E.coli bacteria can produce biodiesel

How can this bacteria produce biodiesel ? How it was known ? Lets find out!

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Dreams measured for the first time!

Dreaming is one of the most fascinating aspects we have in our system. But there still remains many un-answered questions like-why do we dream? Does it collide with something real we have seen? Or dreams are always imaginary? How are we able to see the images and feel the emotions in it even when asleep? That’s a mystery. Up to now it has not been possible to measure dream content. But here is some good news! 

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Blame Backbone Fractures On Evolution, Not Osteoporosis: Adaptation to Upright Walking Leaves Humans Susceptible

                                                                      

According to certain researches of the Case Western Reserve University, it has been found out that the actual reason for backbone fractures is the evolution of our vertebrae for upright walking, not merely due to osteoporosis.

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New approach to detect pre-cancerous colon cells!

the detection of colon cells by using light technology

What is this new approach to detect pre-cancerous colon cells? What is the new technology which inspires the scientists to develop such technological devices? and What is the use of it and whats its mechanism? Lets find the answers to these questions!

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Scientists Crack Black Death's Genetic Code!

Humans have rarely encountered an enemy as devastating as the black death. Between 1347 and 1351 black death sparked, an infection carried by fleas that spread rapidly across Europe killing around 50 million people.

It had struck at a time when the climate was suddenly getting cool. Amidst the war and famine, people were moving into closer quarters where the disease could spread easily, scientists say. And the first time this particular disease had hit humans, it has been suggested that our immune defenses against the germ were lacking.

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Spider Silk Makes Skin Bulletproof

The Bulletproof Spider Silk Matrix.

Talking about bulletproof skin seems to be quite fictitious and much like a superhero in a Hollywood film. But now the new artificial skin made by the dutch artist Jalila Essaidi makes human skin almost bulletproof.

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Brain Eating Amoeba takes 3 lives

          Naegleria fowleri. Image Courtesy: ScienceBuzz

This brain eating amoeba that killed 3 individuals this summer is a organism that can be found in the warm regions and freshwater and also in the lakes, rivers, hot springs and also in the soil. 

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