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Health

Is hydrogel the future of more convenient HIV treatment?

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Creating long-lasting antiretroviral injectables with smart drug design.

Researchers develop world’s first non-toxic aluminium-ion battery
Invention

Researchers develop world’s first non-toxic aluminium-ion battery

Ashwini Sakharkar

The new aluminum radical battery promises more sustainable power.

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Biology

DNA folds into complex shapes

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A simple and rapid method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

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Chemistry

New treatment targets both good and bad gut bacteria

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Calcium tungstate microgel: A new hope for colitis treatment.

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Health

Color-changing material shows when medications get too warm

Vidya Nagalwade

Structural color liquids can be used to indicate time-temperature changes.

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Health

Coffee with milk has an anti-inflammatory effect in humans

Pranjal Malewar

A combination of proteins and antioxidants doubles the anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells.

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Space

Simulating a cosmic evolution to study life origins

Amit Malewar

Scientists sought to explore how amino acids and amines may have formed.

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Health

Scientists created hairpins using artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells

Pranjal Malewar

Artificial DNA kills cancer.

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Environment

A new mechanism for efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide

Ashwini Sakharkar

Scientists designed new molecules, innovating a new pathway for CO2 conversion.

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Health

Scientists invent transistor helps to detect cancer cell marker

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in breast cancer cell lines can be detected using a transistor.

Research in theoretical chemistry involve advanced simulations on supercomputers
Invention

Making stable aromatic molecules reactive with light

Pranjal Malewar

Reactions of this type are known as photochemical reactions.

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