Leukemia drug targets Parkinson’s proteins
byWashington, May 11 (IANS) Scientists have tapped into the restrictive action potential of a leukemia drug to hinder accumulation of deadly proteins linked to…
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Two Indians among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows
byWashington, May 11 (IANS) Two Indian young entrepreneurs are among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows chosen to “pursue innovative scientific and technical projects, learn…
Indian wunderkid is youngest Berkley topper in a century
byWashington: Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive…
New bacteria can make mosquitoes resistant to malaria parasite
byLondon, May 10 (IANS) Researchers from the Michigan State University in the US have found that a strain of bacteria called Wolbachia bacterium can…
Technology transfer institute to come up in Kerala: Chandy
byThiruvananthapuram, May 10 (IANS) To further scientific advancements in Kerala, the state government will set up a Central-State Institute for Technology Transfer jointly with…
Ammonia leak detected in US section of space station
byMoscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An ammonia leak was detected in the cooling system in the US section of the International Space Station, a…
19-year-old Indian wins Theil Fellowship
byNew Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Ritesh Agarwal, who founded Oravel.com, a startup that provides an alternative to hotel stays in India, has bagged the…
Peppers, tomatoes lower risk of Parkinson’s
byWashington, May 10 (IANS) Scientists have linked foods like peppers and tomatoes containing small amount of nicotine to lowered risk of Parkinson’s disease, says…
Walnut’s heart benefit decoded
byWashington, May 9 (IANS) Scientists now know the additional ways the components of walnuts and their extracts lower risks of heart diseases. Consumption of…
BARC to showcase technological achievements in agriculture and food sciences
byChennai, May 9 (IANS) India’s premier atomic energy research institution Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) will showcase its achievements in the fields of agriculture…