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Scientific India
Tofu: The Budget-Friendly Superfood for Vegetarians
Tofu is a plant-based protein-rich food item that can be easily prepared at the household level with limited resources.
3 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Exploring the Marvels of Carbon Quantum Dots: A Leap into the Future of Nanotechnology
In the ever-changing world of nanotechnology, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have emerged as super tiny but incredibly powerful entities that have massive potential in various fields.
2 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Sniffing Cancer- Honeybee, a potential cancer detector?
Imagine harnessing the super-sense of a honeybee to sniff out lung cancer.
3 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
From Ancient Roots to Modern Remedies: The Timeless Value of Turkey Berry in Nature's Healing Arsena
The Timeless Value of Turkey Berry in Traditional and Modern Medicine
7 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Massive biomolecular shifts occur in our 40s and 60s
If it's ever felt like everything in your body is breaking down at once, that might not be your imagination.
3 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Pectin: An Esteemed Plant-Derived Molecule in the Food Industry
This article provides a concise overview of the significance of pectin, a plant-derived molecule, in the food industry.
8 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Skip the Antibacterial Soap: Use Plain Soap and Water
When you buy soaps and body washes, do you reach for products labeled \"antibacterial\" hoping they'll keep your family safer? Do you think those products will lower your risk of getting sick, spreading germs or being infected? According to the U.S.
2 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Global Rise in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Youth
A global analysis of dietary habits among children and adolescents across 185 countries has highlighted a notable increase in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
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July-August 2024
Scientific India
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence
Parents often stress about their kids' sugar intake, but it can be hard to know how much is too much or what to do about it.
3 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Sugar Intake: How Much is Too Much?
Sugars are a type of carbohydrate, and as with other carbohydrates they contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules. Carbohydrates, are an important part of a healthy diet, as are proteins and fats. Except for dietary fiber, when carbohydrates are consumed they are digested and broken down into glucose, which serves as an energy source for most tissues in the human body. Glucose is a preferred source of energy for red blood cells, the central nervous system, and the brain. Except for dietary fiber, carbohydrates provide approximately 4 calories per gram.
2 min |
July-August 2024
Scientific India
Non-Thermal Plasma Applications in Biomedical and Medicine fields
The fishing and marine industry plays a crucial role in providing food, livelihoods, and economic prosperity worldwide. However, one significant challenge that the industry faces is biofouling - the accumulation of marine organisms on submerged surfaces.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Misbeliefs related to Food, Nutrition and Cancer
There are so many myths about food and nutrition related to cancer and it's difficult to find out the truth. Often the information shared by people and on internet is very confusing. One cannot clarify the fact about the statement.
4 min |
March-April 2024
Scientific India
Scientists Have Grown Diamonds in Just 150 Minutes
Natural diamonds take billions of years to form in the extreme pressures and temperatures deep underground. Synthetic forms can be produced far quicker, but they typically still require some intense squishing for up to several weeks.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
In a warming world, climate scientists consider category 6 hurricanes
For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74-95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).
1 min |
March-April 2024
Scientific India
New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria
Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The new antibiotic class is described in an article in the scientific journal PNAS.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an 'RNA World'
Charles Darwin described evolution as \"descent with modification.\" Genetic information in the form of DNA sequences is copied and passed down from one generation to the next. But this process must also be somewhat flexible, allowing slight variations of genes to arise over time and introduce new traits into the population.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
European lawmakers pass world's first major act to regulate AI
The European Union's parliament on Wednesday approved the world's first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Scientists are making significant progress towards reviving the woolly mammoth
A company aiming to bring extinct animals back from the dead said it has taken an elephant-sized step toward genetically resurrecting the woolly mammoth, a wild if contentious goal to repopulate the Arctic tundra with a missing titan.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of anti-microbials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Can animals count?
Research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the neural basis of numerical ability and disability in humans.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
India is rapidly turning into a concrete jungle
In the last 17 years, our country has turned into a concrete jungle. From 2005 to 2023, the construction area in the country has increased by 25 lakh hectares.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
38 trillion dollars in damages each year-due to climate change
Climate change can be a natural process where temperature, rainfall, wind and other elements vary over decades or more. In millions of years, our world has been warmer and colder than it is now. But today we are experiencing unprecedented rapid warming from human activities, primarily due to burning fossil fuels that generate greenhouse gas emissions. Global average temperatures have risen by more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since 1850, exacerbating climate impacts, with 2023 being the hottest on record.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
New Antibodies Target 'Dark Side' Of Influenza Virus Protein
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored "dark side" of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Central black holes inside galaxies are rejuvenating systems of timeless universe
James Web telescope has greatly increased our knowledge of the universe. New galaxies have been discovered, and some of them are so old that hardly enter into the Big Bang cosmology model.
3 min |
January - February 2024
Scientific India
Wonders of Plasma
In physics, the term “Plasma\" refers to a quasi-neutral Iionized gas, or a gas in which a specific percentage of particles are charged.
3 min |
January - February 2024
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Giant new snake species identified in the Amazon
A team of scientists on location with a The indigenous hunters took the team into the jungle on a 10-day expedition to search for these snakes, which they consider sacred.
2 min |
January - February 2024
Scientific India
Indian Mushroom in the Global Market: Is India Falling Behind?
A griculture and human evolution are intertwined deeply.
5 min |
January - February 2024
Scientific India
Sinking land increases risk for thousands of coastal residents by 2050
One in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the United States could experience significant flooding by 2050, according to Virginia Tech-led research.
1 min |
January - February 2024
Scientific India
Vibrations of well-being!
Have you ever experienced a sinking feeling in your stomach when you are feeling fearful or some kind of anxiety or stress? On the other hand, when we are feeling ecstatic, we are at different energy state.
4 min |
January - February 2024
Scientific India
Weight loss drug from highly toxic plant can now be produced in yeast
A traditional Chinese medicinal plant has huge potential as a weight loss drug. However, due to the plant's notorious toxicity, no one has yet succeeded in exploiting it effectively.
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