Science
Scientific India
How to overcome the multi-drug resistance (MDR) in bacteria?
Multi drug resistance (MDR) is a major hurdle faced by medical personals around the globe while treating severe bacterial infections. Such infections may either arise due to some diseased condition or as a result of postsurgical side effects.
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July-August 2023
Scientific India
The Arctic Could Go Ice-Free In Summer By 2030
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km
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May-June 2023
Scientific India
Universe's lightest element to solve its biggest threat
Until Carl Benz invented world's first automobile, the three-wheeled Motorwagen, in 1886, humans primarily used their legs to travel. Then there were also domesticated animals such as horses and camels, and carts and chariots that took people from one place to the other. But things completely changed when motor vehicles came into use
4 min |
May-June 2023
Scientific India
Origins and composition of planet Mars
A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution
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May-June 2023
Scientific India
E-Cigarettes And Cocaine Delivery
Cocaine is a potent stimulant drug that is widely used for recreational purposes. It has been known to provide an intense high that can quickly lead to addiction and other negative consequences
5 min |
May-June 2023
Scientific India
World's largest Living Plant is a Seagrass
High-school textbooks have made us learn that there is a Giant Seqouia tree in Sequoia National Park in California that is over 300 feet tall and is the largest plant on this Earth
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May-June 2023
Scientific India
Glutamate Receptor Antagonist: A Potential Threat to Developing Nervous System
Glutamate receptor antagonists are powerful drugs that are extensively used in modern medicine for their analgesic and anaesthetic properties
4 min |
May-June 2023
Scientific India
Half of world's largest lakes losing water
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a ground breaking new assessment published in Science. The key culprits are not surprising: warming climate and unsustainable human consumption
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May-June 2023
Scientific India
CYTISINE: Smoking Cessation Aid
Smoking remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with over a billion people being smokers and up to 7 million deaths annually being attributed to tobacco use
4 min |
May-June 2023
Scientific India
Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick
Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports of poor human and animal health
3 min |
May-June 2023
Scientific India
Himalayan glaciers melting 65% faster than previous decade
Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists have warned
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May-June 2023
Scientific India
Mushrooms Magnify Memory By Boosting Nerve Growth
Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth and enhances memory.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Plants Emit Sounds Under Stress
The sounds emitted by plants are ultrasonic, beyond the hearing range of the human ear.
3 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
Extracting water from air
For human beings, nothing can replace water and drinking water has always been in demand with the increasing population.
5 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
Discovery of Lithium in Jammu and Kashmir: an immense potential
Lithium is the third element in the periodic table after hydrogen and helium.
4 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
Atoms in preserving the past
Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci needs no introduction. He was a man apart.
5 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
Drugs against drought
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone with essential functions in plant physiology.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Impact of oil spills on marine life
Oil spills contamination has spread throughout the marine ecosystem as a result of human activity.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Birds with neurotoxim-laden feathers
An expedition into the jungle of New Guinea has resulted in the of two new species of poisonous birds by researchers from the University of Copenhagen.
3 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
Life-Building Organic Molecules Found in Samples from Asteroid Ryuga
The asteroid Ryugu is rich in organic molecules that could serve as the building blocks of life.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Scientists identify compounds that reduce the harmful side effects of antibiotics on gut bacteria
Antibiotics help to fight bacterial infections, but they can also harm the helpful microbes living in the gut, which can have long-lasting health consequences.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Emerging zoonotic viral disease caused by Nipah virus; a spill over from fruit bats to human
Nipah virus (NiV), an emerging zoonotic virus, Nbelongs to the family Paramyxoviridae subfamily Paramyxovirinae and genus Henipavirus.
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March-April 2023
Scientific India
Iniant formulas promise too much
Many infant formulas promise a lot. Several products claim that they help develop the brain, increase immunity and promote children's growth and development, among other things.
5 min |
March-April 2023
Scientific India
How Covid Pandemic Impacting Microbiome Of Human Body!
The COVID-19 pandemic changed all aspects of human life with much concern about health structure and functions especially.
1 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Two Out Of Three Glaciers Could Be Lost By 2100
Assistant Professor David Rounce of Civil and Environmental Engineering led an international effort to produce new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios.
2 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Power Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Knowledge Empowerment
From weather to the structure of proteins, from satellite surveys to medical surgery, some things are predictable in theory, but too complex to figure out in practice. But the rise of artificial intelligence is changing that fast.
4 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Padma Awards-2023 in Science & Engineering
The Padma Awards in three categories- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are among the highest civilian awards of India and are announced every year on the occasion of India's Republic Day to the people who have made exceptional and distinguished contributions in their respective fields and are conferred every year by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan between March and April.
9 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Global warming reaches central Greenland
A temperature reconstruction from ice cores of the past 1,000 years reveals that today's warming in central-north Greenland is surprisingly pronounced.
2 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Migratory birds in North America are shrinking as their wings get bigger
North American migratory birds are becoming smaller as the planet warms due to climate change, a new study finds.
1 min |
January - February 2023
Scientific India
Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink
This did not happen in the last one crore years, which is happening now. More than one million species of animals are on the verge of extinction in the whole world.
4 min |