Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata A Lichen is an organism made up of two other organisms – fungus and alga/cyanobacterium. The fungus lacks chlorophyll meaning it cannot produce its food. So, it consumes organic compounds (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins). Alga/cyanobacterium, on the other hand, does include chlorophyll thereby, producing its food. Now, some species of the […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University Navi Mumbai The morphology of the bird plays a role in the efficiency and speed of flight. Since the world is warming up, migratory birds have begun to migrate early during the spring. Scientists observed that these migratory birds have smaller size and longer wings than before. They believed that […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Liver fibrosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among human beings. The unavailability of proper antifibrotic therapy makes the disease more deadly and the patients more vulnerable. RLX ( peptide hormone human relaxin-2), acting through a G protein-coupled receptor relaxin peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), promotes tissue […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata India, a land that depends on agriculture is also a country that has yet to walk a long way to be known as a developed country. Thus, we depend mostly on cattle and not on machines for farming purposes. The water buffalo is one such cattle breed which is of […]
