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Did you know that the word “atom” originates from the Greek word “atomos”? The Greek word means uncuttable or indivisible and the choice of the word comes more from philosophical concepts than from scientific studies. Atoms, as you might well have studied in school, comprise subatomic particles. The first nuclear transmutation of one element

Reports from the World Health Organization and the Commonwealth Malaria Report have indicated that India is set to eliminate malaria by 2030. The number of deaths from malaria has significantly fallen, with better surveillance and access to diagnosis and medicines, the reports add. Malaria, the WHO says, is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The story so far: The preliminary findings of the GenomeIndia project, which attempted to study whole genomes of 10,000 healthy and unrelated Indians from 83 population groups, were published in the journal Nature Genetics on April 8. After excluding two populations, the published findings are based on the