The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) came into being on 26th September 1985, by replacing its earlier counterpart – the Ministry of Education. In the present day, the MHRD is in charge of two departments: Department of School Education and Literacy Department of Higher Education The Department of School Education and Literacy aims at…
Scientists have partially reversed the ageing process in mice using genetic engineering. These mice showed signs of new growth of the brain and testes, improved fertility, and the return of a lost cognitive function. Scientists from Harvard and the University of New South Wales are working on the various aspects of the study. They are…
Researchers have come to the conclusion that fungi are genetically more closely related to animals and humans than to plants. Earlier it was believed that fungi were close to plants. This finding is based on the genetic data obtained recently. Accordingly, fungi have been assigned a separate kingdom along with the plant kingdom and animal kingdom.
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish industrialist, engineer and inventor. He was into construction and that led him to perform an experiment to find out ways of blasting rocks. His research led him to nitroglycerine. He found out that mixing silica with nitroglycerine would make it easy to handle. This mixture is known today as dynamite.
