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At the 101st Indian Science Congress this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced grand plans to bring back leading Indian scientists working outside the country. Nature India analyses a parallel new trend — that of foreign scientists trickling in to work in Indian labs.
Colleagues and friends remember Obaid Siddiqi as the man who almost single handedly kickstarted cutting-edge research in molecular biology and genetics in India. Jaimon Joseph traces the fascinating life of Siddiqi, who passed away on July 26, 2013.
Two years ago, a bird species found in the high elevations of the Western Ghats was split into two different species. What was behind this rediscovery and the split? Sandhya Sekar finds out.
Archana Sharma, staff physicist at Europe's high-energy physics laboratory CERN near Geneva, says hunting down the elusive Higgs boson make for some thrilling times in the history of physics. However, we still need more data to say 'Eureka', she reports from CERN.
Genetic code of an organism is not cast in stone. There are many exceptions to the standard codon table. Pawan Kumar Dhar reviews recent work to find that it is possible to plug in synthetic amino acids of choice into an existing genome with a variety of results.
Lungs give us life. We pollute them in return! Changing environmental conditions and unchanging human habits make lungs the most commonly diseased organs. Pawan Dhar reviews the work of Pune-based Chest Research Foundation to outline emerging lung conditions and ways to prevent them.
What are the bottlenecks for innovation in India? What funding opportunities are available for research-driven start-up companies? Aman Iqbal talks to experts to find answers.
Solar lanterns are fast becoming the beacons of hope in small pockets of rural India. Megha Prakash analyses a few rural lighting programmes that are creating patches of light in energy-deprived Indian villages.
