SRL lines up Rs 100 crore to add 100 labs by 2016-end

Last Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2015, 13:32

Leading laboratory network SRL Diagnostics is planning to invest around Rs 100 crore to add 100 labs across the country by the end of 2016 as part of its expansion plan.

Samples of Maggi noodles sent to Assam for testing

Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 18:25

Mizoram government has sent samples of Maggi instant noodles from the state to the Assam Public Health Laboratory in Guwahati, a senior state health department official on Thursday said.

NASA rover Curiosity feels heat on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 19:25

All is not well with NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. The wear and tear in its wheels owing to rough Martian landscape has been a cause of concern for mission managers.

Viscera must be sent to FSL in cases of death due to poisoning

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 19:05

SC has directed that in all cases of death due to suspected poisoning, the investigating agencies must send the viscera samples of the deceased to forensic laboratory for examination.

Mini `space cop` satellites to help control traffic in space

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 12:55

A team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are using mini-satellites that work as " space cops" to help control traffic in space.

Air pollution boosts NW Pacific cyclones

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:20

Surging air pollution from China and other fast-growing Asian economies has intensified winter cyclones in the northwest Pacific, scientists said Tuesday.

Plants use hormones to choose growth over pathogen defence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 16:36

Scientists have discovered how plants use steroid hormones to choose growth over defending themselves against pathogens.

New breakthrough brings inexpensive rechargeable batteries closer to reality

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 09:54

Researchers have found a new way to microscopically view battery electrodes while they are bathed in wet electrolytes, mimicking realistic conditions inside actual batteries.

New robotic `muscle` thousand times stronger

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 23:25

Scientists have developed a new robotic `muscle`, thousand times more powerful than a human muscle, which can catapult objects 50 times heavier than itself - faster than the blink of an eye.