In a extremely primitive way we are on the road to Immortality.

Within the nucleus of almost each and every 1 of the 100 trillion cells that make up our body is a Laptop or computer Program of huge complexity. This Laptop or computer Program is our DNA.
We can now for the 1st time in Man’s history read the message this Computer Program produces.

We can read this message by so-known as DNA sequencing.
What is DNA sequencing?
DNA sequencing is the process of determining the exact order of the three billion chemical creating blocks which make up the DNA of the 24 various human chromosomes.
This sequencing revealed the estimated 20,000-25,000 human genes within our DNA as properly as the regions controlling them.

What are Genes?
Genes are segments of DNA that are the simple functional units of heredity. Genes are determined by an ordered sequence of chemical bases located in a special position on a specific chromosome. Their “blueprint” guides protein production, which determines how distinct cells in the body function. Inherited genes also control our unique set of physical traits.

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The changing climate due to global warming, deforestation and other issues is threatening water shortages in some places and too much water in others.

This has enormous implications for flooding some populations out of places where they can live, but also for farming, as population growth means there is little new land available for agricultural development.

In the UK’s Independent Newspaper, May 11 2010, Holly Williams writes that water movement varies around the world. The Pacific Ocean has quite a self-contained cycle, with little water movement towards land while The Atlantic and Indian oceans see more water cycling onto land. The majority of water in Europe, the Americas and Africa comes from the Atlantic as rain – and returns to the ocean through rivers.

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Students from the science background are often left with the choices of picking medical or non- medical career options, which in earlier days was confined only to the engineering and medicine profession i.e. doctors. But with the advancements in the technology and men and women acquiring conscious of the most recent technologies and practises becoming followed in the foreign lands, new career opportunities are banging the doors of the students. Many universities and colleges are adopting many new courses from the west to provide a shift in the enterprise and the industrial developmental scenario of the nation. This is a known reality, that the industrial or company development of the country is dependent on the growth in the education sector of the nation.

Career in medicine has observed a variety of developments like biotechnology, neurosciences, physiotherapy, genetics, psychology, and so on, but no new developments have been seen in the field of engineering. Engineering field has got confined to the places of mechanical, electrical, chemical, and civil engineering. But to meet the newest standards of the marketplace and make students eligible and compatible to face the hardening practicalities of the outer planet, numerous colleges and universities are coming up with new courses in engineering. 1 of them is industrial engineering.

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Scientists batting for Indian Nano Farming

India is an agricultural economy. So it is natural for farm scientists in India to twitch their eyebrows if a considerable decline in Indian agriculture productionis observed. Indian Farm scientists foresee food scarcity in the impending years which could prove to be a significant threat to the India and the planet economy. According to them the only way to counter this difficulty is to make rapid progress in the field of nano-biotechnology. India’s leading farm scientists who had gathered at Indian Agriculture Universities Association (IAUA) Meet for Vice-Chancellors organized at the National Dairy Study Institute, Karnal had expressed concerns over the scarcity of food which according to them would grow into a severe global problem that needs to be tackled head-on. 

With the population mounting in Asia and African regions, the global population is expected to touch 7.five billion by 2020 and 9 billion by 2050. Needless to say, there is an increased need to have to use scientific technologies to boost agricultural production, informed Dr B Mishra, vice-chancellor of the Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Jammu. 

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