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

Norms eased for genetically modified crop research

Norms eased for genetically modified crop research

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

File image of harvested organs being shifted to a hospital.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On transplants

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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NASA’s 10 new astronauts: pilots, doctor, physicist, cyclist

More than 12,000 applied for the coveted spots. The 10 selected are in their 30s and 40s, and face two years of training before becoming eligible for

An innovation that can better protect power grids

High current surges, if unchecked, cause heating of the wires and perhaps melting and consequent short-circuits and fire accidents

Question Corner: Where did the Western Honey Bee come from?

Study finds mechanism of blood clots after giving Oxford vaccine

The rare adverse effect can follow vaccination using chimpanzee adenovirus Y25, human adenovirus type 26, and human adenovirus type 5

Was Omicron designated a variant of concern in haste?

It was termed a VOC three days after genome sequence data was posted

Indian-American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava among 3 selected for inaugural Ciprian Foias Prize

Along with Prof. Srivastava, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, the two other awardees are Adam Marcus and Daniel Spielman

New species found in Sikkim’s Dzongu, the ‘land of butterflies’

The closest relatives of the Chocolate-bordered Flitter are in southeastern China

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Space junk forces spacewalk delay, too risky for astronauts

It's the first time a spacewalk has been canceled because of threat from space junk

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