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Sachin Rawat

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Bangalore
Covers:  Science, synthetic biology, deep tech, climate, etc.
Freelance science writer. Bylines: @PhysicsMagazine, @bigthink, @asianscientist, etc.

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Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Big Think — Researchers are uncovering why we eat first with our expectations, and that can help us shape our attitudes toward new foods and experiences.

Flexible Semiconductor Made from Hydrogel

Flexible Semiconductor Made from Hydrogel

Physics APS — A new recipe for making hydrogels delivers a material that is both flexible and semiconducting-desired properties for interfaces in implantable medical devices.

From Sequence to Function with Protein Language Models

From Sequence to Function with Protein Language Models

SynBioBeta — Applying the technology behind large language models to protein sequences is expediting the study and design of proteins

Decoding bird flu: New research reveals potential route for human infection

Decoding bird flu: New research reveals potential route for human infection

Big Think — Human cases of bird flu remain rare, but the virus's spread among birds and cattle increases the risk of human exposure and infection.

Diverse Genomes Make Medicine More Equitable

Diverse Genomes Make Medicine More Equitable

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News — Improving global diversity of global datasets will enable researchers to better serve underrepresented groups and advance our understanding of diseases.

How sleep deprivation helps some animals outperform the competition

How sleep deprivation helps some animals outperform the competition

Big Think — From elephants to dolphins, many species will sacrifice sleep for an competitive edge against predators or other members of their species.

The Oceans Are Running A Fever

The Oceans Are Running A Fever

Asian Scientist — Increasing marine heatwaves are breaking the resilience of aquatic life with long-term consequences for coastal communities.

Enabling Psychedelics Research with Precision Fermentation

Enabling Psychedelics Research with Precision Fermentation

SynBioBeta — Precision fermentation allows companies to produce a range of psychedelics and derivatives at scale.

Rethinking the clinical trial for rare diseases

Rethinking the clinical trial for rare diseases

The Biologist — Clinical trials traditionally test new treatments on large cohorts of patients. But what if the treatment is for a condition which affects a very small number of people?

How the "powerhouse of the cell" could be cancer's Achilles heel

How the "powerhouse of the cell" could be cancer's Achilles heel

Freethink — Salk Institute researchers have found that rewiring mitochondria could make cancer cells visible to the immune system.

Can Biology Address the Microplastics Problem?

Can Biology Address the Microplastics Problem?

SynBioBeta — Microbes and enzymes break down plastics. What we do with them next is as important in tackling the microplastics problem.

How Smoking Bans Prevented Heart Attacks In Singapore

How Smoking Bans Prevented Heart Attacks In Singapore

Asian Scientist — An analysis by Duke-NUS researchers finds that Singapore's 2013 extension of the smoking ban averted heart attacks.

Climate's impact on agriculture worsens gender inequities

Climate's impact on agriculture worsens gender inequities

Asian Scientist — Researchers map hotspots to enable climate-informed policymaking for women farmers.

Can Synthetic Biology Aid in The Race Against Rare Infectious Diseases?

Can Synthetic Biology Aid in The Race Against Rare Infectious Diseases?

SynBioBeta — Synthetic biology approaches are advancing vaccines and therapeutics for otherwise neglected rare infectious diseases.

Asia's Rising Scientists: Mayuko Yamashita

Asia's Rising Scientists: Mayuko Yamashita

Asian Scientist — Breakthrough Prize winner Yamashita explores the bridge between pure mathematics and fundamental physics.

Is DNA Data Storage Ready for Data Centers?

Is DNA Data Storage Ready for Data Centers?

SynBioBeta — Researchers and startups are tackling bottlenecks in scalable DNA data storage.

How An Animal Rescue Tool Helped Control Rabies In An Indian City

How An Animal Rescue Tool Helped Control Rabies In An Indian City

Asian Scientist — The monitoring tool might still be underestimating the disease's true prevalence.

Chatbot Revolution

Chatbot Revolution

Asian Scientist — ChatGPT-powered chatbots are on the rise but their reliability remains in question. As more companies build synthetic media into their business model, we analyze the scope of its skillset.

Stress in the city

Stress in the city

The Biologist — The new field of urban endocrinology is exploring how animals use hormones to adapt to life in city environments.

Can we burn metal for heat, instead of fossil fuels?

Can we burn metal for heat, instead of fossil fuels?

Freethink — Researchers are looking at ways of boosting the efficiency of burning iron so that the metal can be used as an alternative energy source.

Saving Tigers Helped Reduce India's Carbon Emissions

Saving Tigers Helped Reduce India's Carbon Emissions

Asian Scientist — Research shows that tiger conservation interventions prevented forest loss, leading to reduced emissions and ecosystem benefits.

How generative AI language models are unlocking the secrets of DNA

How generative AI language models are unlocking the secrets of DNA

Big Think — From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.

Rising Temperatures Add To The Suicide Burden

Rising Temperatures Add To The Suicide Burden

Asian Scientist — Living in non-optimum temperature is causing excessive deaths from suicides, finds a study from China.

A banana that doesn't go bad so fast approved by the Philippines

A banana that doesn't go bad so fast approved by the Philippines

Freethink — A new kind of biotech could save billions of bananas every year — and maybe even prevent them from going extinct.
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