When someone is admitted to hospital, doctors not only have to worry about tackling the illness, but they also have to ensure the person is not infected by fellow patients. According to the World Health Organisation, out of every 100 hospitalised patients in developing countries, 10 will be affected by at least one hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Researchers at the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Lab of the Indian Institute of Science have developed a method to combat HAIs by giving aluminium surfaces the ability to keep bacteria away and even kill them.

What would a career in Science research look like? What are the challenges one would have to face and what are the rewards? To help young Science students envision a future in research, the Infosys Science Foundation, will soon be launching a Summer Immersion Program. President of the foundation's board of trustees and co-founder of Infosys, K Dinesh, discussed the initiative with DH, on the sidelines of a press conference to announce the winners of the Infosys Prize 2017.

After decades spent working on structures of complex biomolecules, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry 2017, Prof Joachim Frank now hopes to add to his achievements by becoming a published fiction writer. Prof Frank, who is currently a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University, New York, gave his first public lecture after winning the Nobel at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Hesaraghatta, on Wednesday.