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It was years ago that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said, “It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving people...

ಕಳೆದ ಕೆಲವು ದಶಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವು ಅಪಾರ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ಔನತ್ಯದೆಡೆಗೆ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಇದರ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ಕಾರಣ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಯಥೇಚ್ಛವಾಗಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಿರುವ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ. ಖಗೋಳಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮೊದಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದವರೆಗೂ, ರಸಾಯನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಕೃಷಿಯವರೆಗೂ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳನ್ನೂ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಂತೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಪಡಬೇಕಾದ ಹಲವಾರು ಸಾಧನೆಗಳು, ಅದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವುದು ಸಂತಸದ ಸತ್ಯ; ಆದರೆ ೨೦೧೭ ಹೇಗೆ ವಿಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿತ್ತು? ಭಾರತೀಯ ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ ಸಮುದಾಯದಿಂದ ಕೆಲವು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಶಗಳು ಯಾವುವು? 

Frogs have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, having survived four mass extinctions. Due to their remarkable ability to adapt to extreme conditions, they have thrived in almost all landscapes around the world from deserts to tropical rain forests, with some frogs even found in the Arctic circle.

What a year it has been for Indian science! From indigenous transistors to help India's Internet of things to solutions to living in harmony with wild animals we have seen it all. Here we take a look at the highlighs of Indian research in 2017.

Scientists from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) and Amity University, Uttar Pradesh have been studying the harmful effects of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on living tissue and genes in mice, and their study reveals a potential threat lurking, if increasing use of such nanoparticles is not addr

2017 had been an eventful year for science all over the world. We have seen tremendous breakthroughs like the detection of gravitational waves, along with many discoveries and inventions that take us a step closer to making out lives better. Here we present snapshots of the remarkable contributions made to science in 2017.

A new research from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai have developed a cost effective method of measuring the deformations in geotextiles-- a type of fabric generally used in the soil, using a common digital camera.

While the readers picked their choice of stories published on the website for 2017, here are the editors’ pick. Hope you enjoy them!

Dr. Lalji Singh was born in the small village of Kalwari in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on 5th July 1947, to a farmer and head of village, Suryanarayan Singh. With no higher education facilities in his village, Lalji strived for an education early on, travelling to a nearby village to complete his schooling and joining the reputed Banaras Hindu University.

Pushpa Mittra Bhargava was born in Ajaymeru in Rajasthan on 22nd February 1928, to Ram Chandra Bhargava, a medical doctor, and Gayatri Bhargava. He was homeschooled until about the age ten, by his grandfather, after which he was directly admitted to class 9 in Varanasi.