Bawendi, Brus and Ekimov bag 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on quantum dotsThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. B...
06 Oct, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu meets tech sector CEOs in Silicon ValleyThe initiative was launched early this year by the two national security advisors - Jake Sullivan from the US and Ajit Doval from India - b...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
Bill Gates lists his 5 favourite books of 2021; Shakespeare finds a mention, tooHow many of these have you read?
25 Nov, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
- Duo wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on catalysts
The new technique, which relies on small organic molecules and which is called "asymmetric organocatalysis" is widely used in pharmaceutica...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
'My ambition? Another Nobel prize' says chemistry laureateWinning the Nobel prize is often the peak of professional achievement, but chemistry laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier, who received the cove...
10 Dec, 2020, 03.36 PM IST
New smartphone-based Covid-19 test gives results in less than 30 minutes, says studyThe research found that the device accurately detected a set of positive samples in 5 mins.
08 Dec, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Nobel prize ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirusTraditionally, the lavish Nobel ceremonies are held Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, at an ornate city ...
07 Dec, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
Nobel Prize ceremony to be held online this year, laureates to get their medals in their countriesThe laureates will receive their medals and diplomas next week.
02 Dec, 2020, 01.48 PM IST
View: Genome editing and lessons for IndiaIn the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Breaking the glass ceiling: Women win big at Nobel 2020, four female laureates get recognitionLike the prizes themselves, the Nobel committees awarding them are also male-dominated.
13 Oct, 2020, 07.40 PM IST
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna for developing genome-editing methodThey are only the sixth and seventh women in history to receive the Nobel in Chemistry.
07 Oct, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Winners get ready as the Nobel season begins with Medicine PrizeNo Literature Prize will be given out for the first time in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal.
01 Oct, 2018, 11.55 AM IST
Scientists successfully modify human immune cells in labUsing a popular genome-editing system, scientists have for the first time devised a new strategy to precisely modify human T-cells, also ca...
28 Jul, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
The breakthrough technology that lets scientists edit DNA just got a whole lot cheaper and easierWith a few easy tweaks, scientists can cut-and-paste DNA inside living cells, thanks to a promising new technique that could make possible ...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
Scientists think they've found way to make 'biggest biotech discovery of the century' saferChinese scientists made headlines when they used a gene-editing technique to modify the genomes of human embryos for the first time.
22 Jul, 2015, 12.06 PM IST