Medicine & TechnologySahil Gulati and his team from Western Reserve University, school of medicine have made bovine rhodopsin from purified proteins to improve vision mechanism in human eyes. Rhodopsin is a modified form of vitamin A which is a light-sensitive protein, belongs to the G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Octopi and squids can rewrite their genome by RNA editing, which makes them smarter than other organisms. Scientists from Marine Biological Laboratory(MBL) has found a cephalopod brain can transcript up to 60 percent of RNA during rewriting event.
An advanced sensor implanted inside a U-shaped glass to measure toxicity in chemicals. University of California, Riverside Scientists designed the sensor to calculate density, mass, and volume of biological samples in the fluid.
There are different types of cosmic radiation are emitted from different stars, black holes or different cosmic explosions etc. As these radiations harmful so researchers built a neutron Spectrometer to prevent the astronauts from the radiation exposure in ISS.
Eleven years ago from today spacecraft called New Horizons blasted off for Pluto. Now, after completing its journey on Pluto it's moving towards the Kuiper Belt Object(KBO) 2014 MU69. In the recent bulletin, NASA confirmed that Has already traveled half way towards the object.
Although tablets are no longer setting the market on fire, Xiaomi is not yet giving up on them. There are speculations making rounds on the web suggesting that the Chinese phone vendor, which launched the Redmi 4A in India on Monday, is working on two tablets Mi Pad 3 and Mi Pad 3 Pro.
For making biodiesel scientists genetically engineered sugarcane. This modified sugarcane also helped researchers to produce more sugar that is the raw material for making ethanol.
Sex leads the male garter snakes towards the death. University of Sydney scientist Dr. Christopher R Friesen found that stressful reproductive strategies actually shortens telomere.
Almost 99 percent of the entire Universe is consist of Hydrogen which is the most simple and fundamental element in the Periodic table. Oregon State University professor May Nyman looked into the Big Bang theories to find the answer to the question: Why Hydrogen is the most common element in Universe
A master climber crab was found from the Western ghat mountain of India. Local Kani people first found the crab in a tree and reported the sightings at the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries.
Killing superbugs have become much easier. Scientists used maple syrup extracts to boost the antimicrobial potency of antibiotics. The extract increases the permeability of bacteria which let the antibiotics to attack bacteria cell easier.
During a presentation Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s chief of human spaceflight shows their upcoming plan for the super-heavy-lift rocket. This space launcher also integrates a crew module and will introduce in subsequent missions after EM1.