Biotechnology experts have opposed plans to transfer the function of approving field trials for GMO products from the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) to Parliament.

Melbourne researchers have discovered a new way of triggering cell death, in a finding that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease.

California scientists have pitched a plan, during a meeting in Japan, to develop a global network of app-enabled smartphones — already equipped with sophisticated vibration sensors — to create a ki

A world-leading aerospace society has awarded its top prize on ground testing to a Chinese scientist for the first time, demonstrating China's great strides in the field, academic journal Acta Aero

Scientists have found evidence for widespread buried deposits of iron- and calcium-rich carbonates on Mars, which suggests that the red planet once hosted habitable environments with liquid water.

Chandigarh: In order to create large reservoir of highly qualified manpower in bio-energy, Panjab University (PU) and Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (SSS-NIBE), Kapurthala, on

A major earthquake, of magnitude 8 or greater, may strike Jammu and Kashmir, endangering the lives of as many as a million people, latest geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of the state su

In a pioneering effort, a team of researchers has genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain .

BANGKOK: Scientists have discovered two new wasp species from India and South Africa, and named one of them after Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.