When a person has jaundice, the bilirubin gets deposited on the skin surface. Gold nanoclusters that have been functionalised [using chitosan and mercaptopropionic acid] show yellow luminescence under UV light.…
Biofortification is the idea of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This can be done either through conventional selective breeding, or through genetic engineering. Biofortification differs from ordinary fortification…
The India INX is located in the country's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), which is located in GIFT City. The India INX is a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE…
Montane laughingthrushes are endemic to the Western Ghats. BirdLife International, an organisation which assesses the conservation status of birds globally, has split the group of montane laughingthrushes and recognised them…
Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) is the charge (rate) charged by the bank to the merchants for letting the merchants collect payments through swiping of credit and debit cards. The merchant…
In the 2016 year end review, CBDT the apex policy making body of the IT dept declared GAAR will kick in from April 2017. Legislation against tax avoidance, GAAR or…
Japanese scientists have said that silicon is likely to be the mystery element in the inner core of the earth. This could solve one of the biggest secrets of the…
Engineering scientists at Stanford University have build an ultra-low cost human powered blood centrifuge separating blood into individual components in 1.5 minutes. It is created from 20 cents of twine,…
The Bio-Indicator Lidar Instrument, or BILI is a fluorescence-based lidar, a type of remote-sensing instrument similar to radar in principle and operation. Instead of using radio waves, however, lidar instruments…
Frankenfixation refers to the use of genetic modification to fix carbon dioxide into the soil. It derives from term popularised by critics of genetically modified foods, ‘Frankenfoods’. The U.S. Department…
