Scientists used AI to create 16 new viruses that never existed in nature; they worked and now experts fear how the technology could be usedResearchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to design entirely new viruses. These laboratory-tested viruses function as inte...
08 Aug, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
Scientists use AI to create viruses that don’t exist in nature for the first timeScientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated an...
07 Aug, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
New study links heart attacks to bacterial infections – here's what doctors are warningA new study reveals a potential link between oral bacteria and heart attacks. Researchers found specific bacteria, commonly found in the mo...
16 Sep, 2025, 02.08 AM IST
NASA acidentally discovers super bacteria that could survive on MarsIn a surprising discovery, NASA scientists found 26 new bacterial species in a JPL clean room, raising concerns about planetary contaminati...
25 May, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
Kerala man reports rare case of Murine Typhus: Here's what you need to know about this bacterial diseaseA 75-year-old man from Kerala was diagnosed with Murine Typhus, a rare bacterial disease, on October 11, following a recent trip to Vietnam...
14 Oct, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
HaystackAnalytics develops first Universal Infectious Disease (ID) genomic testThe test deploys Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology to identify existing and emerging infections, while providing information on d...
07 Feb, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
Bharti Realty ties up with Honeywell to improve indoor air quality at office complexThe company will help improving indoor air quality at Airtel Centre, Bharti Crescent and Worldmark buildings, which have both office and re...
26 Aug, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Microplastics in sewage become 'hubs' for drug-resistant bacteria: StudyAccording to the scientists, including those from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in the US, these plastic particles less tha...
26 Mar, 2021, 05.30 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
IIT Roorkee researchers find antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteriaIn a new study published in the journal, ‘Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy’, IIT Roorkee researchers screened a library of 11,000 comp...
16 Jan, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
7,000 new marine microbial species discoveredThe scientists at HKUST discovered the microbial species, including Acidobacteria — a natural medicinal phylum containing the CRISPR gene e...
11 Mar, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
A look at gene editing and why it is controversialThis is unethical because informed consent is not possible from a future generation.
01 Dec, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
You are what your mothers & grandmothers ateEvidence that poor maternal nutrition can have inheritable consequences had come long ago. Children born to mothers during famines had high...
15 Apr, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Novel wound-healing technology developedResearchers at WSU in the US used an antibiotic in combination with the electric current to kill all of the highly persistent Pseudomonas a...
30 Nov, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
New customisable vaccine can fight Ebola, H1NI quickly: ResearchThe vaccines were able to stimulate both arms of the immune system -- a T cell response and an antibody response.
05 Jul, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
Ultraviolet light can kill pathogens in fruitUVC radiation is present in sunlight; however, it is completely absorbed by the ozone layer and Earth's atmosphere.
29 Jul, 2015, 05.22 PM IST
With big data getting captured, biologists look for life-saving patternsStrand is using its data analysis skills to stratify cancer patients according to their genetic composition.
14 Feb, 2015, 04.34 AM IST