Ranjini Raghunath

Why urban diseases like rabies and dengue are so hard to control

Researchers believe the time has come to acknowledge that curcumin does more than just flavour sambar.

The lensing of waves is helping us look deeper into space

Gursaran Pran Talwar blazed trails in indigenous vaccine development

G Padmanaban has spent decades trying to understand the lifecycle of the malaria parasite and develop a cure

A German illustrator and naturalist laid the foundation for modern entomology.

With a mushrooming elderly population, research on ageing is gathering steam

In the late 1700s, a radical English thinker discovered the presence of oxygen in the air.

Digital technologies are changing research and treatment

Tycho Brahe spotted celestial bodies before the advent of telescopes

India is the world’s tuberculosis capital, accounting for 27 percent of the 10 million patients globally. Understanding how drug resistance emerges and improving vaccine efficacy are key to fighting this disease.

Joseph Lister's use of an antiseptic spray dramatically reduced deaths during surgeries

Replacing wild herbivores with domestic grazers in the Spiti Valley is drastically influencing the numbers of ground-dwelling arthropods as well as ticks and mites that can spread vector-borne diseases.

What we know so far about the rare neurological disorder that has triggered a health alarm in parts of India.

Researchers at IISc have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be used to build lunar habitats, if they get damaged in the moon’s harsh environment.