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Mamannamana Vijayan: Pioneer of Macromolecular Crystallography in India
New Delhi, May 26 (ISW): Professor Mamannamana Vijayan, an eminent molecular biophysicist who made significant contributions to the study of amino acids, proteins, and macromolecules passed away in...
View ArticleVitamin B12 Protects from Thiol Antioxidant Toxicity
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali has revealed that the thiol reducing agent Dithiothreitol (DTT) causes toxicity by reducing the levels of...
View ArticleNew Compostable Plastic Material in the Offing
The Union Minister of Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh has approved a loan of Rs 1.15 crores to a Maharashtra-based start-up, M/s TGP Bioplastics to manufacture and commercialise a...
View ArticleStudy Identifies Gene That Could Help Fight Lethal Infection Candidiasis
A team of researchers from Bengaluru-based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research has identified a gene that holds the key to preventing the fungal infection Candidiasis that often...
View ArticleIntranasal COVID Vaccine Gets DCGA Emergency Use Authorisation
The Department of Biotechnology and its PSU, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, on Wednesday announced that the Drug Controller General of India had given emergency use authorization...
View ArticleICMR and IISc to Jointly Develop Hitech Hub-And-Spoke System for Improved...
Artificial Intelligence solutions for screening, diagnosis, and decision support hold a lot of promise to improve access to healthcare and boost productivity and effectiveness of human health resources...
View ArticleSensing Pressure Using Paper
Several industrial, automotive, and healthcare applications rely on accurate and precise measurement of pressure. Pressure sensors are used for this purpose. They detect the physical pressure and...
View ArticleWarm Northerly Winds Contributed to Antarctic’s Decreased Sea Ice Extent in...
A recent study conducted by researchers from the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, has revealed the reasons behind the lowest Antarctic Sea Ice Extent (SIE) in February 2022....
View ArticleEdible Plant-Based Ink for Safe Screen-Printing Applications
India has banned the manufacture, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items like plates, cups, straws, trays, polystyrene, and plastic carry bags from 1 July 2022. As an alternative, cotton,...
View ArticleProtein Complexes Assemble at The Cell Membrane in A Polarized Manner
Researchers at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCB), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have deciphered how specific essential protein complexes are distributed across two...
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