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A single human cell teems with as many 100,000 different proteins. Actin is one of the most abundant and essential of them all. This protein forms into filaments that help make up the skeleton of cells, giving them shape. And as the actin…

From a dynamic appraisal process to an open compensationsystem, companies are revisiting traditional ways of assessing employees.The process of performance evaluation has become more frequent with some organisations regularly promoting…

Hardik Pandya’s leadership skills and India’s overall World Cup preparedness will be under focus when the home side begin their three-match ODI series against Australia in Mumbai today. Pandya will captain the Indian team in the absence of…

Big picture In 26 attempts across formats, Sri Lanka have never won a bilateral series in India. If you look at it through that lens, Sunday's ODI in Thiruvananthapuram is inconsequential, with India having already taken an unassailable 2-0…

At the heart of every CRISPR reaction, whether naturally occurring in bacteria or harnessed by CRIPSR-Cas gene editing technology, is a strong molecular bond of a Cas protein via a guide RNA to its target site on DNA. It's like a nanoscale…

Using an approach based on CRISPR proteins, MIT researchers have developed a new way to precisely control the amount of a particular protein that is produced in mammalian cells. This technique could be used to finely tune the production of…

Big pictureAustralia are back on home soil and West Indies have, mostly, arrived (Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight), as the teams enter the final stretch of their men's T20 World Cup preparations. West Indies have to go through the…

Tribune News Service Vijay C RoyChandigarh, September 19Introduced with the intention of making India's textile industry competitive and…

Big pictureMove over ODI cricket, the new dying format of the game. Welcome, T20Is, the koolest kid on the block, more so in a T20 World Cup year.With the global tournament in Australia less than three months away, this five-match T20I…

Five years after a thrilling finish between West Indies and Pakistan elicited this response from Fazeer Mohammed at Windsor Park, we are back here once again. The T20I series opener between West Indies and Bangladesh will be the first match…