April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Year: 2018

Drug developmentDrugsHealthResearchScienceTuberculosis (TB)

NCL-led team improves stability, bioavailability of FDC drug for TB

By turning to crystal engineering, the NCL-led team of researchers has improved the physical stability and bioavailability of a fixed-dose combination

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Climate changeEnvironmentGlobal warmingResearchScience

Short, heavy spells get a new name – mini-cloud burst

Researchers at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune have coined a new term — mini-cloud burst — to define rainfall in excess of

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HealthResearchScience

Podcast: How cholesterol helps bacterial toxins kill cells

IISc researchers have found cholesterol present in cell membrane playing a central role in the two-step process of stabilising and

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Breast cancerHealthPodcastResearchScience

Podcast: Drug loaded in nanovesicles improves cancer drug delivery

IISER Pune researchers have increased the uptake of poorly water-soluble anticancer drug by loading it in nanovesicles that self-assemble. The nanovesicles

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Breast cancerCancerHealthResearchScience

IISER Pune team uses nanovesicles to improve cancer drug delivery

IISER Pune researchers have increased the uptake of poorly water-soluble anticancer drug by loading it in nanovesicles that self-assemble. The

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ResearchScience

IISc researchers find cholesterol helps bacterial toxins kill cells

IISc researchers found cholesterol present in cell membrane plays a central role in the two-step process of stabilising and binding

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CancerDiagnosticsHealthResearchScience

A new blood test could detect early stage melanoma in more than 80% of patients

Mel Ziman, Edith Cowan University   Melanoma kills more than 1,700 Australians every year, which is more than the national

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EcologyEvolutionary biologyResearchScience

Himender Bharti gets honoured, has an ant species named after him

A new ant species discovered from the southern foothills of Pir Panjal Himalayas in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir is

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PodcastResearchScienceStem cells

Podcast: Prolonging the stemness of mesenchymal stem cells

In a breakthrough, IIT Bombay researchers could ensure that human mesenchymal stem cells could multiply and retain their stemness (stem

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PodcastResearchScience

Podcast: Developing bioactive wound dressing, skin graft

IIT Guwahati researchers have developed bioactive wound dressings and bio-artificial skin by using silkworm silk fibroin as matrix and coating it

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ResearchScienceStem cells

IIT Bombay team achieves breakthrough in stem cell proliferation

In a breakthrough, IIT Bombay researchers could ensure that human mesenchymal stem cells could multiply and retain their stemness (stem

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ResearchScience

IIT Guwahati use silk to develop bioactive wound dressing, skin graft

IIT Guwahati researchers have developed bioactive wound dressings and bio-artificial skin by using silkworm silk fibroin as matrix and coating it

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HealthHIVWHOWorld Health Organisation

Trump team weakened global efforts to control marketing of baby formula

By Susie Neilson  Changes made to an international breastfeeding resolution under pressure from the Trump administration are more extensive than

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