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A scientist holds a genetically modified (GM) rapeseed crop in New Delhi. File image for representation.

Norms eased for GM crop research

Norms eased for GM crop research

The guidelines circumvent challenges of using foreign genes to change crops profile

File image of harvested organs being shifted to a hospital.

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Skyroot successfully test fires space launch vehicle ‘Vikram-1’ rocket stage

A researcher holding an mRNA type vaccine candidate for COVID-19. File

Some short-term benefit of additional booster dose of mRNA vaccine in health workers: WHO

A wound on mice got disinfected by applying the material and also the healing was faster.

Biomaterial from fungal extract helps heal wounds

Chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, gibbons have blood groups containing AB, A, B and O, just like humans.

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The blood groups of humans and primates

Naked: Unlike other structures in the cell, the RNA granules are not covered and confined by a membrane.

First step in treating some neurodegenerative disorders

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Lead in cars was banned in the US in 1996, but as a consequence, Americans born before 1996 may now be at greater risk for lead-related health problems as several had worryingly high lead exposures as children.

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The functioning of the ISS after sanctions

Will the U.S.’s stiff curbs on Russia affect their collaboration on the International Space Station?

The genetic variants causing severe COVID-19

What is the GenoMICC research project? Will the identification of new genes aid the development of new treatments for the disease?

The search for the ‘cosmic dawn’ of first light is far from over

Scientists at the Raman Research Institute continue the decade-long quest

A home-made analogy that helps study solar spicules in the lab

Paint poured on the mouth of the speaker, when fed music, breaks out in spicule-like jets

Question Corner | How do damaged plants warn neighbours about herbivore attacks?

Children more unlikely to produce antibodies

Study comparing adults and children was done when Wuhan strain was in circulation; results may not hold true for Delta and Omicron

What causes the interrupted sleep of the elderly?

Lateral hypothalamus plays an outsized role in wakefulness, feeding behaviour, learning and sleep

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Maybe this world is another planet’s hell: Aldous Huxley

What do we know about the newest crater on the moon?

This is the first recorded unintentional case of space junk hitting the moon.

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U.S. man who got first pig heart transplant dies two months after surgery

David Bennett, 57, died on March 8 at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call

WHO said it is continuing to monitor the global spread of omicron, including a “stealth” version known as BA.2, which has been documented to have

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