Human saliva is six times more effective than morphine – research proved
Pain is a vital sensation. Stimulants like heat, cold, pressure, or chemicals activate sensory nerves in our skin, tissues, and organs. The fibers of these nerves reach the central nervous system and activating neurons in the part of the brain known as the cerebral cortex create the conscious perception of pain and subsequently, a quick […]
Plants Communicate by Sniffing Each Other’s Aromas
One-fifth of the world’s total crop production is destroyed by insects annually. Hitting the temperate zones hardest, climate change worsens the condition.
Who Doesn’t Want to Get Smarter by Taking a Pill?
The idea of using a pill that boosts your brainpower might seem pretty appealing. Using medicinal combinations and pills to get smarter is a centuries old practice which has seen a rising trend in last decades.
Plastic Can Turn into Vanilla Flavoring
It is estimated the global demand for vanilla is growing due to the vanilla flavoring of food stuff. Vanillin is a highly desirable chemical widely used in the food and cosmetics industries, pharmaceutics, cleaning products, and herbicides.
Male seahorses and pipefishes can get pregnant!
Male seahorses and pipefishes can become pregnant and give birth. As part of a project called MALEPREG, Dr. Olivia Roth from the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) in Germany is studying syngnathids, a fish family including seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons, to understand the evolution of pregnancy.
Can we program plants to produce vaccines?
Molecular farming is the basic idea to genetically modify or program plants in order to produce useful biomolecules such as vaccines for us.
