Biology is the study of living organisms. And a lot of biological research so far has depended upon a select few living organisms. These range from tiny bacteria like the E. coli, to large multicellular animals like monkeys. This post describes...
Ever since the discovery of DNA as the molecule that contains genes, genetic engineering has seen steady strides in capability. Today, multiple different artificial protein complexes have been developed, that have made gene editing much easier than before. This post covers...
Ever since the agricultural revolution more than 5000 years ago transformed us from nomadic wanderers to settlers living in villages surrounded by fields, we have been constantly improving the yields of domesticated plants through cross breeding, and more recently, through genetic...
As the armies of novel coronavirus continue their relentless march across the world, conquering city after city, and country after country, one of the most vital assets in our hands to try and slow down their spread is to detect the...
Since the first case of HIV AIDS was documented in 18 May, 1981, HIV, or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, has killed more than 32 million people around the world, and even to this day, there is no cure for the disease...
Nanomachines have been in the minds of researchers since long. They were first conceived by Richard Feynman, who in his lecture “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom“, talks about macroscopic machines designed by us to create smaller replicas of themselves,...
Research essentially can be boiled down to one simple goal- finding the answer to your question, or seeking truth. All of research, be it in physical sciences like physics, chemistry, biology, in humanities, history, language, arts, or psychology, in commerce and...
Metal surfaces and bacteria have a love and hate relationship. While bacteria easily live on some metal surfaces, they die on others. And interestingly, which metal surface they will survive on doesn’t just depend on which metal it is, but also...
As the COVID19 pandemic ravages the world, its turning out to be one of the most devastating pandemics of our times. However, there have also been other outbreaks caused by coronavirus (the same virus behind COVID19) in the past. The 2002...
Climate change is expected to negatively affect agriculture through heat waves as well as unseasonal rains. To ensure that this doesn’t result in a food crisis, researchers around the world are racing to develop crop varieties that are resistant to climate...
