Why Your Kitchen Counter Still Feels Sticky No Matter How Much You Clean ItSticky kitchen counters are a common issue. This happens because grease builds up over time. Regular wiping often fails to remove this stub...
IIT Guwahati researchers analyse Panitenga, identify bacterial strains with potential industrial applicationsResearchers at IIT Guwahati have identified a beneficial bacterial strain in Panitenga, a traditional Assamese fermented food. The strain, ...
'Stop use immediately': Telangana warns of three fake medicines being sold in the marketThe Drugs Control Administration in Telangana has issued a Spurious Drug Alert and Stop Use Notice for drugs claiming to be from 'Meg Lifes...
SII manufactured BCG vaccine gets export nod to treat bladder cancerThe Serum Institute of India has been granted permission to export its BCG vaccine to Canada for the treatment of bladder cancer, following...
World TB Day: Once regarded as a death sentence, tuberculosis is mostly curable today; six red flags to watch out forMen, the elderly are more vulnerable to TB.
Your reusable water bottle contains 40,000 times more bacteria than toilet seat, finds a studyThe research further revealed that the bottle caps are the cleanest part of the bottle, with a tenth of the amount of bacteria. In order to...
Your reusable water bottle can foster 40K times more bacteria than a toilet seat, shows new studyFor comparison, a toilet seat has 515 CFUs.
BCG shots could slow down Covid-19 spread in first thirty days, says studyThe paper published in Science Advances, a peer-reviewed medical journal brought out by the American Association for the Advancement of Sci...
News of Chinese lab creating 'anthrax-like pathogens' in Pakistan 'fake': Foreign OfficeThe Wuhan Institute of Virology has drawn the international spotlight in recent months because the novel coronavirus is thought to have ori...
"China & Pakistan enter 'secret deal' to expand bio-warfare tools," says an Australian investigative journalistAustralia based investigative journalist Anthony Klan alleged that the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology has signed a covert deal with t...
China entered covert deal with Pakistan military for bio-warfare capabilities: ReportAs part of a broader offensive against India and Western rivals, Pakistan and China have entered a secret three-year agreement to expand po...
BCG vaccination policies make a ten times difference in Covid-19 incidence, mortality: New studyStudy co-authored by Indian-American cancer surgeon comes even as clinical trials on the efficacy of BCG vaccine for Covid-19 are underway.
- NASA keeps a close watch for bad bugs on space station
New York, June 29 (IANS) Scientists at NASA organise regular checks to ensure that the International Space Station (ISS) has one of the cle...
Your smartphone may harbour disease-causing bacteriaLong after we have swiped and tapped our smartphones, sent or received personal texts, our devices retain a biological history of our actio...
Private educational institutes climb in rankingsWhile IITs collectively retain top slot in terms of filing patents, Amity University, UP is ranked second, ahead of IISc and Tamil Nadu Agr...
BT may curb roundworm infection, says studyBT, or soil bacteria could help battle roundworm infection worldwide, says a study.
- Varsity seeks early clearance for Bt cotton field trials
The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Bangalore has applied for regulatory clearance to start field trials of a transgenic cotto...