R. Prasad
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Biodiversity of peninsular India has responded differentially to geoclimatic history, with a few groups remaining unperturbed by these events while others exhibiting varying rates of speciation, write Pragyadeep Roy and Jahnavi Joshi sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/17/pen…
At a time when wild polio type-1 cases are being reported in Pakistan, Afghanistan & cVDPV2 cases are reported from many countries, the decision to wind down the polio surveillance programme in India would undo the hard-gained achievement, writes GRB sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/18/dis…
The GLP-1 agonists marks a revolution in obesity treatment. Yet, like all revolutions, it comes with both promise and caution. The power of GLP-1 medications lie in responsible, informed use — not blind enthusiasm, write Bhavya Arora and Anoop Misra sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/19/the…
To begin with, the penalty to institutions for retractions will be mild this year, which will become harsh next year and harsher in the future if they continue to have a large number of retractions every year. They may even be black listed for a few yrs sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/19/nir…
On Feb 3, 2025, CSIR, India tweeted: “The expert Committee constituted to review the RRs has recommended to increase the upper age limit to 35 years." But CSIR has done nothing to increase the age limit, writes Vijayakumar Samiyappan All India Research Scholars Association All India Research Scholars Association (AIRSA) sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/21/fiv…
Good guys finish last. Here’s why:, In 2018, former IIT Dhanbad Director said that scientific misconduct by Prashant Sharma & Rashmi Madhuri appears serious and may attract major penalty. In April 2021, Prashant Sharma was promoted as Associate Professor sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/23/iit…
In the controversial 2010 paper on “arsenic life”, the authors did not indulge in misconduct. But 2 failed attempts to replicate the findings proved that contamination was the issue. Paper has been retracted as the key conclusion is based on flawed data sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/25/at-…
In a trial in South Africa and Uganda, there were zero HIV infections among 2,134 participants who received Lenacapavir PrEP injectable once in six months. Gilead Sciences has licensed four pharma companies in India to make and sell generic Lenacapavir sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/27/len…
In a trial in South Africa and Uganda, there were zero HIV infections among 2,134 participants who received Lenacapavir PrEP injectable once in six months. Gilead Sciences has licensed four pharma companies in India to make and sell generic Lenacapavir sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/27/len…
With >1 lakh visitors to date, the Bengaluru-based Curiouscity’s science centre has exhibits, experiments for children aged 8-15 years that have been designed by experts from IITs, IISc and Cornell, and facilitated by trained guides, writes Aswathi Pacha sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/27/cur…
Looking for protein-packed natural food that is also rich in omega-3 fatty acid, calcium and iron? Turn to solar dried mackerel, sardine, anchovy, and ribbon fish which are rich in protein & low in salt. Fish dried by traditional method has over 30% salt sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/28/why…
Rather than developing new chemo drugs, our approach makes cancer cells more sensitive to existing treatments by blocking their defence mechanisms. Blocking TLK1 activity weakens cancer cells’ survivability, write Sivapriya Kirubakaran & Bhanu Priya sciencechronicle.in/2025/07/29/dis…