Ranjini Raghunath

Gursaran Pran Talwar blazed trails in indigenous vaccine development

The lensing of waves is helping us look deeper into space

A metallic monstrosity, the 'iron lung' saved thousands of polio patients

The Nobel Prize-winning discovery that took the world by storm, even as its discoverer renounced the fame that followed

Henry Moseley blazed a brilliant scientific trail; a sniper bullet ended his too-short life

Digital technologies are changing research and treatment

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

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

Cornelis Drebbel's inventions were mired in mystery

Scottish chemist and physician Joseph Black did fundamental work on gases and heat

The discovery of different blood groups made transfusions safe

The first scientific account of a dinosaur was made 200 years ago.

John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton devised the original particle accelerator.

Researchers, doctors and communities work together to manage a neglected disease in BR Hills, Karnataka

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