MIT biologists might have found the answer to why cancer cells do not metabolize sugar the same way the healthy cells do. In a study that appeared in Molecular Cell, the biologists show that this pathway helps cells to regenerate large quantities of a molecule called NAD+ which they need to synthesize DNA and other […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here and the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) have joined hands to work on seven collaborative projects including the development of herbal wound dressing, a fumigation device for aiding wound healing, and a herbal formulation to reduce the harmful effects of reusing cooking oil. “The amalgamation of traditional […]
Northwestern University researchers have developed a soft robot that is able to walk at human speed, pick up and transport cargo, climb up hills and much more. The robot is activated by light and without using any complex hardware, walks in the direction of an external rotating magnetic field. The research was published in the […]
The massive Greenland ice sheet could be facing a point of no return, beyond which it may no longer fully regrow, permanently changing sea levels around the world, warns a new study. Using computer simulations, the study, published in the journal The Cryosphere, analyzed how climate change could lead to irreversible sea-level rise as temperatures […]
Researchers have developed an injectable hydrogel derived from spirulina that can help accelerate wound repair in internal injuries and rapid healing in diabetic patients, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Thursday. Repeated dressing of diabetic wounds badly affects the healing process, while it is difficult to assess the wound repair in internal […]
Scientists have shown that glycine, an important building block of life, can form under the harsh conditions that govern chemistry in space, indicating that the molecule may form in dense interstellar clouds well before they transform into new stars and planets. The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, detected glycine in the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, […]
Scientists have laid out an approach to block a protein that the novel coronavirus uses to cut and disable crucial components of the immune system and to produce copies of itself, an advance that may lead to new drugs against COVID-19. The researchers, including those from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San […]
Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a method of genome editing likened to molecular scissors that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases and even cancer. Working on opposite sides of the Atlantic, Frenchwoman Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna developed a method known as […]
Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe. Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,” […]
A group of researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the effects of a standard immunotherapy drug to counter cancer could be enhanced by blocking the protein in TREM2. The study was published in the journal Cell, and this could show a new way for cancer research. “Essentially, […]
Indian scientists have suggested a method to convert the plastic used in personal protective equipment (PPE) into renewable liquid fuels, an advance that could help mitigate the problem of dumped PPE, currently being disposed of at unprecedented levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the study, published in the journal Biofuels, billions of items […]
