Umesh Prasad

Umesh Prasad is a researcher-communicator who excels at synthesizing peer-reviewed primary studies into concise, insightful, and well-sourced public articles. A specialist in knowledge translation, he is driven by a mission to make science inclusive for non-English speaking audiences. Toward this goal, he founded “Scientific European,” this innovative, multilingual, open-access digital platform. By addressing a critical gap in global science dissemination, Prasad acts as a key knowledge curator whose work represents a sophisticated new era of scholarly journalism, bringing the latest research to the doorstep of common people in their native languages.

NASA Invites ISRO to Join Moon Base Programme

NASA has invited ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) to join its “Moon Base programme” under Artemis Mission towards partnership in deep-space endeavour. This initiative to...

2026 Total Solar Eclipse

On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse was observed in the Northern Hemisphere across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and...

AI Designs Complete Functional Genomes

The genome language model Evo 2 has designed novel functional genomes of bacteriophage ΦX174. About 300 of the AI-generated designs were chemically synthesised and tested in...

Voyager 2: The “Big Bang” Procedure Extends Life of Science Instruments

The “Big Bang” Energy-management procedure performed on Voyager 2 in July 2026 has extended the operational life of three science instruments (Magnetometer, Plasma Wave...

A Black Hole That Is Not Formed from Stellar Collapse 

The black hole in the Little Red Dot (LRD) Abell 2744-QSO1 observed by JWST in the early universe (about 700 Myr after the Big...

Meteor Produces Daytime Bolide and Sonic Boom Across New England  

A loud sonic boom was heard and a fireball seen around 18:06 UTC Saturday 30 May 2026 across New England in the northeastern region of the United States. The bright fireball (bolide) was...

Carbon-free Ferrocene Analog Synthesised

The synthesis of the first carbon-free inorganic sandwich compound  (an osmium ion sandwiched between two boron rings), is a fundamental advancement in chemistry. This was sought by chemists for...

Outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in DR Congo and Uganda

The current orthoebolavirus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda is confirmed to be caused by the species Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense (Bundibugyo virus),...

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