Could space-grown stem cells unlock faster cancer treatments and revolutionize organ regeneration breakthroughs? NASA’s ISS experiments are revealing surprising answers about the power of microgravity medicineSpace stem cell research is rapidly changing cancer treatment and regenerative medicine worldwide. Scientists aboard the International Spac...
29 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
Nature just outsmarted Silicon Valley: That trendy houseplant on your windowsill has been doing advanced Math this whole timeThe Chinese money plant quietly organizes itself using a geometric system that humans only formalized in the computer age — and it does so ...
19 May, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
17 May, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
How a Broken T. Rex Rib Changed What Scientists Thought About FossilsScientists have found blood vessels inside Tyrannosaurus rex bones. This discovery changes how we understand fossils. It shows that delicat...
11 May, 2026, 03.33 AM IST
In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler heated a simple chemical salt, and accidentally changed organic chemistry foreverIn 1828, Friedrich Wöhler made a groundbreaking discovery. He synthesized urea, an organic compound, from inorganic materials in his lab. T...
06 May, 2026, 07.01 PM IST
Couldn’t crack IIT-JEE, but won Nobel Prize: This Tambram scientist proved that single sheet of paper can’t decide your futureVenkatraman Ramakrishnan’s journey shows that failing the IIT JEE is not the end of the road. After not clearing the prestigious entrance e...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
He had offers from leading universities abroad, but a letter from Homi Bhabha brought him back to India: Who was legendary ‘genetics guru’ Obaid Siddiqi?Obaid Siddiqi, one of India’s most influential biologists, returned to India despite global opportunities and went on to transform the coun...
25 Nov, 2025, 06.01 PM IST
Odisha govt to offer free molecular test for cancer treatmentThe facility in the institutions will begin shortly, an official said. "The entire cost will be borne by the state government under the Nid...
30 Mar, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
This paper-strip test with gene-editing technology can detect Covid-19 in less than an hourThe test has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
23 Oct, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
ICMR issues advisory for use of Feluda paper strip testThe paper-strip uses cutting-edge CRISPR gene-editing technology to identify and target the genetic material of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...
23 Oct, 2020, 11.39 AM IST
- 3 scientists win Chemistry Nobel for generating 3D images of biomolecules
Stockholm, Oct 4 (IANS) Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of an effective method for generating ...
04 Oct, 2017, 06.27 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur to launch genomics study for beginnersStudents will be able to visualise protein inside the bacteria and animal cell using fluorescent microscopy and conduct many experiments to...
21 Aug, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
- First Indian researcher nominated to European investigator programme
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Researcher Minhajuddin Sirajuddin from the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) in Ben...
10 Dec, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
Nobel Prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to deliver lecture in Delhi on January 8The event is aimed at motivating young Indian students to plan their careers effectively by interacting with speakers from the UK.
28 Dec, 2015, 01.47 PM IST
Indian-origin Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to head Royal Society in UKIndia-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
20 Mar, 2015, 12.56 AM IST
- Indian-origin scientist Ramakrishnan honoured with knighthood
V. Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize, has been honoured with a kn...
31 Dec, 2011, 11.07 AM IST
- Paternity row: HC notice to lab for DNA test on N D Tiwari
Delhi HC issued notice to laboratory on modalities to conduct DNA test on N D Tiwari to ascertain the plea of 31-year-old man claiming to b...
04 Apr, 2011, 06.46 PM IST