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Researchers say, Shiitake mushrooms could revolutionize digital data storage

Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that shiitake mushrooms can act as organic memristors—data processors that remember past electrical states. These fungi-based devices could lead to eco-friendly, low-power computing systems inspired by the human brain

29 October, 2025 08:35 AM IST | Agencies

The mushroom experiment. Pic/The Ohio State University

‘DNA flower’ robots can deliver drugs inside body

According to researchers, their reversible motion makes them some of the most dynamic nanoscale materials ever engineered, opening new possibilities for responsive systems in medicine, sensing, and smart materials

21 October, 2025 08:30 AM IST | Agencies

The mushroom experiment. Pic/The Ohio State University

To prevent fraud state will verify organic farming certificates, says Bharne

15 October, 2025 06:23 PM IST| mid-day online correspondent

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne. File Pic

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for metal-organic frameworks

09 October, 2025 09:48 AM IST| Agencies

(From left) Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi. Pics/AFP

How two brothers left corporate jobs to return to their village to do farming

21 September, 2025 11:10 AM IST| Nasrin Modak Siddiqi

At the farm, native Gir cows play a central role in sustaining soil health. Valued not just for their milk but for their dung and urine, they provide the natural inputs used to enrich the land, making conscious cattle-rearing the heart of regenerative farming practices. Pics/Nasrin Modak Siddiqi

Sowing Dreams, Reaping Joy

20 April, 2025 08:31 AM IST| Sumedha Raikar Mhatre

Chanda Ghodam, from Warud, Yavatmal, turned her half-acre farm into a lab, developing a pesticide for her rajgira crop. She also pioneered ambadi flower pickle, unheard of locally. Pic/Swati Satpute

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Discover rural Maharashtra's hidden gems at this fair

06 February, 2025 10:41 AM IST| Divyasha Panda

An installation of a bullock cart at the fair. PICS/DIVYASHA PANDA

Here are 5 kitchen ingredients to solve skin woes post Holi

30 January, 2025 03:03 PM IST| mid-day online correspondent

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Here's how you can grow your own food in 2025

29 December, 2024 06:30 PM IST | Nasrin Modak Siddiqi

Ludhiana’s Ravneet Kaur believes starting is key food grows itself, but real learning comes from experimenting, failing, and persevering. Besides Indian vegetables, she grows exotic ones such as kale, zucchini and broccoli

Toxic gases from Yamuna froth raise concerns, warn experts

20 October, 2024 01:49 PM IST |

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