Microscopic life: From chaos to classification
Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.
Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.
Stressing the importance of scientific authentication and quality assurance, Ladakh’s Chief Secretary Ashish Kundra on Thursday directed the Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department to prioritise the establishment of a PCR-based DNA testing centre in Ladakh for reliable certification of pure Pashmina wool.
Two recent incidents ~ one from an IVF clinic, another from a stadium kiss cam gone viral ~ may seem unrelated on the surface. But they reveal the same disturbing truth: when adult interests collide with children's welfare, we try to protect the former and sacrifice the latter. These cases expose how easily we ignore our most sacred responsibility ~ protecting our children who cannot protect themselves.
DNA tests have confirmed the identities of 163 victims of the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad, an official said on Tuesday. So far, the mortal remains of 124 victims have been handed over to their families.
He added that the state government has reached out to the families of the deceased spread across 18 districts of Gujarat. Each family has been assigned a dedicated team consisting of a senior officer, police personnel, and a counsellor.
Indian phenotype and DNA are different from the rest of the world, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said on Sunday, stressing the need for separate data on the health of the citizens.
According to officials, the bus was travelling from Maharashtra's Yavatmal to Pune and met with an accident in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway.
DNA interactions within the genomic segment encompassing the ETS1 gene control how much of the ETS1 protein is made.
My physicist friends sometimes go crazy with the “magic” of numbers. A recent discussion involved the famous irrational number “pi”. A friend was mesmerized by a YouTube video on what the speaker in the video called “Powell’s Pi Paradox”.
For 20 years after 9/11, the Americans couldn’t find a trace of him. They looked all over Pakistan and Afghanistan and even into cyber space and the nether world yet they had no idea where he was.
