Washington: Plants, very much like humans, have to cope with stress - and scientists are in the process of developing plants that handle stress better, says a new study. For plants, stress comes in t...

New Delhi: India will honour Canadian biochemist Joseph H. Hulse, one of the world's leading biotechnology experts, with a Padma Shri award here on Monday....

New York/Kollam: In a rare honour, the US space agency NASA has named a 'minor' planet after a Kerala zoology professor in appreciation of his environmental research. Sainudeen Pattazhy, who t...

Bangalore: Following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict to implement quota reservations for "socially and educationally backward classes" in centrally-run institutions of higher education, the Indian Inst...

Washington: Medical scientists have developed "smart bomb" technology to fight infections more effectively and quickly, sans side effects....

Chennai: A leading orthopaedic hospital here on Wednesday launched a new 'Joint for Life' technology that provides joint replacement equipment that will last a lifetime. It also started an awa...

New Delhi: Vice-chancellors of five British Universities have, during their two-day India visit, identified several important areas for collaboration between the higher education systems of the two co...

Washington: It may be quite a struggle, but most of us do manage to lose weight - but keeping it off is another matter. So now an ongoing study has set out to identify the most effective diet to help ...

Washington: Researchers have been able to block HIV infection by disabling a human protein in key cells. The breakthrough will enable doctors to outwit the fast mutating HIV virus that has been the ba...

Chennai: India, already a leader in the remote sensing data domain, is poised to become a major collaborative space power, says an international space competitiveness index study. ...