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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Microalgae – The next generation biofuel

July 12, 2018 0

Effect of urbanization leads to increase in energy demand as the fossil fuel resources are limited which will further generate an energy crisis. Based on the international energy agency report (2014), there will be an increase in energy demand b...

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Paperfuge: The ultralow-cost centrifuge

July 03, 2018 0

When people hear the word “centrifuge”, the first thing that comes to their mind is a costly, and bulky piece of equipment powered by electricity. It is an indispensable tool in any laboratory or diagnostic institution. But can the same thing...

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Sunday, July 1, 2018

Tardigrades: The toughest animals in the world

July 01, 2018 0

As a part of the 24th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), Japanese scientists had collected moss samples from Antarctica in 1983 which were stored in -20OC. In 2016, almost 30 years later, these samples were thawed. From, the moss craw...

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

How Bacteriophages highjacks protein discovered

December 12, 2015 0

Bacteriophages were discovered 100 years ago because of their ability to replicate in a pathogenic bacterium, kill it and thereby cure the patient. As a small spaceship landing on the moon, the microscopic particles land on the surface of the bac...

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Viral DNA still remain after World War II

December 05, 2015 0

A group of researchers together from the University of Helsinki and the University of Edinburgh have been the first to find the genetic material of a human virus from old human bones. The research was published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Intelligence and life span are genetically linked

August 01, 2015 0

Are you intelligent then you might able to live longer. The fact was proved for the first time is due to mainly how genes play role behind the intelligence and allow us to live longer. The very new research was published in the journal Internatio...

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

A toy car propelled by evaporating water - Microbiology to Mechanical Energy

June 18, 2015 1

Machines that harness the power of evaporating water have been created by scientists in the US. Researchers at Columbia University in New York have built a miniature car that draws on the process to propel itself along, as well as an ev...

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