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Centre Keen on NEET-2 for Medical Admissions This Year, States May Be Exempted

J. Venkatesan 05/05/2016

Since all states strongly opposed NEET and sought exemption...

Laser Brain Cancer Treatment May Bring Extra Advantage

Ben Gruber 05/05/2016

The laser technology, approved by the US Food and...

Scientists Grow Two-Week-Old Human Embryos in Lab for the First Time

Kate Kelland 05/05/2016

The work, covered in two studies published on May...

Numerical simulation of two merging black holes performed by the Albert Einstein Institute in Germany: what this rendition shows through colors is the degree of perturbation of the spacetime fabric, the so-called gravitational waves. Caption & credit: nasablueshirt/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Thirty-Seven Indians Among LIGO Scientists to Win Special Breakthrough Prize

The Wire Staff 05/05/2016

On the back of the Indian scientists' commitment, an...

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Uttarakhand Forests Have Burnt Before, but Let Them Not Burn in Vain

Prakriti Mukerjee 04/05/2016

Maybe enough time has passed for us to treat...

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States Strongly Oppose NEET as SC Bench Indicates They Must Fall in Line

J. Venkatesan 03/05/2016

The bench was hearing petitions from various states and...

A molecule called IRF3 had recently been identified as crucial for the body to activate an innate immune response against polynephritis. Mice without the Irf3 gene developed severe symptoms, uncontrolled inflammation and kidney damage. Credit: scoregasm/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Can We Fight Bacterial Infections by Killing ‘Bad’ Inflammation?

Nandita Jayaraj 02/05/2016

As resistance to antibiotics peaks, alternative strategies to fight...