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.

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,...

Craspase : a new safer “CRISPR – Cas System” that edits both Genes and Proteins  

“CRISPR-Cas systems” in bacteria and viruses identify and destroy invading viral sequences. It is bacterial and archaeal immune system for protection against viral infections. In...

ISRO Launches Chandrayaan-3 Moon Mission  

Chandrayaan-3 moon mission will demonstrate ''soft lunar landing'' capability of ISRO. This mission will also demonstrate lunar roving and conduct in-situ scientific experiments. The...

Megatooth Sharks: Thermophysiology explains both its Evolution and Extinction

Extinct gigantic megatooth sharks were at the top of the marine food web once. Their evolution to gigantic sizes and their extinction are not...

Brain-eating Amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) 

Brain-eating Amoeba (Naegleria fowleri) is responsible for brain infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The infection rate is very low but highly fatal....

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