Japanese mission reaches far-off asteroid

A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million km away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space.

New clue to Huntington’s disease

A study by researchers at the Department of Genetics, Delhi University, has shown that it is possible to restrict the progression of Huntington’s disease by increasing insulin signalling in the brain’s neuronal cells.

ISRO offers Lithium battery technology

The drive for indigenously made lithium ion batteries on a large scale has got a push with the Indian Space Research Organisation offering its production technology to Indian industry.

‘Dhadkan’ app

IIT-Roorkee scientists develop app to monitor patients at risk of heart failure