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2 scientists share medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene......

Forests will rescue India, says Jairam Ramesh

Before the crucial United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December, India is strengthening its argument to avoid any rigorous capping on its carbon emissions. Here,......

In Search For Planet Nine

Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more. IMAGE: Kindly note the......

Chemistry Nobel for harnessing evolution to develop medicines, biofuels

IMAGE: Pictures of 2018 Nobel Prize laureates for chemistry: Frances H Arnold of the United States, George P Smith of the United States and Gregory P Winter of Britain are displayed on a screen......

Indian-origin MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan bags Marconi prize

Hari Balakrishnan, an Indian-origin MIT professor, has received the prestigious Marconi Prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western......

Nobel Laureate Raghuram Rajan? We will know on Monday

Though Nobel Prize nominations have been a secret for 50 years, speculation abounds over the contenders for this year’s prize in economics. A look at the possible winners. Colin......

New chip can turn your cell phone into a projector

Imagine giving a presentation that is projected on a conference room wall via your cell phone! Such a technology may be on its way, thanks to a new light-bending silicon chip developed by......

Soon, smartphones may have see-through vision

Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist have developed a new kind of computer chip that could soon allow you to use your smartphone camera to see through walls.The new kind of computer......

Sonu Niigaam rocks Atlantic City

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Rafi's Toote Hue Kwaabon Ne, unplugged

We have invited readers to send us videos of them singing Mohammad Rafi songs to mark the occasion of Rafisaab's 29th death anniversary on July 31, to celebrate the eternal legend's......

Why can't we create a Big Bang Theory?

'Where are the funny writers on Indian television and OTT platforms?''Where are the sitcoms?' asks Vanita Kohli Khandekar. IMAGE: The The Big Bang Theory cast. It has been a lackadaisical summer......

South Africa thrash England

England recorded their lowest total in a Twenty20 international as South Africa bowled them out for just 111 before easing to a seven-wicket win in the World Cup second round match on Thursday.......

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