Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

Large language models aren’t just about human languages but also the language of life. Synthetic biology will advance must faster with GenAI

Air pollution is the biggest threat to health today & is not limited to a city, state or country. Needs a science-based approach with actions in multiple sectors - transport, construction, factories, cooking fuel, agriculture etc. We can solve the problem, other countries have.

This NASA visualization shows the CO2 emitted into the earth's atmosphere + clarifies who is responsible for the climate crisis: we, the Global North. There is not time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

This is very significant.

Congratulations on the NDTV award, G Kang, and well said! More research on our own problems can help develop affordable, innovative solutions for the world! ndtv.com/india-news/gan… CMC Vellore ICMR Department of Biotechnology

#MoU The Tata Institute of Genetics and Society (TIGS) and the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE), Delhi NCR, signed a landmark MoU today, Dec 9, 2024, at the SNIoE campus. This collaboration aims to translate groundbreaking research into impactful solutions for society.

Interesting paradox!

H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.👇🏽 nytimes.com/2024/12/13/sci…

Homage to dr Manmohan singh Had the opportunity to serve as a member of national innovation council though many ideas we conceived still remain to be implemented For instance, I had suggested that we should use indian #railways to diffuse tips for nutritious cooking & food

Many congratulations to K Thangaraj for the CSIR-Bhatnagar Fellowship. CSIR, India

Did you know that the strategic placement of trees in urban areas can cool the air by between 2° C and 8° C? 🌳Check out what the other benefits of urban trees are! infographic via Food and Agriculture Organization

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.Department of Biotechnology & DBT-BIRAC announce the Joint Call for Proposals on #Smart Proteins under #BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment & Employment) Policy for Fostering High Performance Biomanufacturing. For more information: shorturl.at/kCFio Dr Jitendra Singh

In a democracy, building a govt system for funding private (STEM) research is hard! We are struggling with it. It would be a mistake to destroy it!

How a piece of paper changes your perspective.

If ongoing clinical trials succeed, a one-off therapy could soon provide lifelong protection against heart attacks. And it is not just medicine that could stand to benefit from this gene-editing technology econ.st/4hUxyLN

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's a dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

Halt TGIIC's Auction of 400+ Acres of Vital Forest Land in Kancha Gachibowli - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GXWh6zxLCw via Change.org India

This is how Ancient Greek People knew that Earth was Round 🧠.