A Russian mathematician, Grigori Perelman, rejected a $1 million prize he won for having solved a century-old puzzle. The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) in March awarded its Millennium Prize of $1 million to him for proving the 106-year-old Poincare conjecture, a theorem about the nature of multidimensional space. After taking a three-month timeout he finally [...]
Norwegian animal welfare organisations have been accused of misleading the public over the “cruelty” of whaling. Read more at BBC News
African native breeds of livestock had adapted to tolerate parasites or produce robust milk yields in harsh conditions. Native breeds are neglected as farmers preferring exotic cattle from developed nations to maximize productivity. The gene responsible for the better adaptation to environmental harsh conditions are still need to be unlocked. A report on this issue [...]
All 30 students of Super 30, a free coaching centre in Bihar, have cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for the third consecutive year. Anand Kumar, the institute’s director-cum-founder, happily announced that hard work, proper guidance and supervision are the secrets of our success. This Institute was build in 2003 [...]
A group of researchers, including three Indian-Americans, led by American scientist J Craig Venter have developed the first bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome. Project cost around 40 million US dollar. This first synthetic cell contains synthetic chromosome made from four bottles of chemicals and made with the help of computer. The three scientist [...]
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