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.

NISAR: The New Radar in Space for Precision Mapping of Earth  

NISAR (acronym for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NASA-ISRO SAR), a joint collaborative mission of NASA and ISRO, was successfully launched into space on...

Effect of Atmospheric Dust on Ice Cloud Formation Confirmed

It is known that the proportion of ice-topped clouds depends on dust particles in the cloud that act as nuclei for ice crystal formation....

Hexanitrogen (N6): A New Neutral Allotrope of Nitrogen

N2 is only known neutral and stable structural form (allotrope) of nitrogen. Synthesis of neutral N3 and N4 were reported earlier but could not...

Axiom Mission 4: Dragon capsule Grace returns to Earth

The Ax-4 astronauts have returned to Earth after a 22.5-hour journey back from the International Space Station (ISS) where they spent 18 days. The...

Closest Ever Images of the Sun    

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) made in-situ data collection and captured closest ever images of the Sun during its last closest approach at perihelion in...

Centromere sizes determine Unique Meiosis in Dogrose   

The dogrose (Rosa canina), the wild rose plant species, has a pentaploid genome with 35 chromosomes. It has an odd number of chromosomes, yet it...

Solar Dynamo: “Solar Orbiter” takes First-ever Images of the Solar pole

For a better understanding of solar dynamo, it is imperative to study solar poles, however all observations of the Sun so far were made from...

Vera Rubin: New Image of Andromeda (M31) Released in Tribute 

Study of Andromeda by Vera Rubin enriched our knowledge of galaxies, led to discovery of dark matter and transformed understanding of the universe. To...

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