Funded in part by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, the project aims to advance understanding of brain development and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. CHENNAI: Five fetal brains, aged between 14 and 24 weeks, were cut into 20-micron slices – less than half the thickness of human hair – by scientists at IIT Madras to create … Read more
CHENNAI: Microbes found in the International Space Station (ISS) mutate faster to cope with the extreme environment, a study by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and IIT Madras have found. It may lead to methods to contain microbial contamination in hospitals as much as in spacecraft. The researchers studied multi-drug resistant pathogens with a particular … Read more
Curated By: Shahrukh Shah Last Updated: January 27, 2024, 16:21 IST Representational image. (File photo) The Southern Railway’s 216 route km (RKM) was electrified last year. Amid this, the railway has also witnessed a total of 4,608 electrified rkm by the end of 2023. To boost the Southern Railway, the authorities have been pushing the … Read more
