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Ground-breaking studies in mice have shown that engram cells encoding a memory can actually be identified

Grey matter: The brain's exhaustive memory bank

Studies by scientists have shown in many ways that forced activation of memory engram cells' can result in recall of the...

12 Oct 2017 1:35 AM IST

Biopiracy: Right over Tibetan medicine

Biopiracy: Right over Tibetan medicine

China tries to stake claim over Sowa Rigpa which has a significant Indian influence on the Tibetan medicine.

12 Oct 2017 1:29 AM IST

In tests on tissues from 253 cancer patients, the MasSpec Pen took 10 seconds to provide a diagnosis and was more than 96 per cent accurate.

Cutting edge: Detecting cancer tissue in 10 seconds

The revolutionary MasSpec Pen accurately identifies cancerous tissues and the words Normal' or Cancer' automatically...

26 Sept 2017 12:38 AM IST

Fidget spinners

Spin doctor: A spin for the fidgety soul

Taking the urban youth by a spin, fidget spinners have taken the world by storm and found their way into our pockets.

26 Sept 2017 12:35 AM IST

Rohan M. Ganapathy, CEO and director, Bellatrix Aerospace, and Yashas Karanam, director and COO, Bellatrix Corporation, receiving an award from then President Pranab Mukherjee earlier this year.

Final frontier: Sky is the limit for 2 IISc start-ups

Rocket science? Bellatrix Aerospace and Astrome Technologies could well be one up on SpaceX, OneWeb, Boeing.

26 Sept 2017 12:33 AM IST

A digital project Racial Microaggression features minority students, who highlight the everyday prejudice they face. (Photo: Kim Kiyun)

Subtle racism: Stories of an invisible' prejudice

A blog and digital project records accounts of microaggression or subtle slights faced by minorities all over.

18 Sept 2017 1:56 AM IST

Deepak Raj quit his job at Infosys and offers online Ironman coaching to aspiring endurance athletes and triathletes, under the name Tri-a-newlife.

Runversation: Triathletes have the will, the body follows

Deepak ranks among the top triathletes in India with 18 full ironman finishes to his credit.

18 Sept 2017 1:56 AM IST

The innovative idea of spreading water pollution awareness has taken the virtual space by storm.

Taste of waste: Deadly popsicles up for grabs!

These delicious-looking but deadly ice candies cleverly highlight the global problem of water pollution.

18 Sept 2017 1:56 AM IST

The search for settlement and peace only leads to disenchantment if the journey stops with the fulfilment of the desire to discover peace.

Mind matters: Exploring philosophical fundamentals of peace

What is Peaceâ€is a question that disturbs the silence experienced by the philosopher and the political scientist.

10 Sept 2017 8:23 AM IST

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, known as good cholesterol, might not be all that good, according to a recent study by the University of Copenhagen.

Health and you: Too much good cholesterol is also too bad

While the normal amount of HDL is 40 milligrams, 60 is considered high.

10 Sept 2017 8:17 AM IST

A new technology makes glass provide uniform colour of daylight, reduce glare and heat while maintaining outside view.

Living daylight: Open the doors for smart windows

They also help in energy conservation by bringing in natural light and thereby reducing the need for electric lighting.

10 Sept 2017 8:10 AM IST

The Net is dominated by a handful of gargantuan enterprises: Google which controls 80 per cent of global search; Amazon, which lands 50 per cent of all product buys; aspirants such as Facebook and Microsoft and Apple, who are just getting their own act together.

Ad nauseam: Bot attack!

It seems that all those clicks that you, as advertiser, paid for, many of them were not clicked by humans but by clever...

3 Sept 2017 4:22 AM IST