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Edible Coating And Film- Edible Biopolymers And Food-Grade Additives

Food is a vital product for the survival of human beings and with passage of time quality concerns of consumers are rising.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Awards

Science and technology has its special role and space in every society and India is also in front of recognizing the talent of its young scientists and technologists by bestowing on them with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) awards every year.

Staphylococcus Pseudintermedius: A Bacteria On The Rise

Bacteria are grossly categorized into gram positive and gram negative based on certain cellular characteristics.

CRISPR TECHNOLOGY: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR EDITING GENOMES; ITS LATEST TRENDS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA

CRISPR is a genome editing tool that is creating a buzz in the science world.

Package Of Practices To Improve The Udder Health Status And Clean Milk Production

Quality is vital in animal production.

Lycopene And Health : Growing Commercial Significance

Primarily the pigments are present in plants for photosynthesis, to capture the light of all hues.

Mouse Lemur-animal Model For Biomedical Research

The discovery of animal models in biomedical studies is a boon to mankind.

Palm Oil In India And Its Health Effects

Oil palm is a crop that flourishes in the same regions as some of the world's most precious rainforests and appears in many food and household products.

All About Anxiety And Anxiolysis

Feeling anxious or tensed now and then about certain things like sagging economy, while facing a problem or even before an examination is a normal emotion and need not to be confused with any sort of a mental illness or an anxiety disorder.

Coconut Oil-A Treasure Trove Of Health Benefits Amid Controversies

Coconut [Cocos nucifera L.,] belongs to the family Arecaceae and is widely called as 'Kalpaviriksha' or 'Tree of Heaven'.

Kerala Shows The Risk Of Severe Floods Is Still Evolving

The Indian state of Kerala has been devastated by severe floods. More than 350 people have died, while more than a million have been evacuated to over 4,000 relief camps. Tens of thousands remain stranded.

Chitosan Based Nanoparticles In Agriculture

Chitosan is an abundant and versatile biopolymer which is derived from chitin. It is composed of repeating unit glucosamine and Nacetyl glucosamine linked by N-glucosidic linkage.

Formalin Laced Fish Selling Across India: Human Health Concern

Over the decade, the adulteration activities are surprisingly increasing such as water in milk, papaya seed mixed with black pepper, injectable/chemical and preservative used for vegetables, fruits and other food items to maintain their freshness, increase the market value, and earn more profit.

Keep Cool And Carry On

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Sleeping Five Hours Or Less A Night Is Associated With Doubled Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following two decades than men who sleep seven to eight hours, according to research.

Main Reasons Of Higher Blood Pressure

New research suggests that the hormone insulin plays a primary role in raising blood pressure and therefore food and medications which cause higher insulin levels may be key root factors in high blood pressure.

Indian Food Which Kill Cancer Cells Better Than Chemotherapy 

Cancer remains one of the trickiest medical conditions to treat, with no clear solution or completely effective treatment.

Vitamin D Supplementation As Preventive Strategy For Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious worldwide health concern.

Marriage May Protect Against Heart Disease/stroke And Associated Risk Of Death

Marriage may protect against the development of heart disease/stroke as well as influencing who is more likely to die of it, suggests a pooled analysis of the available data, published online in the journal Heart.

Food Allergy: Top 12 food allergens in India

If a person suffers from symptoms such as skin rashes, swelling of tongue, unconditional sneezing, breathing problems, etc. it is generally assumed to be caused due to seasonal change or pollen allergy or sun allergy etc., without considering another common possibility i.e. response to food allergy or food hypersensitivity.

People Who Prefer To Stay Up Late And Sleep Late Have 10 Percent Higher Risk Of Dying Sooner

Night owls" people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning have a higher risk of dying sooner than "larks," people who have a natural preference for going to bed early and rise with the sun, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom (UK).

Paints, Pesticides, Perfumes Cause As Much Air Pollution As Vehicles

Chemical products that contain compounds refined from petroleum, like household cleaners, pesticides, paints and perfumes, now rival motor vehicle emissions as the top source of urban air pollution.

Staying Cool Without the Air Conditioner and Energy

A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial - an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature - to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures. It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy and water consumption.

Is Breakfast Most Important Meal of the Day?

Breakfast provides the body and brain with fuel after an overnight fast - that's where its name originates, breaking the fast! Without breakfast you are effectively running on empty, like trying to start the car with no petrol!

New Class Of Fuel Cells Offer Increased Flexibility, Lower Cost

A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells, a breakthrough with the potential to accelerate the commercialization of low-cost fuel cells for automotive and stationary applications.

First Human Genetic Editing Trial In China

A team of Chinese scientists will be the first in the world to apply the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as Crispr on human subjects.

Communicating With Aliens

Concept of Alien existence in the universe and to establish contact (physical or communicable) with them has always fascinated mankind. The topic has been an integral part of science fiction in movies all over the world.