Biotech & pharma
The brain's zoom button
24 Nov 2011
Researchers find genetic link between heart disease and brain aneurysms
23 Nov 2011
Researchers have discovered that a variant of a gene linked to heart disease also increases the risk of deadly aneurysms of blood vessels in the brain
A better way to count molecules discovered
22 Nov 2011
How cancer cells get by on a starvation diet
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 21 Nov 2011
New study shows that tumour cells, deprived of glucose, alter their metabolism to use other sources of sustenance
Embryo development discovery
19 Nov 2011
Unraveling how a mutation can lead to psychiatric illness
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 19 Nov 2011
UN warns cassava virus, first identified by Bristol researchers, nearing an epidemic in Africa
18 Nov 2011
Diseased hearts to heal themselves in future
16 Nov 2011
Berkeley Lab Researchers Create First of Its Kind Gene Map of Sulfate-reducing Bacterium:
12 Nov 2011
Discovery casts enzymes in new light
09 Nov 2011
HIV study identifies key cellular defence mechanism
07 Nov 2011
Scientists in the US and France have discovered that a protein named SAMHD1 was able to prevent HIV replicating in a group of white blood cells called myeloid cells.
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
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)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
