Vinegar: A cheap and simple way for drought-resistant crops
Researchers at RIKEN Centre for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan discover a new, yet simple, way to increase drought tolerance in a wide range of plants....
Month : July 2017
Researchers engineer crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes
Plants can ‘turn off’ one or more of their genes by using a process called RNA interference to block protein translation. Researchers are now weaponising...
Japanese researchers develop method to map cancer throughout the body at single-cell level
Researchers at RIKEN Quantitative Biology Centre and University of Tokyo develop a method to visualize cancer metastasis in whole organs at the single-cell level. The...
Kochi to host India’s biggest conference on integrative medicine
India’s biggest conference on integrative medicine – Ayurveda and modern medicine is set to begin at Kochi on August 6. The two-day event will see...
Scientists develop neural codes to improve lives of people with neurological diseases
A small patch of neurons in the brain can encode the movements of many body parts, according to researchers at California Institute of Technology, Caltech....
New antibiotic delivery system offers improved cancer treatment
An all-woman team of Indian scientists at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi develops a novel antibiotic delivery system that enhances action of drugs at cellular...
Gene’s position on chromosome affects mutations, reveals study
A new study by scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, shows a gene’s neighbourhood can influence whether and how the activity of...
Scientists design solar cell that captures nearly all energy of solar spectrum
Scientists design and construct a prototype for a new solar cell that integrates multiple cells stacked into a single device capable of capturing nearly all...
New discovery by Astrosat dashes hopes of alien life on nearest exoplanet
A new discovery by India’s space telescope, Astrosat, dashes hopes of alien life on our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri. Highly energetic flare simultaneously observed...
Punjab poultry products contribute to antibiotic resistance, says study
A study by Indian and American scientists has found unregulated use of antimicrobials in Punjab poultry farms may contribute to resistance to antibiotics. The largest...