Why getting up early is good for your health, as is maintaining a fixed sleep schedule.
The Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2026 is a merit fellowship offered to students and teachers to pursue research in science, engineering and medicine.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Nobel Prizes were awarded in curtailed local ceremonies.
Heatwaves with higher humidity levels can be more perilous because the air cannot efficiently absorb excess moisture. This limitation restricts the human body's ability to evaporate sweat and affects the moisture content of certain infrastructure like evaporative coolers.
Renowned agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan and the driving force behind the nation's 'Green Revolution,' passed away in Chennai on Thursday.
I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims. We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing each scientist mentioned here along with about a dozen of our ancient mathematicians, recommends Professor Kalyan Singhal, historian of science and technology.
Nothing stops you, except you, except your own imagination and your ability to do hard work, says Dr Inder M Verma. The Salk Institute molecular biologist, who was appointed editor in chief of the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, spoke exclusively to Aziz Haniffa.
Subra Suresh is one of the only 16 living Americans to be elected to all three national academies, the IOM, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
Do you know the differences between the cheetah and the leopard?
The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that a significant portion of this ocean plastic debris is expected to make its way onto either beaches or the seabed within three to four years.
We all know important it is to include fibre in our diets. But how much fibre do we need, exactly? Read on to learn more.
The National Academy of Sciences, in a recent report, has warned that terrorists can cause black outs in large parts of the United States by attacking the power grid. The report adds that terrorists can also blow up substations or transmission lines with explosives, causing major damage.
According to the American and Spanish scientists, who detailed their work in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the gene discovery may pave the way for producing seedless varieties of cherimoya, sugar apple and perhaps other fruit crops.
Why a new study suggests you wear a face mask when you speak to anyone.
'After the discovery of the biomarkers, Calpain and Inflammasomes, we know we have a biomarker to target.' 'That way, we can use the biomarkers for an early diagnosis of blood clotting due to hypoxia or low oxygen in the tissues, and can save a life.'
Barack Obama on Monday promised to double public funding of scientific research to exceed the level Washington spent during the "space race" unleashed by Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy 50 years ago.
NAS invites scientific write-ups on climate change by December 31, 2007
Dr Sreenivasan was one of the 72 new members, whose election was announced by NAS.
Professor Dr Aravinda Chakravarti of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who is president-elect of the American Society of Human Genetics, and Professor Dr K Ranga Rama Krishnan of the Duke University Medical Center, who is now setting up a medical school in Singapore for Duke, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the three components of the National Academy of Sciences.
What damage does divorce do to Nature? A lot, say researchers. The global trend of soaring divorce rates has created more household with fewer people, has take up more space and has gobbled up more energy and water.
The team observed a dialogue between the hippocampus and the neocortex, areas of the brain where memories are made and stored.
The new findings suggest that millions of people may be receiving transfusion with blood that has impaired its ability to deliver oxygen.
a team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat colouration and patterning which make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation
Researchers at the institute have been trying to engineer a patch of tissue that has the same properties as native heart tissue.
The sulphate present in the rain helps in retarding the process of global warming, an international research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has said.
Consuming contaminated food or water can lead to this infection.
People who win a competition are more likely to cheat or act dishonestly in the future, say researchers.
Even though his theory is now firmly accepted in theoretical physics, there was no way to verify if black holes are mortal, according to Timothy Ferris, author of The Science of Liberty.
A top Indian American scientist who heads the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, will be inducted into the Institute of Medicine in recognition of his research into cell mechanics related to malaria, blood diseases and certain types of cancer.
The study noted that humans are not protected from the G4 virus by the immunity offered by other human influenza vaccine strains, indicating that there is no preexisting population immunity to the virus.
A new study suggests that people who have strong social media networks and receive multiple friend requests are less likely to die.
The arrival of summer in India may have raised hopes that hot and humid weather could slow the COVID-19 progression but virologist Naga Suresh Veerapu believes that outbreak and pandemic occurrences often do not follow seasonality.
In a breakthrough, an Indian-American scientist at the prestigious MIT has developed a simple, cheap, paper test that could improve cancer diagnosis rates and help people get treated earlier.
Up to 90 per cent of the decrease in potential food production is linked to smog, made up of black carbon and other pollutants.
Scientists at the University of Michigan created the model to help develop a basis for understanding the strategic implications of cyber technology.
Banerjee, 58, was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Husks and stalks of corn plants are used to create the fuel.
Sarvesh Agrawal of Internshala offers a detailed guide on the application process.
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