The study found that the protein Tropomodulin-1 (TMOD1) and the FGFR-ERK signalling pathway are the essential molecular machinery that physically separates a mature Hydra bud from its parent.

Science

Mumbai

New research identifies specific molecules that mediate transport of lipids inside a cell and to the bloodstream 

Bengaluru

In an exclusive interaction with Research Matters, leading scientists, including three Infosys Prize winners and a jury member, highlighted that a greater thrust on science was the need of the hour. They were sharing their impressions on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new office of the Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) that was inaugurated recently. 

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Mumbai

Study of plastic-lined farm ponds in orchard farming and its impact on society

Mumbai

Researchers at IIT Bombay devise a new technique to identify the presence of tiny invisible plastic pollutants using microwave radiation.

Kanpur

A new microfluidic chip holder from IIT Kanpur is flexible and reliable and allows microscopy imaging.

Mumbai

Exploiting quantum defects in diamond to image fast-changing weak magnetic fields 

Bengaluru

A new study by researchers at IIT Kanpur offers insights into air pollution in two cities across the Indo-Gangetic plains.

Mumbai

Large pan-India studies show that exercise in adulthood and education in childhood is associated with better cognitive functioning in older adults

Maharasthra

Researchers and biodiversity experts have discovered a new species of dragonfly, Burmagomphus chaukulensis, from near a stream in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra.

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