Biotech & pharma
Researchers slow pancreatic cancer growth and spread by blocking key enzyme
By By Francesca Davenport | 18 Mar 2014
Exploring how cancerous and healthy cells compete may help us understand cancer
By By Gail Wilson | 11 Mar 2014
UV light aids cancer cells that creep along the outside of blood vessels
By By Shaun Mason | 11 Mar 2014
A changing view of bone marrow cells
08 Mar 2014
Lab-grown human heart cells could mean fewer animals used in research
By By Sam Wong | 06 Mar 2014
Pill could help humans live longer, healthier
01 Mar 2014
Chemical chaperones help proteins do their jobs
27 Feb 2014
Research in the News: Tiny ‘garbage collectors’ help control brain development
By By Bill Hathaway | 20 Feb 2014
Scarring cells turned to beating muscle
14 Feb 2014
Dental study provides wealth of stem cell details
By By Beth Newcomb | 08 Feb 2014
A microchip for metastasis
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 08 Feb 2014
Researchers design a microfluidic platform to see how cancer cells invade specific organs
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
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
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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