Special Features

There's magic in these mushrooms
Mushrooms are not merely adding umami flavours to food. Fungi are the answer to fashion, construction, computing solutions — and more.
No longer cast in cement
Researchers in India and elsewhere are buiding a better world by harnessing new forms of eco-friendly cement.
Out of the box
Technology is helping researchers deal with microplastics.
Degrading microplastics with bacterial cocktails
Scientists are formulating bacterial consortia, searching for new sources of enzymes and engineering bacteria and protein to degrade plastic.
Closer to a cure
The potential of cell and gene therapeutics to provide lasting solutions to incurable diseases is attracting a growing number of Indian scientists.