mindsetSunaina RaoPaving The Way to InnovationHow interest in fields outside your established area of interest, can help in integrative thinking.
plantsSunaina RaoThe 'Evergreen' Tradition of Christmas TreesWhy Christmas trees stay green all year long and its relevance to the Christmas culture.
humansSunaina RaoSexual Division of Labour May Be Less ‘Natural’ Than What We ThinkMan the hunter and woman the gatherer? Well maybe not, in the more ancient human societies.
crisprSunaina RaoThe CRISPR-Cas Story How a serendipitous observation led us to edit the code of life.
plasticSunaina RaoThe Earth is Drowning in Plastic. Will Enzymes from this Plastic Eating Bacteria Provide New Hope?Scientists show how re-engineering enzymes from a plastic eating bacteria, can provide us new avenues in plastic degradation.
vaccinesSunaina RaoVaccines - What are They and How are They Made?A peep into the different kinds of vaccines and how they work.
immunesystemSunaina RaoHow Does The Immune System Work? (Part 2)The war rages on – The adaptive immune system.
immunesystemSunaina RaoHow Does The Immune System Work? (Part 1)The fascinating story of the warriors in our body - The innate immune system.
coronavirusSunaina RaoHow does soap kill the Corona Virus particle?A simple soap bar can instantly crumble the entire framework of the Corona Virus particle, rendering it inactive. But how does it do this?
cellsSunaina RaoWhat would spill out if you burst a cell open?Imagine you pulled out a single cell from your body and burst it open. What do you think would spill out of it?
cancerSunaina RaoThe adventurous journey of a cancer cellThe long tiring journey of a cancer cell from its site of origin to a distant metastatic organ.
atomsDevadas Vivek and Sampath AmitashPhysicists watch 3 individual atoms collideFor the first time, physicists isolated individual atoms and dropped them together and watch them collide. What did they see?
humanbodyDevadas VivekStudy Identifies New Cellular Temperature RegulatorsHave you ever wondered why 37°C or 98.6°F is considered normal body temperature? Why do we feel differently when our body temperature changes?
atmosphereDevadas VivekMethane: How Much Does Human Activity Contribute to The EnvironmentScientists just discovered that there has been about 25 to 40% under-estimation of human contribution to methane in our atmosphere.
solarsystemDevadas VivekWhen was Earth Formed? Sooner Than We ThoughtBy measuring iron isotopes, researchers show that our planet originally formed much faster and provide new insights on planetary formation.
virusesSunaina Rao and Devadas VivekWhen your cells go viralHow viruses can take over your cells and dictate them to do their bidding!
ecologyDevadas VivekPanamanian Snakes Under Threat After Mass Extinction of AmphibiansIn 2004, a fungal disease wiped out local amphibian population in Panama, thereby cutting off the food source of these snakes.
spaceDevadas VivekA weird shaped rock provides insights into how our planets formedIn 2019, the New Horizons Space Probe discovered this rock, called Arrokoth, in the outer solar system beyond Neptune.
cellsSunaina RaoThe Story of The CellFrom a primitive packet of molecules to complex multicellular plants and animals, the history of the cell spans billions of years.
cancerDevadas VivekUsing 'gene counts' to target cancer stem cellsCancer stem cells are believed to be the drivers of tumour growth and relapse in a cancer cell population.
spaceDevadas VivekSpace Missions: 6 exciting launches in 2020Exciting launches from NASA, ESA and other space agencies lined-up throughout 2020.
cellsDevadas VivekThe cell's internal structure revealed in exquisite 3DResearchers combined two advanced microscopy techniques to uncover the internal structure of cells in three-dimension, with an astonishing detail.
monkeysDevadas VivekThe relationship strategy of Red Titi Monkey couplesDivision of labour seems to be crucial for pair-bonding and to maintain a relationship.
microbiologyDevadas VivekFloral patterns in microbial culturesNaturally beautiful patterns emerged when two species of bacteria were cultured together.
cancerSunaina RaoNanoparticles in the Delivery of Chemotherapeutic DrugsNano-particles behave very much like heavy duty trucks with a GPS tracker.
meteoriteDevadas VivekSuizhou Meteorite Provides Insights into Earth's MantleA meteorite that has experienced pressures similar to the Earth's lower mantle.
cancerSunaina RaoCan Tissue Fibrosis Influence Metastasis?The role of fibrosis in cancer progression.
sunDevadas VivekFirst Results From Parker Solar Probe Reveal the Sun's Weird Magnetic FieldThe Parker Solar Probe is heading towards the sun. Its aim is to understand the atmosphere of the sun in detail.
chemistryDevadas VivekObserving chemical reactions in ultra slow motionAt ultra-low temperatures, molecules have so little energy that, in effect, their reactivity is slowed down.
stemcellsDevadas VivekGene Regulating Blood Stem Cells' Maintenance IdentifiedThis gene called MLLT3 regulated the production of more than 800 proteins, many of which are essential for the maintenance of blood stem cells
plantsDevadas VivekA third of Earth’s land plants are rareThese rare plants were also found to be clustering in only a few regions on Earth.
europaDevadas Vivek and Sampath AmitashSeeking life on EuropaEuropa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter and is a prime candidate for extra-terrestrial life.
oxygenSunaina RaoOxygen sensing in our cellsThe 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine was awarded to the discovery of how cells sense oxygen. Here is a brief summary of the research.
nucleusSunaina RaoThe hustle inside the nucleusThe nucleus really is a jungle of busy, hustling biomolecules and here I represent a minuscule of what really goes on in there.
