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CBSE Class 11 Biotechnology Syllabus 2026-27, Download Free PDF Here
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (370+ words) Check: CBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2026-27 Download PPDF, All Subjects Check out the highlight table below for easy and clear understanding There are total four units in the Class 11 Biotechnology curriculum, which helps students to master the basics of the topic and…...
First we read DNA. Then we edited. Now we’re learning to write
1+ day, 29+ min ago (841+ words) Dr Hugh Goold watches as Sogna Ocello cleaves open a wheel of firm goat’s cheese, wrapped in hay from the grassy slopes of northern Italy. Wielding a silver cheese plane, she spirits a cylindrical skein from its pale centre and…...
The concealed geometry behind breeding constraints
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (329+ words) Breeding crops for thousands of years has narrowed genetic diversity into tight corridors, delivering steady gains—yet today progress is slowing. Heritability-based expectations often suggest more hidden variance should exist, but breeding programmes struggle to uncover it. In a new…...
Root developmental zonation persists despite changes in cell wall pH
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (392+ words) In a discovery that could reshape how scientists think about plant development, researchers report that the spatial “zoning” patterns emerging along growing roots do not depend on the acidity of the cell wall. The findings, published in Nature Plants, address…...
Wild snapdragons subtly change color to attract bees
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (356+ words) Flower color is often treated like an aesthetic detail, but new research shows it can be the product of intense evolutionary fine-tuning. In snapdragons, subtle shifts in pigment patterning determine how effectively flowers recruit bees—and that difference can influence…...
Surface-Enhanced Raman Enables Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Pb2+ Ions
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (311+ words) Lead is a highly toxic, long-lived metal that can accumulate in ecosystems and human tissues. Because even trace levels can threaten health, sensitive monitoring in water is essential for environmental protection, public health, and reliable agricultural and trade practices. Yet…...
AI-designed nucleases build on nature’s design
1+ day, 32+ min ago (405+ words) Researchers used AI to create variants of a CRISPR-Cas12-like nuclease, some of which show increased editing activity Artificial intelligence is already great at predicting how proteins fold. And soon, AI might become great at designing new proteins from scratch....
SpaceBio Knowledge Hub: A LiteratOmics Platform for Microgravity and Space Biology Research
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (458+ words) Astrobiology Web Our work also introduces LiteratOmics, a new framework that combines literature mining, natural language processing, and AI to transform scientific publications into structured, searchable, and interconnected knowledge. The platform supports researchers, educators, students, and citizen scientists while promoting…...
Genome Editing Boosts a Traditional Herb’s Potential
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (376+ words) From traffic lights to fashion trends, changing from red to green can signal much more than a shift in color. Now, Hiroshima University researchers have shown that the same is true for perilla. Using genome editing, they transformed red perilla…...
Arabidopsis Researchers Map N1-methyladenosine mRNA Methylation
1+ day, 3+ min ago (369+ words) In a breakthrough for plant epitranscriptomics, researchers report that Arabidopsis thaliana uses N1-methyladenosine (m1A) to modulate mRNA behavior with base-level precision. m1A is a relatively newly recognized mRNA methylation mark, and until now its distribution and biological impact in plants had remained…...