Umesh Prasad

Umesh Prasad is founder editor of "Scientific European". He has a varied academic background in science and has worked as clinician and teacher in various capacities for many years. He is a multi-faceted person with a natural flair for communicating recent advancements and new ideas in science. Towards his mission to bring scientific research to the doorstep of common people in their native languages, he founded “Scientific European”, this novel multi-lingual, open access digital platform that enables non-English speakers to access and read the latest in science in their native languages as well, for easy comprehension, appreciation and inspiration.

Early Solar System had Widespread Ingredients for Life

The asteroid Bennu is an ancient carbonaceous asteroid that has rocks and dusts from the birth of the solar system. It was thought that...

Fusion Energy: EAST Tokamak in China achieves Key Milestone

Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China has successfully maintained a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1,066 seconds breaking its own earlier record of...

Pandemic Potential of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) Outbreaks 

There are reports of outbreaks of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in many parts of the world. In the backdrop of recent COVID-19 pandemic, hMPV...

Multiple Dinosaur Trackways Discovered in Oxfordshire

Multiple trackways with about 200 dinosaur footprints have been discovered on a quarry floor in Oxfordshire. These dates to the Middle Jurassic Period (around...

“Parker Solar Probe” Survives Closest Encounter to Sun  

Parker solar probe has sent signal to Earth today on 27 December 2024 confirming its safety following its closest approach to Sun on 24...

“Horizontal Gene Transfers” between fungi led to Outbreaks of “Coffee Wilt Disease” 

Fusarium xylarioides, a soil-borne fungus causes “Coffee wilt disease” that has a history of causing significant damages to coffee crops. There were outbreaks of...

Levofloxacin for preventive treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) affects half a million people each year.  Levofloxacin is advised for preventive treatment based on observational data, however evidence...

PROBA-3: the first ever “Precision formation flying” Mission   

ESA’s PROBA-3 mission, which lifted off on ISRO’s PSLV-XL rocket on 5 December 2024, is a “solar eclipse-making" two satellite formation of occulter and...

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