Biotech & pharma
Big, bad bacterium is an "iron pirate"
24 Feb 2012
Controlling protein function with nanotechnology
23 Feb 2012
Russian scientists resurrect dead plants frozen for nearly 30,000 years
21 Feb 2012
The success could open door to a whole new area of experiments in reviving extinct plants and animals buried deep in the Arctic regions
Proteins cooperate to regulate gene splicing
18 Feb 2012
How Zygotes Sort Out Imprinted Genes
By By Scott LaFee | 17 Feb 2012
Could “Love Hormone” Help Treat Depression?
By By Debra Kain | 14 Feb 2012
Exercise triggers stem cells in muscle
09 Feb 2012
Purdue scientists reveal how bacteria build homes inside healthy cells
By By Elizabeth K. Gardner | 09 Feb 2012
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 09 Feb 2012
Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images
08 Feb 2012
US - Israeli scientists have developed a “biological computer” made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips
Featured articles
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