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...
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...
Scientists have excavated the largest dinosaur fossil which would have been the largest terrestrial animal on our planet.
A team of scientists from South Africa,...
A first study has shown how an animal society actively reorganizes itself to reduce the spread of disease.
Generally speaking, high population density in a...
Adult frogs have been shown for the first time to regrow amputated legs marking it as a breakthrough for organ regeneration.
Regeneration means re-growing a...
Compounds have been identified which could prevent malaria parasites from infecting mosquitos, thereby stopping the spread of malaria.
Malaria is a global burden and it...
SIRT6, a crucial protein responsible for longevity has been identified for the first time in monkeys.
Plethora of research is happening in the field...
For the first time dormant multicellular organisms’ nematodes were revived after being buried in permafrost deposits for thousands of years.
In quite an interesting discovery...