Biotech & pharma
Straight from the gut: Microbes can cause obesity
By By Helen Dodson | 04 Feb 2012
Research proves plausibility of new primordial pathway to life’s chemical building blocks
02 Feb 2012
Metabolic errors can spell doom for DNA
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 01 Feb 2012
Many critical cell functions depend on a class of molecules called purines, which form half of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and are a major component of the chemicals that store a cell’s energy. MIT biological engineers have precisely measured the effects of errors in systems for purine production and breakdown
Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children
31 Jan 2012
Research team identifies two mutations in crucial gene involved in deadly paediatric brain tumours
Researchers induce Alzheimer’s neurons from pluripotent stem cells
By By Scott LaFee | 27 Jan 2012
For the first time scientists have created stem cell-derived, in vitro models of sporadic and hereditary Alzheimer’s, using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the neurodegenerative disorder
Scientists link evolved, mutated gene module to syndromic autism
By By Debra Kain, Scott LaFee | 27 Jan 2012
Viruses con bacteria into working for them
27 Jan 2012
Scripps researchers illuminate cancer cells’ survival strategy during dangerous dissemination
27 Jan 2012
Envelope for an artificial cell
25 Jan 2012
How cells dispose of their waste
24 Jan 2012
Scientists create novel RNA repair technology
18 Jan 2012
Tiny worm points to big promise
13 Jan 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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