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  • Primitive multicellular clusters used metabolically driven flows for exponential growth

    Primitive multicellular clusters used metabolically driven flows for exponential growth

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    21 June 2025

    At least 20 times in the history of evolution, and possibly several times more, single-celled organisms have transitioned i

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  • Newly discovered histone variant provides resilience to rice plants against salt stress

    Newly discovered histone variant provides resilience to rice plants against salt stress

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    12 June 2025

    In most organisms, excluding archaea and a few eubacteria, histones–

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  • Butterflies hid secrets of species evolution behind their mimicry

    Butterflies hid secrets of species evolution behind their mimicry

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    09 June 2025

    Papilio polytes

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  • How Scientists Are Solving Tiger-Livestock Conflicts in India

    How Scientists Are Solving Tiger-Livestock Conflicts in India

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    19 May 2025

    Wildlife management is a balancing act, especially where predators like tigers share space with people and their livestock, tussling to co-exist in human-dominated, fragmented landscapes.

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  • Hacking time for improving cancer therapies

    Hacking time for improving cancer therapies

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    14 May 2025

    Taking the right medicine is not always enough to cure a disease.

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  • How Himalayan plants adapt to life on the edge

    How Himalayan plants adapt to life on the edge

    Research Explained
    02 May 2025

    In high mountain environments, plants live on a tight schedule.

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  • Brain’s inherent smart sensors that track cell health, signal onset of neurodegenerative disorders

    Brain’s inherent smart sensors that track cell health, signal onset of neurodegenerative disorders

    Research Explained
    10 March 2025

    A latest study from National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR) has proposed that a key protein found in the brain can act as a natural smart sensor hinting at impending neurodegeneration in cells.

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  • A new target for defeating tuberculosis

    A new target for defeating tuberculosis

    Research Explained
    03 March 2025

    One of the difficult and never-ending struggles of our time is Tuberculosis, a disease caused by

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  • Two Decades of Tiger Conservation in India: Hope for global megafauna recovery

    Two Decades of Tiger Conservation in India: Hope for global megafauna recovery

    Research Explained
    31 January 2025

    A new study published in Science showcases the remarkable recovery of India's tiger population.

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  • Alternate Life Form: Mirror bacteria could pose unprecedented risks

    Alternate Life Form: Mirror bacteria could pose unprecedented risks

    Research Explained
    13 December 2024

    Many of the building blocks of life, such as nucleic acid and proteins, are asymmetrical. They can exist in one of two possible mirror-image forms, and their mirror images cannot be superimposed on each other. For instance, amino acids are predominantly “left-handed”, while sugars are “right-handed”. This property is known as chirality, and it plays a critical role in the building blocks of life.

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