Bengaluru: Professional and amateur astronomers alike in North America’s Canada, the US, and Mexico are gearing up…
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How does our brain form long-term memories? By breaking & repairing DNA, US study finds
Bengaluru: DNA damage in the brain and its subsequent repair helps cement long-term memories, a new…
Soon, ISRO’s rubidium atomic clock will determine time on your smartphone & laptop. What it is
Bengaluru: Joining a club of four other countries, India is all set to sync Indian computers with…
Boston man gets genetically modified pig’s kidney in world’s first such transplant
Bengaluru: American surgeons have successfully transplanted a kidney fully from a genetically modified pig into a…
IISc study finds 93% of Bengaluru lost lake & forest cover since 1970s. How city can change its course
Bengaluru: Bengaluru, which is fighting blistering heat and a water crisis, is bracing for a tough…
US has dealt final blow to asbestos. But this carcinogen is still widely used in India
Bengaluru: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday announced a ban on the only type of…
It’s the brain, not the gut! What new findings reveal about semaglutide weight-loss drug
Bengaluru: The blockbuster semaglutide class of diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have made…
From Amazon basin to South & Central America — study follows journey cacao plant made 5,000 yrs ago
New Delhi: The Theobroma cacao plant, used to make chocolate, is native to South America’s Amazonian region. Yet, in…
A massive genetic study tells us about Indians’ ancestry; perplexing presence of Neanderthals in it
Bengaluru: Scientists have sequenced and analysed the largest genome set yet from South Asia to trace the…
India’s 1st dolphin research centre inaugurated in Patna, will help in study of Gangetic Dolphins
Patna: On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s first-ever dolphin research centre in Patna. Built…