Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida We are made up of tissues arranged in complex shapes that aid in the functions of our bodies, ranging from the smooth tubes of our arteries and veins to the textured pockets of our internal organs. When cells are folding into such complicated configurations, how are they […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Scientists Frank Krell and Francesco Vitali recently worked together and renamed the fossil of a frog-legged beetle. The beetle had been on showcase at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science since 1995. It is reported to have been in existence nearly 49 million years ago. The beetle was initially […]
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 […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Butterflies and moths of the order Lepidoptera are regarded as one of those animal groups with a diverse distribution of species. Up to now, scientists have discovered almost 5000 species from the Alps itself. Recently, a Swiss-Austrian team of researchers reported the discovery of a new species of alpine moth […]
Aayushi Gaur; U.I.E.T, Kurukshetra University CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, accompanying it ‘Cas’, an acronym for CRISPR-associated protein. Cas can be readily modified to target particular portions of DNA and to turn genes on/off without changing their sequence. It is a form of genome editing technology that is utilized to make […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida Monocultures now dominate arable land, with enormous swaths of land dedicated to a single, high-yielding elite variety. However, planting only one type of crop on the arable ground has its drawbacks: these regions are easy prey for fungal and insect pests, posing a threat to agriculture. Farmers must utilize resistant […]
Aparna Pandey, IILM Academy of Higher learning and Education, Greater Noida Extracellular vesicles are small sheaths particles derived from various cell types. Extracellular vesicles are lipid bilayer-enclosed, cytosol-containing spheres that are liberated by all eukaryotes and prokaryotic cells into the extracellular environment. Small RNAs plays an important role in different cellular processes like differentiation in […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Clinical Data Manager at Quartesian A thrilling discovery by Martill and group has declared to have found the footprints of at least six distinct dinosaur species of the rearmost dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago in Kent. It was intriguing for them to find such an array of species […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata A new species of centipede belonging to the genus Scolopendra has been discovered by a team of researchers from Japan. They were found living in the forests of Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. The Genus Scolopendra comes under the family Scolopenridae and consists of a large number of tropical centipedes. The […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insects come under the Phylum Arthropod, ironically the largest phylum in the Animal Kingdom. Over the past several decades the number of species has declined. Initially, it was believed that this was happening due to habitat loss or excessive use of pesticides, but it came off as a bit of […]
