THE CHEMISTRY OF GARLIC
What causes the whiff? Garlic is packed with sulfur-containing chemicals, which are responsible for its characteristic taste and odour. Allicin, in particular, is thought to be the culprit guiltiest of making your hands (and breathe) pong, but..
- Posted by Ms. Ishanjali Sharma
- Posted in Chemical Science,Latest Post,Life Sciences
GREEN CHEMISTRY
A SHORT NOTE ON GREEN CHEMISTRY The new emerging development of green chemistry in foreign was connected to environmental problem-solving strategies: from command and control regulation and mandated reduction of industrial emissions at towar..
- Posted by Dr. J.P. Juyal
- Posted in Chemical Science,Chemistry,Life Sciences
Optical tractor beam traps bacteria
Up to now, if scientists wanted to study blood cells, algae, or bacteria under the microscope, they had to mount these cells on a substrate such as a glass slide. Physicists at Bielefeld and Frankfurt Universities have developed a method that ..
- Posted by Dr Seema Nainwal
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences,Physics
Crunching the numbers: Researchers use math in search for diabetes cure
Researchers at Florida State University’s biomathematics program are using a mix of math and technology in an ambitious search for a cure to Type 2 diabetes. New research by mathematics Professor Richard Bertram has successfully reactiva..
- Posted by Mrs. Shveta Goyal
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences,Mathematics
Nanocubes simplify printing and imaging in color and Infrared
The size of the silver nanocubes and their distance from the base layer of gold determines that frequency, while controlling the spacing between the nanoparticles allows tuning the strength of the absorption. By precisely tailoring these spaci..
- Posted by Mrs. Anjali
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences,Physics

Predicting extinction — with a Yule tree
Visualizing how species change “The full history of the evolutionary process of a given species can be neatly described by a Yule tree,” says Popovic. “We extended Yule’s model so that we would be able to track evolutio..
- Posted by Mrs. Priyanka Goutam
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences,Mathematics

Beyond apples: A serving a day of dark chocolate might keep the doctor away
Chocolate, considered by some to be the “food of the gods,” has been part of the human diet for at least 4,000 years; its origin thought to be in the region surrounding the Amazon basin. Introduced to the Western world by Christoph..
- Posted by Dr. Rizwan Ahmad
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF GUAVA
Many people know the benefits of the guava fruit, but are unaware that its plant counterpart also provides several medicinal compounds. Guava leaves are full of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, antibacterials, and contains beneficial ta..
- Posted by Dr. Dhyal Singh
- Posted in Agro Sciences,Latest Post,Life Sciences

Avenue Trees (Shade and Shelter Trees)
Avenue trees are tall, fast growing and majestic trees with thick foliage, grown along road side. The trees provide not only shade for walkers and travelers but also shelter for stray animals from scorching heat, wind, rain, etc. It is an old ..
- Posted by neha saini
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences
Novel Diagnostic approaches of Biotechnology
Disease diagnosis refers to identification of the cause of the disease. Conventional methods include microscopy, culture of specimen and testing for sensitiveness, several immunological assays etc. But these conventional mechanisms often have ..
- Posted by Alfia Sagheer
- Posted in Latest Post,Life Sciences