Scientists find the largest known genome inside a small plantTmesipteris oblanceolata has the largest known genome on Earth. As the researchers described in a study published Friday, the fern's cells ...
01 Jun, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years agoBy pulling dozens of species out of just a few sediment samples, the study highlights some of eDNA's advantages, said Benjamin Vernot, an a...
09 Dec, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Omicron sublineages likely evade vaccines, natural immunitySouth Africa is seen as a key harbinger of how the omicron variant and its sublineages are likely to play out in the rest of the world. Sou...
29 Apr, 2022, 07.57 PM IST
Omicron sublineages likely evade vaccines, natural immunitySouth Africa is seen as a key harbinger of how the omicron variant and its sublineages are likely to play out in the rest of the world. Sou...
29 Apr, 2022, 07.50 PM IST
India's Omicron COVID tally crosses 1,000-mark; states further tighten measures to deal with surge in coronavirus casesDelhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, said Omicron is gradually spreading in the community and the variant of concern has been f...
30 Dec, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advancesIn the United States, 36 states have detected the variant. Meanwhile, delta is surging in many places, with hot spots in New England and th...
16 Dec, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Ready to partner with interested countries for tech transfer, manufacture of vaccines, says IndiaUnder the Quad framework, India is also partnering with Australia, Japan and the United States to expand the vaccine manufacturing capacity...
16 Sep, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
Dubai: An advanced healthcare destination16 Aug, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Is it risky to push alternative medicine in Covid pandemic?Inhalation of steam is now being questioned as being a contributor to the black fungus, as the high temperature could potentially burn off ...
11 Jun, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
COVID-appropriate behaviour, vaccination main shields against all mutants, future waves: ExpertsSeveral experts believe that a casual approach that followed the trough of the first wave could be a possible reason for the pandemic raisi...
09 May, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
India's struggle to track new Covid variants could worsen crisisThe bad news is it won’t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapp...
06 May, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Cabinet Secy chairs meeting on COVID-19 status; situation in 11 states, UTs matter of 'serious concern'These states and union territories have been categorised as "states of grave concern" on account of their high and rising daily COVID-19 ca...
02 Apr, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
May not be new wave yet, vaccination plus Covid protocol key to quell surge in cases: ScientistsRakesh Mishra, director of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), warned that there could be a new wave if the cur...
13 Mar, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
Joe Biden elevates science post to cabinet levelThe former vice-president will have to grapple with a nation hard-hit by Covid-19: known infections have surpassed 23 million with almost 4...
16 Jan, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Herculean efforts paid off, Vardhan to scientists on COVID-19 vaccine approvalIndia's drugs regulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously develo...
04 Jan, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
Has Delhi's corona curve plateaued? Experts say testing patterns could hold the keyAt the core of Delhi's transition from a corona capitalto a model city where the number of COVID-19 cases has been consistently falling is ...
22 Jul, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
- Customised drugs will be the way forward: Royyuru
Ajay Royyuru, who heads the Computational Biology Center at IBM Research, is doing ground-breaking work in personalised, information-based ...
22 Dec, 2007, 06.06 AM IST