Biotech & pharma
UK farmer forced to butcher aggressive ‘Nazi’ cows
06 Jan 2015
Nazi scientists had actually managed to breed a herd of genetically-engineered cows which have turned out to be so aggressive that a UK farmer has been forced to chop up half his stock into meat as they they repeatedly tried to kill his staff
Using light to understand the brain
06 Jan 2015
Time adds a wrinkle to nature and nurture
05 Jan 2015
Scientists uncover how lung cancer spreads
26 Dec 2014
Early-stage research could one day help block cancer spread by finding ways to diagnose the disease earlier, when treatment would more likely succeed and the cancer is less likely to have spread
Mix of bacteria in gut may depend more on diet than genes
By By Jeffrey Norris | 24 Dec 2014
Big-data analysis reveals gene sharing in mice
19 Dec 2014
Big-data analysis reveals gene sharing in mice
19 Dec 2014
X-ray laser acts as tool to track life’s chemistry
13 Dec 2014
Scientists have been moving steadily toward their ultimate goal of following life-essential reactions step by step in real time, at the scale of atoms and electrons
Scientists discover brain mechanism that drives us to eat glucose
By By Sam Wong | 13 Dec 2014
Stroke damage mechanism identified
11 Dec 2014
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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.
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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.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation