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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.
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
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
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
Indian scientists create world’s hardest nano-composite
31 Jul 2009
A team of Indian scientists has discovered the world’s hardest plastic nano-composite material, which is also capable of being used in missiles and aircraft.
Toyota Motor develops wheelchair controlled by brain waves
01 Jul 2009
Toyota researchers have succeeded in developing a wheelchair controlled by brain waves using a new signal processing technology for brain machine interface application.
Study clarifies link between carbohydrates, heart disease
30 Jun 2009
Though it has been known for decades that high-carbohydrate foods increase the risk of heart problems, it is only now that Tel Aviv University have discover why
IPTV providers bullish on turnaround expectations, despite consumer thumbs down
By By Vivek Dev | 01 Jun 2009
Facebook goes Indian with new interface
09 May 2009
Infosys ties up R&D with Cambrigde University, eyes acquisitions in US
27 Mar 2009
Infosys and Cambrigde will undertake collaborative research in engineering, management and business, and architecture and pharmacy
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