California prof gets National Science Award

Dr Sabeeha Merchanthas won the prestigious 2005 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal awarded by the National Academy of Sciences. Merchant is a professor of biochemistry at the department of chemistry and......

Do people ever recover from COVID-19?

'People who have diabetes or heart disease or high blood pressure seem to be more badly affected by the disease.' IMAGE: Medical workers get ready to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 at the......

Likely Nobel prize winners for 2014

The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 “Nobel-class” Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and......

Alzheimer victims may thank Kiran Bhaskar soon

Rediff.com Senior Contributor P Rajendran reports from New York on how the Indian-American researcher's pioneering work may wipe out the visible effect of Alzheimer's disease. Photograph: Kind......