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Fungi in cancer: revealing deeper relationships
(0)Why do cancer biopsy samples show presence of fungi? Why is it that the fungal species found are specific to different types of cancers? Is it that the tumour environment allows fungi to invade? Or is it that fungi convert normal cells into cancerous ones? Read on to find answers.
Protecting brine shrimp from vibriosis: Probiotic bacteria
The brine shrimp, used for toxicity tests in labs, is an important fish feed in aquariums and aquaculture. But commercial scale breeding of brine shrimp faces risk of bacterial infections. Researchers have found a way to protect brine shrimp from bacterial infections by using probiotic bacteria. M S Shivakumar reports.
Malignant Melanomas in India
Melanoma patients in India have a pattern of mutations that is different from the pattern seen worldwide, say researchers from the Homi Bhabha National Institute. While 75% of the patients in global sample have mutations in two genes, Indians cases have only 31%. A Anuradha reports.
Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methanol
To keep carbon dioxide emissions under control, convert the green-house gas into methanol. To do this, there is a simple method developed recently by scientists at CSIR-NCL Pune and IIT Palakkad. Ajesh Zacchariah reports.
Chitosan Properties: source matters
More than two decades ago, a team from CSIR-NCL started inquiring into the basic science of the felicity of fungi to shift forms between yeast and hyphae. Now they are homing in on applications. Here are the details of the first one.
Detecting Ovarian Cancer
Researchers from IIT Hyderabad and IIT Bombay collaborated to come up with a method to detect ovarian cancer. They attached antibodies against fibronectin, a protein, to porous carbon derived from sweet corn husk to make the biosensor.
Garlic Quality and Yield: effects of sulphur
Quality of garlic depends on allicin and other sulphur containing compounds. What is the optimum sulphur fertilisation for better quality and higher yield? Researchers from two ICAR organisations in Pune investigate. Read more for the results.
Black Hole Eats Neutron Star: Gravitational wave ripples through laser beams on earth
Within the last five years, gravitational observatories have reported detecting a few dozen gravitational wave events in the universe. Here is a report on two such events caused by coalescing of black hole and neutron star.
The Wettest Place on Earth: Rainfall Shifts in the North-East
While examining the rainfall data from the North-East, Indian meteorologists discover that the wettest place on the earth has shifted from Cherrapunji to Mawsynram. What could be the reason? Read on.
LIGO overcomes seismic noise
LIGO can detect gravitational waves caused by celestial events millions of kilometres away. But quakes caused by events a few kilometres under the earth can mess up the results. Read on to see how scientists overcame the problem.
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