11/09/2024
Horses became the foundation of herding life in the grasslands of Inner Asia, and key leaps forward in technology such as the chariot

New measurements reveal the enormous halos shrouding all galaxies

The Hindu:Science - 11/09/2024
Scientists reveal the first details of the gas shroud around a galaxy, extending 100,000 light years out into “empty” space.

Understanding ovarian cancer: its causes, symptoms, and screening methods

The Hindu:Science - 11/09/2024
This September, during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, understanding the cancer’s lesser-known facts — from subtle symptoms to genetic and lifestyle risks — can lead to earlier detection, personalised treatment, and preventive strategies

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