news M4PNews| New Delhi Indian scientists have developed new sensor-based technique for detecting the presence of S. pyogenes bacteria, the most common cause of throat infections. It is claimed to be a quick and cost-effective. The device, a DNA chip-based sensor, consists of a carbon electrode embedded with gold nanoparticles to improve electronic properties. Many … Read more
Courtesy: India Science News M4PNews|Delhi Spices make our food tasty. Now we have another reason to enjoy them more often. A group of Indian scientists have found that cardamonin, a chemical found in cardamom and other edible plants like ginger and peppercorn, is effective in preventing and controlling colorectal cancer in mice. Researchers at the … Read more
Courtesy: India Science News M4PNews | Shillong India had a neonatal mortality rate of 25.4 per 1,000 live birth last year. In other words, an average of little more than 25 children out of 1,000 live births died within 28 days of their births. It is significantly more than the global average of 19 … Read more
Courtesy: India Science News M4PNews | Shillong Disaster management authorities are all set to get a new tool to handle tsunamis. They will be able to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast. This will mark a significant jump from the present forecasting system which … Read more
By Dinesh C Sharma at India Science News M4PNews|Delhi Saving a life in an emergency room of a hospital can be as tough and challenging as launching a rocket. Both situations involve great team effort, quick decision making and precise working of machines. Even smallest of human or equipment error could be disastrous in … Read more
Courtesy: India Science Wire M4PNews|Delhi The war against dengue could soon get a new weapon. Scientists at the New Delhi-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) are in the final stages of developing a new antiviral that promises to tackle all the four types of dengue virus. Disclosing this, Naveen Khanna senior scientist … Read more
Courtesy: India Science Wire M4PNews|Delhi Scientists hope to have a formidable weapon against tuberculosis in the form of a new vaccine very soon. Called VPM 1002, the vaccine is based on the BCG vaccine that is in use. Only, it promises to be more powerful and efficacious. BCG provides protection to children and not to … Read more
Courtesy: India Science Wire M4PNews| Delhi Indian researchers are trying to understand the mystery of muscle related problems like Muscle Dystrophy, a progressive muscle disorder where muscles fail to recover after damage, using advances in stem cell science. At the National Center for Biological Sciences-TIFR, Bangalore, researchers have discovered a new population of stem cells … Read more
M4PNews|Jalandhar Punjab has begun experiencing impacts of climate change and urgent steps are needed to help farming communities adapt to this, said experts at a two-day State level Media Workshop on Climate Change which began here today. The workshop was organized by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forests … Read more
NO IMPOSITION OF TAX ON KEEPING OF PETS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT M4PNews | Chandigarh The Local Government Department, Punjab, has made it clear that the news reported in sections of media regarding imposition of tax upon keeping the pets in the urban areas is totally baseless and devoid of facts. Clarifying the position, a spokesman … Read more