SCIENCE & RESEARCH

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

11:07 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it would make domestic COVID-19 inoculations a priority as infections surge and had told international buyers of its decision. Reports that India will delay deliveries of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to a global programme to inoculate poorer countries triggered alarm on Thursday, with the head […]

New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal

8:16 pm February 23, 2021

Itanagar : A new species of alpine plant in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district has been discovered by a group of scientists of three institutes of the country, according to a journal that published their research paper. The new species belongs to the family of Himalayan sunflower, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology research fellow Dr Lobsang Tashi Thungon, who is […]

NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

2:01 pm February 19, 2021

Washington: After a nearly seven month journey through space, Perseverance — the largest and the most advanced rover NASA has ever sent to another world — successfully touched down on the surface of Mars on Friday in a nail-biting landing that marks its first step in the search for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Packed […]

IIT-M researchers working on effective drugs against HIV/AIDS

6:57 pm February 18, 2021

Chennai: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, are engaged in developing anew idea that can pave the way for effective treatment of HIV/AIDS, a senior professor said on Thursday. The research team, led by a professor in the Department of Biotechnology Sanjib Senapati, has shown that by introducing electrostatic interaction sites, potential drug […]

Zinc, vitamin C supplements not effective in treating COVID-19: Study

3:23 pm February 16, 2021

Washington: Taking zinc or vitamin C supplements does not significantly decrease the severity or duration of symptoms in COVID-19 patients, when compared to standard care, according to a study. Researchers at Cleveland Clinic in the US noted that zinc is known to be important for immune function, with a role in antibody and white blood cell production […]