Debarati Basu, Makaut WB The microorganisms that inhabited our mouths are inclusively known as the oral microbiome. These microorganisms (tiny bacteria, etc.) influence our general wellbeing in numerous ways that are not yet completely comprehended. A few microorganisms cause inflammation, which can lead to periodontitis and other foundational infections, like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Other […]
Seshadri Dutta, NIIT University Introduction The global population is increasing at an alarming rate, with a quarter of the world’s population anticipated to reach 10 billion in the next 30 years. In the current situation, the most pressing problem facing humanity is ensuring food security for an expanding population. Extreme weather, decreasing agricultural land availability, […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata In the year 1977, the Archaebacteria or Archaea, the third domain of life separate from Bacteria and Eukaryota, was proposed by Carl Woese and George Fox. They had analyzed small subunit ribosomal RNA ( SSU rRNA) oligonucleotide fragments from 13 microbes before establishing this proposal. In the late 1980s, the use of SSU rRNA to describe […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata WHERE IT ALL BEGAN We have probably heard of “dark matter”, which is believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe. Although its presence is confirmed, scientists have not been able to detect it yet. Recently, elusive genetic matter has been detected in the genome. This biological […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background In more than 30% of 60–80-year-old men with Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY), a fraction of circulating immune cells lack the Y chromosome, and this aberration is evident in at least 10% of peripheral blood cells. A previous study of men over the age of 90 demonstrated that […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Dinoflagellates can be best described as a class of single-celled organisms forming a major constituent of the marine eukaryotes ecosystem that plays an essential role in aquatic primary production. That being said, several dinoflagellates are notorious for their harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, releasing high levels of marine toxins which […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University Malaria claimed the lives of an estimated 409,000 people worldwide in 2019. The most vulnerable population to malaria is children under the age of five. They were responsible for 67% of all malaria deaths globally in 2019. Caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are single-celled parasitic organisms that cannot survive outside […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background Based on historical evidence, the epidemics of plant diseases have been quite destructive and continue to scar global well-being. Most of these epidemics came into existence due to international transactions and merchandising of plant materials which eventually takes the face of species declination. Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an invasive fungus […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida CRISPR is a highly innovative technique, used in gene editing. Usually, CRISPR is known to eliminate undesirable genes, but activation of genes to provide the functionality to a plant or organisms is pretty new. But recently a study conducted by a group of researchers in Nature Plants, headed by […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University “The best way to predict future is to create it.” – Buckminster Fuller. This saying holds power in 2021 as the society along with researchers and scientists all around various nations pave the way to build towards a green sustainable future with zero waste. From Rio Summit 2012, till now, scientists […]
