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Public health: A burning issue

An unusually high number of women from east Asia develop lung cancer. Few smoke, but that's only part of the mystery.
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Heterosis for yield in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Mill sp.)

Among 30 hybrids, 13 hybrids exhibited significant and positive heterosis over all the three bases of estimation for grain yield with genic male sterile line MS Prabhat DT was greater as compared to lines, MSPrabhat NDT and MS CO 5.

Pregnancy and COVID: what the data say

Pregnant women fare worse than others, although the risks to the fetus are slight, according to research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Why daily death tolls have become unusually important in understanding the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19’s lethality provides a grim opportunity to track its spread and a chance to study its spread in real-time through satellite imagery.
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Science snipes at Oxitec transgenic-mosquito trial

Controversy over the environmental release of a GM organism has been overblown and some concerns have been raised as to how information about the trial was disseminated.
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First monkey–human embryos reignite debate over hybrid animals

The chimaeras lived up to 19 days — but some scientists question the need for such research. The chimaeras lived up to 19 days — but some scientists question the need for such research. Chimera…
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Genetic analysis in maize (Zea mays L.)

Heterosis breeding, population improvement through reciprocal recurrent selection, bi-parental mating and diallel selective mating could be employed for improvement of these traits.

Genotype by environment interaction in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).

Comparing the structural topology of integral and peripheral membrane proteins utilizing electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.

This novel comparison unlocks many possibilities utilizing EPR spectroscopy to probe antimicrobial peptide topologies with increased sensitivity and may also give further clues to elucidate their corresponding mechanisms.
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The US is boosting funding for research monkeys in the wake of COVID

The investments are promising but won’t fix the primate shortage, experts say. The investments are promising but won’t fix the primate shortage, experts say.
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