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Category: Radiation

Posted on November 9, 2019November 21, 2019

IISc: Natural shield protects certain DNA regions from radiation damage

IISc researchers found that certain regions of the genome rich in four-stranded DNA  — G-quadruplexes (G4-DNA) — are more resistant to radiation damage. As a result, there are fewer DNA breaks…

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Posted on October 12, 2019

NPL synthesises novel security ink

NPL researchers have synthesised a security ink that emits intense red colour due to fluorescence when exposed to 254 nm wavelength UV and emits green colour due to phosphorescence soon…

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Posted on August 18, 2018August 19, 2018

Social factors too determine skin colour of Indians

Researchers from CCMB and other international institutions have found that socio-cultural factors had a bigger influence on skin colour variation in Indians than genetics (6.4%) and environmental factors (16%). While the…

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Posted on June 27, 2018June 28, 2018

Tamil Nadu networks all CT, MRI machines in public hospitals for better healthcare delivery

Tamil Nadu will become the first State in the country to virtually connect all 58 CT and 18 MRI machines located in different government hospitals in the State. The fully…

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Posted on April 7, 2018April 8, 2018

IIT Gandhinagar team takes initial step to treat breast, prostate cancer

IIT Gandhinagar researchers have successfully produced large quantity of a biologically active protein involved in DNA damage response pathway in breast and prostate cancer cells. A handful of small molecules synthesised by them…

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Posted on September 30, 2017September 30, 2017

NIIST researchers fabricate a wearable WiMAX antenna

The wearable WiMAX antenna is flexible, light weight and operates at around 3.37 GHertz. Since copper ink used for screen printing can get oxidised, the researchers used silver ink for printing…

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Posted on April 4, 2017April 4, 2017

Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood

John Mathews, University of Melbourne As a parent, should you be worried if your child needs to have a CT scan? CT (computed tomography) scans are special medical X-rays that…

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Posted on July 31, 2016March 2, 2017

The yawning gap in tuberculosis care in India

The dismal state of tuberculosis (TB) care in the private sector in India has been exposed by a November 2015 study (The Lancet) that employed a novel strategy of using…

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