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Scientists in U.S. harried by Trump cuts turn towards EuropeAmidst U.S. research funding cuts under President Trump, European nations are actively seeking to attract displaced American academics. Sci...- Getting the basics right; India’s tariff shieldUnion minister Piyush Goyal called on startups to expand their vision, but what stands in the way? This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
- As Earth overheats, scientists test way to repel Sun's raysBrightening clouds is one of several ideas to push solar energy back into space -- sometimes called solar radiation modification, solar geo...
- US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sightBut the most useful early warnings came not from spies or intercepts, according to a recent congressional review of classified reports from...
- Asthma study sparks debate about safety of cooking with gasThe authors of the study said their findings suggested that around 650,000 US children would not have developed asthma if their homes had e...
- God, money and YOLO: How Ark Invest's Cathie Wood found her flockAs Tesla struggled with production problems, dwindling cash and an erratic Musk in 2018, Wood gave a full-throated defense of the company, ...
- India Covid deaths may double in coming weeks, warn forecastersWhile coronavirus cases can be hard to predict, particularly in a sprawling nation like India, the forecasts reflect the urgent need for In...
- World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020The Global Carbon Project, an authoritative group of dozens of international scientists who track emissions, calculated that the world will...
- Global research hall of fame features 1,494 Indian researchers, 124 are from KarnatakaAccording to published reports, Karnataka figures on the list with 124 of its scientists, of whom a lion’s share of 93 have had association...
- As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleanerSmog stopped choking New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world, and India's getting views of sights not visible in decades. N...
- As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleanerAs people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. Smog stopped ch...
- An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
- Does a Harvard degree really matter? Tim Cook, Mary Barra's success shows otherwiseOnly one CEO from top 20 companies in last year’s Fortune 500 went to an Ivy League school
- A walk in nature could battle depressionMore than half of the world's population lives in urban settings, and that is forecast to rise to 70 per cent within a few decades.
- New elastic, anti-shock batteries made from woodUsing nanocellulose broken down from tree fibres, a team has produced an elastic, foam-like battery material that can withstand shock and s...
- Scientists warn of Earth's sixth mass extinction eventSince 1500, more than 320 terrestrial vertebrates have become extinct. Populations of the remaining species show a 25 per cent average decl...
- Increase in extreme wet, dry monsoon spells: Stanford studyDuring critical crop growth stages, too many days without rain can lead to crop failure, which can reverberate throughout India's agricultu...
- Extreme wet, dry spells up drought, flood risks in India: Stanford scientistsResearchers show that the intensity of extremely wet spells and the number of extremely dry spells during the South Asian Monsoon season ha...
- 11 Indian-Americans in Forbes Midas's best venture investorsThe 'Midas List' of the 100 best venture capitalists in the world for 2014 has been topped by Jim Goetz, partner at firm Sequoia Capital wh...
- How Stanford-India Biodesign's programme is revolutionizing medical device innovationA semi-automatic device that simplifies liver biopsies and makes them safer. A mobile app that quickly references brand names, dosages etc.
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