The number of patents being filed by Indians is on the rise

CHENNAI: The Intellectual Property (IP) regime is important to a developing country to leverage its knowledge power into economic might, speakers at the World IP day function said here on Monday.

LUCKNOW: As many as 23 students from various parts of the state will be participating at a CSIR programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS) to be conducted at the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) on April 27 and 28.

In a major initiative, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has decided to adopt French genetics and technology to improve the breed of non-descriptive cows through cross breeding for higher milk production.

Chandigarh: To discuss the role of information technology in disaster management and counter terrorism, a two-day symposium is being organised by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in collaboration with the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) here tomorrow.

LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster.

If scientists at Palampur are to be believed, sugar daddies of India are not eager to have organic alternatives to sugar in the market

Dharamsala, March 22

CSIR

KOCHI: Expressing concern over Kerala not taking the initiative to grab projects sponsored by the CSIR, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources chief Gangan Pratap said that the state stood at third last spot in the list of applicants just ahead of Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand recently.

State biodiversity board identifies the island, which is inhabited by several endangered species

Kaushik Chakravarthy, Bangalore:

The Karnataka Biodiversity Board has identified Netrani Island, off the coast of Karwar, as a biodiversity heritage site.

Science 2.0 is here as CSIR resorts to open source drug research for TB
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi March 1, 2009, 0:23 IST

A global net-based project for finding a new TB drug sets the pace for research into poor man's diseases that don't attract big money.

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