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Bacteria are enclosed by protective cell walls, made from a unique substance called peptidoglycan. This material is absent in other life forms, including humans, which is why many antibiotics target …

Earthquakes are usually natural — but not always. Sometimes some natural factors can combine with human activities to lead to earthquakes as well. Quakes induced by human activities are called …

Microscopic image of cross-sectional calf muscle from a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy showing extensive replacement of muscle fibres by fat cells. | Photo Credit: US CDC About 10,000 rare …

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In a first, starting this year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will award negative scores to higher educational …

CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) is planning to go ahead with the next stage larger-scale trials of the indigenously developed mRNA vaccine technology for tackling …

Seeds of two rice varieties, horse gram, tomato, sesame and brinjal were sent to the ISS. Photo: Special Arrangement With Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the rest of the Axiom-4 …

Figure 1 in the 2009 study showing a map of India with the origins of the 25 groups examined. | Photo Credit: DOI:10.1038/nature08365 How and from where did we, the …

A fire officer stands next to the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft in Ahmedabad, June 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The fuel control switches on a Boeing …

A ram air turbine deployed in an Airbus A320. | Photo Credit: Curimedia (CC BY) A preliminary investigation by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has said the Air India Boeing …

In this screenshot via @Axiom_Space on X on June 7, 2025, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and others aboard the International Space Station as part of a commercial mission by Axiom …