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In 2025, Harvard University developed a chemical coating for insecticide-treated bed nets that blocks malaria parasites inside mosquitoes instead of killing the insects. It produced a breakthrough that could fight malaria without increasing insecticide resistanceScientists have discovered novel compounds that prevent the transmission of malaria parasites in mosquitoes. These innovative chemicals can...
What is 'Friendshoring', the buzzword in global supply chains?At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bonnie Glick, then the deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, was st...
ET Explains: Why HCQ, Trump's Covid wonder drug, is in news againHCQ might not be as effective as previously told, a recently retracted Lancet study has found.
Often criticised for violating user privacy, Facebook uses mobile location data to help fight Covid-19Using mobile location data comes amid intense scrutiny of the privacy practices of tech companies.
Quantum Leap: Gene editing could prove to be a game-changerA Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed last year that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies using Crispr, to make them resi...
Existing drug may treat deadly form of malariaA drug already approved for treating other diseases in humans may be useful as a treatment for deadly cerebral malaria, according to Harvar...
Indian innovations: Converting new ideas into successful businessesFrom a jacket that controls temperature to a rural branchless banking system, here is a sample of innovations likely to change lives.
- 'India is top priority for Gates Foundation'
Jeff Raikes, the man behind Microsoft Office software and one of the first 100 employees of the software giant, shifted gears in 2008 - fro...