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.

Kākāpō Parrot: Genomic sequencing benefits Conservation programme

Kākāpō parrot (also known as “owl parrot” because of its owl-like facial features) is a critically endangered parrot species native to New Zealand. It...

Lunar Race 2.0: What drive renewed interests in moon missions?  

 Between 1958 and 1978, USA and former USSR sent 59 and 58 moon missions respectively. The lunar race between the two ceased in 1978....

Lunar Race: India’s Chandrayaan 3 achieves Soft-landing capability  

India’s lunar lander Vikram (with rover Pragyan) of Chandrayaan-3 mission has safely soft landed at high latitude lunar surface on south pole along with...

Wearable device communicates with biological systems to control gene expression 

Wearable devices have become prevalent and are increasingly gaining ground. These devices usually interface biomaterials with electronics. Some wearable electro-magnetic devices act as mechanical...

Non-parthenogenetic animals give “virgin births” following Genetic engineering  

Parthenogenesis is asexual reproduction in which genetic contribution from male is dispensed with. Eggs develop to offspring on their own without being fertilised by...

aDNA research unravels “family and kinship” systems of prehistoric communities

Information about “family and kinship” systems (which is routinely studied by social anthropology and ethnography) of prehistoric societies is unavailable due to obvious reasons. Tools...

Cryptobiosis: Suspension of life over geological time scales has significance for evolution

Some organisms have ability to suspend life processes when under adverse environmental conditions. Called cryptobiosis or suspended animation, it is a survival tool. Organisms...

Language barriers for “Non-native English speakers” in science 

Non-native English speakers face several barriers in conducting activities in science. They are at disadvantages in reading papers in English, writing and proofreading manuscripts,...

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