IIT Guwahati team succeeds in regenerating damaged nerve
Rats with regenerated sciatic nerve exhibited significantly better walking pattern. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have
Read MoreCheaper TB diagnostic test developed in India enters final validation stage
A cheaper, locally developed molecular diagnostic test, Truenat MTB, for drug-sensitive and rifampicin-resistant TB is entering the final leg of
Read MoreAir pollutants reduce India’s solar power generation by 17%
In India, particulate matter deposited on solar panels and present in the ambient air is responsible for about 17% reduction
Read MoreSun Pharma, NIV to jointly test drugs for Zika, chikungunya and dengue
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune signed an agreement for testing phytopharmaceutical, biologic and
Read MorePrior infection with dengue does not increase Zika disease severity
Dengue virus has four serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) and while infection by one serotype results in lifelong immunity
Read MoreIISER Pune researchers produce a novel drug-delivery system to kill cancer cells
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune have developed a novel cancer drug-delivery system using
Read MoreFlat lying posture doesn’t do much for stroke treatment
There is no significant difference in the disability outcomes for patients who have suffered acute stroke, whether they received treatment
Read MoreDid LIGO really detect Gravitational Wave signals or was it just noise?
After the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) first observed Gravitational Waves in September 2015 and then again in December 2015 and
Read MoreHyderabad researchers grow miniature eyes using stem cells
Researchers at the Hyderabad-based L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) have successfully grown miniature eye-like organs that closely resemble the developing
Read MoreCabell’s: “Our predatory journal Blacklist differs from Jeffrey Beall’s”
Five months after Jeffrey Beall, librarian at the University of Colorado, Denver, shut down his widely consulted blog (Scholarly Open
Read MoreAt last, Jeffrey Beall reveals the reasons for shutting down his blog on predatory journals
Unlike what most people had guessed, it was not a lawsuit from any of the predatory journal publishers that
Read MoreProbability of dying due to heat waves increases in India
The mean temperature across India has risen by 0.5 degree C during the period 1960 and 2009 and this has
Read MoreIISc’s blood cancer drug shows early promise
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru have synthesised a small molecule that shows a degree of promise
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