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Environment

Revolutionary polymer design balances toughness and recyclability

Pranjal Malewar

Plastics can be both tough and recyclable.

Immune cells
Health

Immune cell healing enhanced by Treg

Dr. Prajakta Banik

While past research focused on adjusting a patient's immune cells, new studies explore delivering specific cells.

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Biology

Scientists identified a protein that prevents cellular ageing

Amit Malewar

A tidy cell seems to keep aging at bay.

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Technology

New approach overcomes long-standing limitations in optics

Amit Malewar

A breakthrough in Mie scattering.

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Technology

How to teach androids to smile through human faces?

Amit Malewar

Japanese researchers have been studying the mechanical details of real human facial expressions.

Serious sporty man stretching leg outdoors
Health

New findings on warming-up and muscle performance

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Myosin and tropomyosin-troponin's role in muscle heat activation.

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Biology

Protein safeguards for fertility preservation

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Tejas: Key player in nuage assembly and precursor processing for drosophila piRNA biogenesis.

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Health

A new study finds the possible cause of inner-ear bone loss

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Activin A-producing fibroblasts cause bone destruction in cholesteatomas.

Image showing woman's tear duct
Health

Scientists developed tear duct organoids

Pranjal Malewar

Nothing to cry about: the development of tear duct organoids.

ionic heat dissipation
Technology

Measuring thermal effects of ionic flow through a nanopore

Amit Malewar

Nanopores feel the heat.

Theoretical prediction of the image of the black hole from the table-top experiment. The radius of the ring depends on the temperature. The image of the black hole is deformed as the observation point θobs is varied. Credit: Osaka University
Science

New holographic method to simulate black holes with tabletop experiment

Amit Malewar

The holographic image of a simulated black hole, if observed by this tabletop experiment, may serve as an entrance to the world of quantum...

Outline of the drug delivery system (DDS) created in this study
Health

Anticancer drugs distributed by a new drug delivery system reduces tumor size

Amit Malewar

Scientists at the Osaka University in collaboration with Tokyo Tech have developed a new type of drug delivery system that uses a poly (ethylene glycol)–poly(lysine) block...

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