Biotech & pharma
Neutrons provide first sub-nanoscale snapshots of Huntington's disease protein
By By Agatha Bardoel | 06 Jun 2011
Advances in chemical synthesis reveal rare natural product with potent pain-killing properties
03 Jun 2011
Potential new drug candidate found for Alzheimer's disease
By By Debra Kain | 01 Jun 2011
Pancreas betrayed by 'double agent'
30 May 2011
How shifts in temperature primes immune response
By By Laura Bonetta | 28 May 2011
New class of compounds may have potentially widespread use in basic research and drug development
27 May 2011
Of frogs, chicken and people
By By Scott LaFee | 25 May 2011
Researchers discover arctic blooms occurring earlier
By By Mario Aguilera | 24 May 2011
Scientists find new drug target in breast cancer
23 May 2011
New pathway affecting lifespan identified
18 May 2011
Cancer “smart drugs” may not be so smart: Yale researchers
By By Karen N. Peart | 17 May 2011
New biosensor microchip could speed up drug development: Stanford researchers
13 May 2011
A new biosensor microchip that could hold more than 100,000 magnetically sensitive nanosensors could speed up drug development markedly, Stanford researchers say
Sex hormone precursor inhibits brain inflammation
By By Scott LaFee | 13 May 2011
The slow road to a synapse
By By Scott LaFee | 12 May 2011
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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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.
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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