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Monitoring Killer Mice from Space: Green on Satellite Images Warns of Hantavirus Outbreaks
03 Mar 2011
Daytime nap could help control blood pressure
02 Mar 2011
The blind also have a Stripe of Gennari
02 Mar 2011
Nerve bundles in the visual cortex of the brain in blind people may process the sense of touch
Shining a light on trypanosome reproduction
25 Feb 2011
Research sheds light on cellular basis of depression
By By Debra Kain | 24 Feb 2011
The hidden danger of oxygen
23 Feb 2011
Long-lived reactive oxygen intermediates that develop on particles in the atmosphere could explain why more and more people are suffering from allergies
To the roots of the solar system: planets in the making observed
22 Feb 2011
The observations are part of a systematic survey to search for planets and disks around young stars using a state-of-the-art high-contrast camera designed specifically for this purpose.
Physicists build bigger 'bottles' of antimatter to unlock nature's secrets
By By Kim McDonald | 19 Feb 2011
Quantum Quirk: JILA scientists pack atoms together to prevent collisions in atomic clock accuracy
19 Feb 2011
Researchers may have accidentally discovered how to regrow hair
19 Feb 2011
A team led by researchers may have found a chemical compound that induces hair growth by blocking a stress-related hormone associated with hair loss on mice and expect similsr results on humans
Global warming may reroute evolution
19 Feb 2011
A second pathway for antidepressants: Berkeley Lab reports new fluorescent assay reveals TREK1 mechanism
14 Feb 2011
Learning causes structural changes In affected neurons
By By Scott LaFee | 12 Feb 2011
'Tall order' sunlight-to-hydrogen system works, neutron analysis confirms
12 Feb 2011
Researchers have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers -- that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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