Scientific Research

Scientists demonstrate that computer OS and short movie can be stored on DNA

At a time when humans are generating more data than hard drives, scientists have demonstrated that a computer operating system and a short movie could be stored on a DNA.

AIDS virus almost half a billion years old: Scientists

Retroviruses, the family of viruses that includes HIV, are almost half a billion years old -- several hundred million years older than previously thought, claim scientists from Oxford University

Drug that 'melts' cancer cells approved for human use

A drug that could "melt away" cancer cells has been approved for human use in Australia, a media report said on Tuesday

Indian Science Congress is a circus, won't attend it: Nobel laureate V Ramakrishnan

In a damning charge, scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has dissed the ongoing Indian Science Congress, which is being held in Mysuru, and called it a circus.

Govt will make it easier to do scientific research: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told scientists that the government would make it easier to do scientific research in the country.