Three scientists share Nobel Prize for 'Click Chemistry'

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 to Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless. Bertozzi from Stanford University, United......

A Different Nobel Prize Ceremony

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Nobel Prizes were awarded in curtailed local ceremonies. The Nobel Prizes are traditionally presented at a grand ceremony in Stockholm (all the Prizes......

Benjamin List, David W C MacMillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan on Wednesday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis." Photograph: @NobelPrize/Twitter   "The 2021 Nobel......

New smartphone-based COVID test gives results in less than 30 minutes

Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes. According to the research......

'Entrepreneurs not only shape but create the future'

Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in. The......

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII

Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present. IMAGE: Modern folks would not even think of the ballpoint pen as an innovation. It seems to be an inexpensive writing instrument,......

Internet is creating the digital divide, says Amartya Sen

Internet is aggravating the digital divide between the literate and the illiterate, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Internet’s contribution is in "making......

UK Nobel Prize winners flay immigration cap

Eight Nobel Prize-winning British scientists have criticised the David Cameron government's decision to impose an annual limit on professionals from India and other countries outside the European......

Ten awesome jodis we haven't seen

Clearly, the new crop of young studs and bodacious babes has enough star power on their ownsome, but its been a while since we've seen a proper hero-heroine pair, the last possibly being Hrithik......

Video: Woman fan tries to kiss Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan's form may have deserted him, but his charm radiates. The handsome Baroda pacer barely avoided embarrassment on Monday when a female fan in Kolkata tried to kiss him in......