The approval given to the genetically modified Bt brinjal by the genetic engineering approval committee has raised a storm of protest from farmers and environmental groups

Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement

23 Oct 2009

Bt brinjal becomes first GM food crop to gain regulatory approval

15 Oct 2009

IBM wants swift passage of patent reform legislation

12 Oct 2009

Australian-American-British trio share Nobel for medicine

05 Oct 2009

Elizabeth H Blackburn, Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak have jointly won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on `how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.

Dow to open Middle East R&D centre at King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia

30 Sep 2009

Honda develops new personal mobility device

25 Sep 2009

Pursuing the concept of "harmony with people" Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology and unveiled U3-X, a compact experimental device

GM ties up with Reva for electric car production

24 Sep 2009

Wockhardt is top Indian pharma patentee; bags government award

24 Sep 2009

Wockhardt has received a total of 70 patents, 15 from the Indian and 55 from the American and European patent offices

US loans $528.7 million to electric car maker Fisker Automotive

23 Sep 2009

Broadcom introduces world's first single chip IAD with Integrated ADSL2+, 802.11n and DECT for triple play broadband

09 Sep 2009

Malignant signature may help identify patients likely to respond to therapy

09 Sep 2009

A molecular signature that helps account for the aggressive behavior of a variety of cancers such as pancreatic, breast and melanoma may also predict the likelihood of successful treatment with a particular anti-cancer drug. By Steve Benowitz, director of communications, Cancer Centre, University of California, San Diego

Dow’s dual-membrane technology enables blow down water reuse in China power plant

22 Aug 2009

Glenmark, Forest drug trial for COPD fails

19 Aug 2009

Making print ads interactive

13 Aug 2009

Technology has stepped in to bridge the ‘perception gap’ to deliver ‘printeractivity’ or ‘print + interactivity’ through clicks which could turn out to be the answer to the prayers of admen By Vivek Dev