Biotech & pharma
New nanoparticles shrink tumours in mice
By By Anne Trafton, News Office | 17 Aug 2012
Particles that shut off cancer genes could also allow researchers to screen potential drug targets more rapidly
Simple mathematical computations underlie brain circuits
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 09 Aug 2012
Discovery of how some neurons inhibit others could shed light on autism, other neurological disorders. By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
Protein that boosts longevity may protect against diabetes
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 08 Aug 2012
New research has identified a protein that slows ageing in mice and other animals, also protects against the ravages of a high-fat diet, including diabetes, according to a new MIT study
New study finds link between cell division and growth rate
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 07 Aug 2012
It's in our genes: why women outlive men
06 Aug 2012
A flash of light changes cell activity — and understanding of disease
By By Bill Hathway | 31 Jul 2012
New melanoma driver genes found in largest DNA sequencing study to date
By By Helen Dodson | 31 Jul 2012
New proteins inhibit HIV infection in cell cultures
By By Helen Dodson | 30 Jul 2012
New recruits in the fight against disease
28 Jul 2012
Researchers first to determine entire genetic sequence of individual human sperm
By By Krista Conger | 25 Jul 2012
Stanford researchers produce first complete computer model of an organism
By By Max McClure | 24 Jul 2012
Mystery peeled off banana genome
By By Daniel Stolte | 23 Jul 2012
Searching genomic data faster
11 Jul 2012
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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.
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
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