IIT Gandhinagar team finds enzyme reactions outside cells raise transferrin uptake by about 17%
IIT Gandhinagar researchers report that enzyme reactions in the fluid around cells raised the cells' uptake of transferrin by roughly 17%. If the team's stirring explanation holds, the medium around a cell helps set how much cargo the cell takes in.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence50
Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar, Cambridge and Birmingham report a copper MOF that holds 490 mg of lead or 351 mg of neodymium per gram of material. Whether that lets cleanup pay for itself through recovery depends on cost and scale-up work the team says still has to be done.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption5
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
IITGN clones the four stigma genes behind toria's rejection of its own pollen
The work is careful basic genetics: cloned sequences, predicted protein folds, and one gene switched off at a time. Whether it touches India's 56% edible oil import share depends on breeding that has not happened yet.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption12
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives68
- Confidence55
Simulations single out three five-metal boride sheets that reduce CO2 to CO with no extra voltage
Overpotential is the part of a CO2 electrolyser's electricity bill that buys no product, and a computational screen from IIT Gandhinagar says three five-metal boride sheets may not need any of it, though those sheets so far exist only in the calculation.
Reality
- Evidence46
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+24
- Incentives72
- Confidence54
India's cereal reform has the wrong target: aim at nitrogen, and the water follows
An IIT Gandhinagar and UFZ model in Nature Communications finds the water saved by targeting nitrogen is 4.6 times the nitrogen saved by targeting water, with calorie output held flat.
Reality
- Evidence48
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+16
- Incentives58
- Confidence52