Category: Science
Elephant’s tusks are a blessing and a curse.
Ivory is a variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed and which is prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for carving. Elephant tusks evolved from teeth, giving the species an evolutionary advantage. They serve a variety of purposes:
Bats & Pandemics
Bats are often associated with horror stories and vampires. And they are the only mammal that can fly. Also, bats play important ecological roles like pollinating and dispersing the seeds. In addition, they help to save the fields by eating copious quantities of insects. Bad side is, scientists have pinpointed bats as potential source of…
What is Activated Carbon?
Carbon is everywhere. Carbon is the giver of life. Various forms of Carbon lie at the heart of new evolution and choreographing human’s life pattern. Activated Carbon is one of them. History of Activated Carbon The use of activated carbon goes back to ancient Egypt (1500BC). Egyptians make use of its adsorbent characteristics for water purification…
PCR technique for virus detection.
What’s PCR means? The Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is an essential tool used in molecular biology and diagnostic medicine. What’s PCR used for? The goal of PCR is to make enough copies of a target DNA region that it can be analysed or used in some other way. For instance, those DNA copies amplified…