CRISPR, brighter than AI: India must invest in innovation, ethical use of this transformative gene-editing toolIndia has the chance to lead in CRISPR technology by driving ethical gene editing innovations in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental...
12 Mar, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
How early humans evolved to eat starchStudies reveal ancient humans adapted by increasing amylase genes during two major periods: the advent of cooking several hundred thousand ...
21 Oct, 2024, 01.51 PM IST
Serum Institute to invest 240 million pounds in UK; leads cross-sector Indian investmentsThe Pune-based vaccine manufacturer is among a list of nearly 20 Indian companies across sectors such as healthcare, biotech and software s...
04 May, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
'Tom and Jerry' animator Gene Deitch passes away at 95; Vicky Kaushal thanks him for 'making our childhood amazing'Deitch's 'Munro' won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1960.
21 Apr, 2020, 05.57 PM IST
Will Earth become a planet of the apes?Chinese scientists have recently created a transgenic monkey whose DNA has the human gene.
12 Apr, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
View: Alarmism over genetically modified foods is unscientific and falseThere are hard scientific facts in favour of GM foods. Yet, activists still take the old alarmist stance.
01 Aug, 2018, 03.32 PM IST
- 3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock
Stockholm, Oct 2 (IANS) Three American scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for unravelling secrets of how th...
02 Oct, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
- 3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine
London, Oct 2 (IANS) Three American scientists have won the the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecul...
02 Oct, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
- Comb jellies were the earliest animals: Study
New York, April 11 (IANS) The delicate marine predators called comb jellies were the earliest animals -- not sponges as had long been thoug...
11 Apr, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
A revolutionary tool is helping us unlock the secrets of DNAA revolutionary discovery in the world of genetics revealed a tool that allows scientists to edit DNA in a way that's easy and cheap.
07 Aug, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeThe award "honours the innovative spirit of farmers", he said adding that "without their contributions, my research wouldn't have been poss...
17 Oct, 2014, 09.31 PM IST
India-born scientist Rajaram awarded World Food PrizeIndia-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research th...
17 Oct, 2014, 09.06 PM IST
GM food admirer slams Jairam Ramesh for Bt Brinjal moveEnvironmental activist Mark Lynas argues that politics derailed the commercial adoption of Bt Brinjal during Jairam Ramesh’s tenure in the ...
22 Aug, 2013, 05.57 AM IST
Time for gene revolution: If we are to save India from starving, we must embrace GM cropsGM (Bt) Cotton has brought spectacular benefits to India’s farmers and to the nation’s economy. India could and should continue to lead the...
16 Jan, 2013, 12.06 PM IST
Varieties of scienceScientific discoveries are by definition antagonistic towards any religious or magical interpretation of nature.
24 Feb, 2012, 04.15 AM IST
Bugs and brahmanReading the 'mind' of a superorganism is likely to lead to the next big revolution of biology and medicine.
10 Nov, 2011, 06.49 AM IST
- Ratan Tata joins US based Nanobiosym Global Advisory Board
Nanobiosym, a leading US based nanotechnology firm, announced that Ratan Tata has joined the firm's Global Advisory Board. Tycoons with a g...
15 Sep, 2008, 09.15 PM IST