The study from IISc found a previously unidentified yeast-like symbiont inside the lac insect Kerria lacca, which gives the insect its distinctive red colour and, may also provide other nutrients in return for shelter.

Health

Bengaluru
16 Jun 2025

The study sheds light on a crucial protein, PfPPM2, which controls asexual division and switching between the sexual forms in Malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, both of which are key to disease transmission.

Mumbai
12 Jun 2025

Researchers at IIT Bombay studied how blood drops dried on tilted surfaces and what the cracks that are left behind can tell us about the blood drop.

Mumbai
5 Jun 2025

Researchers at IIT Bombay uncover how strain fields produced by embedded inhomogeneities within biomaterials influence cell alignment, reshaping our understanding of cell behaviour in development, disease, and tissue engineering.

Guwahati
31 May 2025

They used computer simulations to design a microchip with micro-channels and then separate the different cells in the blood into the channels with Dielectrophoresis

Mumbai
27 May 2025

Task-based tests reveal that PCOS impacts women’s focused and divided attention, decreasing speed of response by about 56% and accuracy by about 10%.

Chennai
19 May 2025

Researchers explored how extra hot days, called temperature shocks, are directly linked to household water poverty.

Hyderabad
16 May 2025

Researchers designed a new molecule called compound 7c that targets a specific HDAC called HDAC3, known to play a key role in the development and spread of aggressive breast cancer.

Bengaluru
9 May 2025

Researchers study how auditory epithelial cells in chicks simultaneously coordinate position and orientation to arrange themselves lining the inner ear.

Mumbai
3 May 2025

A data-driven approach to study the mechanisms underlying altered reward processing in individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.

Prayagraj
25 Apr 2025

New research maps the presence of drug-resistant bacteria and their genes floating in the air across diverse locations in Prayagraj, India, highlighting potential public health risks.