We all know Giraffes for its famous neck with great length. But not many of us know how the giraffe…
Even though we might think our ancestors have done nothing remotely interesting, but our prehistorical ones have certainly done. The death…
Tomatoes are already known to be a good model species for research in plants, but researchers have made it easier…
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The dictionary of science is filled with catchy yet misleading terms. For example, the “god particle” has nothing to do…
Teixobactin is a new class of antibiotics. It has been found to treat many bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia,…
Viruses in phosphorus-starved regions of the ocean can take advantage of bacteria, which needs phosphorus as a nutrient. The bacteria…
A number of processes are used for creating genetically identical copies of a biological entity. That is known as cloning.…
A Designer baby is a baby who has been artificially made using in-vitro fertilization. The term “designer baby” was taken from “Designer clothing”, which…
It’s hard to imagine how things could possibly get better for life sciences cluster, save for an extended spell of…
Two people are never the same, due to the different ways our genomes are expressed. But sometimes these differences can…
Bio-hacking is a term that refers to the application of IT hacks to biological systems, mostly the human body -…
With the great discoveries of the 20th century was that of the role of DNA in heritability and the maintenance…
When you pick up a random species of insects and look inside its cells, there is a 40 percent chance…
A genetic mutation is a permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, such that the sequence…