The cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) originates from South America. However, tapioca – which is extracted from its starchy root tubers – now plays a key role in diet in tropical countries, providing ...

Before plants evolved, vegetative life consisted of primitive green algae living in the sea. Like plants, these algae survived by performing photosynthesis, turning sunlight into energy. However, ...

With the CBSE Board Exams 2026 fast approaching, it has become essential for students to understand what examiners actually look for in answer sheets. Using correct scientific terminology, following ...

Brookings Institution's report details the best ways to minimize risk and utilize benefits of AI for students.

For decades, scientists assumed that order drives efficiency. Yet in the bustling machinery of mitochondria — the organelles that crank out adenosine ...

Scientists Alarmed After Finding 'Highly Toxic' Goo Spread Across Earth's Ocean Floor ...

Engineered “trees” are moving from lab sketches to steel and sorbent in the ground, promising to pull carbon dioxide directly ...

Plants fix 258 billion tons of CO2 in their chloroplasts through photosynthesis every year. For these cell organelles to work ...

As we age, our cells don’t just wear down—they reorganize. Researchers found that cells actively remodel a key structure called the endoplasmic reticulum, reducing protein-producing regions while ...

How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

The Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) is a worldwide isotope monitoring network of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in precipitation, initiated in 1960 by the International Atomic Energy ...