Collagen secretion can be controlled now
Researchers have identified an enzyme that controls how much our cells secrete collagen
Jun 11, 2018, 11:43 AM IST
Mystery behind birth of Saturn's rings solved
Observations show that Saturn's rings are made of more than 95 per cent icy particles, while the rings of Uranus and Neptune are darker and may have higher rock content.
Nov 01, 2016, 14:40 PM IST
Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine!
Ohsumi's work on autophagy - how the body breaks down and recycles cellular components - helps explain what goes wrong in a range of diseases, from cancer to Parkinson's.
Oct 03, 2016, 15:36 PM IST
New tiny ingestible `robot` may soon make surgeries history
Researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound.
May 15, 2016, 10:57 AM IST
