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Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...

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...

Sukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life?  

Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in a marine microbial system that displays an extreme genome reduction in having a highly stripped-down...

Discovery of Nitrogen-Fixing Cell-organelle Nitroplast in a Eukaryotic Algae   

Biosynthesis of proteins and nucleic acid require nitrogen however atmospheric nitrogen is not available to eukaryotes for organic synthesis. Only few prokaryotes (such as...

Pleurobranchaea britannica: A new species of Sea slug discovered in UK waters 

A new species of sea slug, named Pleurobranchaea britannica, has been discovered in the waters off the southwest coast of England. This is the...

Paride: A novel Virus (Bacteriophage) that fights Antibiotic-tolerant Dormant bacteria  

Bacterial dormancy is survival strategy in response to stressful exposure to antibiotics taken by a patient for treatment. The dormant cells become tolerant to...

How Brine Shrimps survive in highly saline waters  

The brine shrimps have evolved to express sodium pumps that exchange 2 Na+ for 1 K+ (instead of the canonical 3Na+ for 2 K+)....

Anthrobots: The First Biological Robots (Biobots) Made from Human Cells

The word ‘robot’ evokes images of human-like manmade metallic machine (humanoid) designed and programmed to automatically perform some tasks for us. However, robots (or...

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...

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...

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...

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