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Archana Sharma, staff physicist at Europe's high-energy physics laboratory CERN near Geneva, says hunting down the elusive Higgs boson make for some thrilling times in the history of physics. However, we still need more data to say 'Eureka', she reports from CERN.
Genetic code of an organism is not cast in stone. There are many exceptions to the standard codon table. Pawan Kumar Dhar reviews recent work to find that it is possible to plug in synthetic amino acids of choice into an existing genome with a variety of results.
Lungs give us life. We pollute them in return! Changing environmental conditions and unchanging human habits make lungs the most commonly diseased organs. Pawan Dhar reviews the work of Pune-based Chest Research Foundation to outline emerging lung conditions and ways to prevent them.
What are the bottlenecks for innovation in India? What funding opportunities are available for research-driven start-up companies? Aman Iqbal talks to experts to find answers.
