Dawn captures gleaming, bright spots on Ceres

The NASA spacecraft will map the entire Ceres six times over the next two months

Gang of bullies

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Timed to perfection

Same plants fruit at different times in different regions, as per local monsoon

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A commercial bane

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Curative combo

Water’s ways

Study confirms link between rainfall and riverbed erosion

Artificial reality

Lack of research makes prosthetics too expensive for most Indians

Life crashed into Earth?

Researchers provide evidence that rocks may have carried microbes across planets

Honeytrap

Chemical lures mosquitoes towards insecticides

Lab on a printout

Adhesive modifies regular paper into diagnostic test kit

Make way for Indian probiotics

Scientists root for probiotics containing indigenous bacteria

Green way to recycle paper

Bacterial enzymes can replace chemicals in recycling

Power punch

Bismuth improves storage capacity of iron batteries

Under stress

Biodiversity at risk in protected forest areas

Silk route to preservation

Protein in fibre can replace expensive ways to store drugs

Our own microbe catalogue

First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body

Polymeristic world

Conducting polymers are modifying items of everyday use

Mix and match

DNA-RNA hybrid virus may provide clues to virus evolution

Bucket that washes

Cheap way to wash clothes using enzymes

Google booked

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Bowing to web

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Mother of Machiavellianism

Invasive plant prepares native lizards for a toad fight

Almond’s killer instinct

Nanoparticles prepared from the nut can help treat cancer

Lab on a chip

It can replace large, timeconsuming diagnostic tools