Biotech & pharma
Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories
05 Jan 2011
Researchers announce critical leukaemia stem cell discovery
01 Jan 2011
Suppression of beta-catenin in leukaemic stem cells is reported to have reduced leukaemic cell growth, delayed the onset of leukaemia and reversed the stem cells to a pre-leukaemic stage
When does stress cause illness?
24 Dec 2010
Researchers discover new signaling pathway linked to inflammatory disease
By By Scott LaFee | 17 Dec 2010
Warning lights mark shellfish that aren't safe to eat
By By Susan Brown | 16 Dec 2010
How the stem cell niche never dies
09 Dec 2010
Researchers report surprising AIDS-treatment benefits in Africa
By By Rex Graham | 02 Dec 2010
Genomic fault zones come and go
By By Daniel Kane | 01 Dec 2010
Trials use technology to help young adults achieve healthy weights
By By Doug Ramsey | 01 Dec 2010
Hormone therapy can make the brain ‘younger’
30 Nov 2010
Tests on postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy (HT) suggest that it can make their brains function more like those of younger women.
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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