Biotech & pharma
Protein that culls damaged eggs identified, infertility reversed
By By Krishna Ramanujan | 05 Feb 2014
Autistic brains create more information at rest
03 Feb 2014
Cell cycle speed is key to making aging cells young again
By By Bill Hathway | 01 Feb 2014
In the brain, timing is everything
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 25 Jan 2014
Neuroscientists have now discovered how two neural circuits in the brain work together to link memories of events that occur one after the other.
Drug strategy blocks a leading driver of cancer
By By Jeffrey Norris | 20 Jan 2014
Scientists develop new approach to study how genetic variants affect gene expression
By By Kim Irwin | 20 Jan 2014
Molecular nano-spies to make light work of disease detection
16 Jan 2014
A world of cloak-and-dagger pharmaceuticals has come a step closer with the development of stealth compounds programmed to spring into action when they receive the signal.
Turning up the heat on enzyme design
15 Jan 2014
Metastatic cancer cells implode on protein contact
By By Blaine Friedlander | 09 Jan 2014
The mouse that ROR’ed
06 Jan 2014
Stem cell scientists first to track joint cartilage development in humans
By By Shaun Mason | 06 Jan 2014
Animal cells can communicate by reaching out and touching
By By Pete Farley | 06 Jan 2014
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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