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What is Green Fluorescence Protein?

Green Fluorescence Protein is a spontaneously fluorescent protein isolated from coelenterates, such as the Pacific jellyfish which that exhibits bright green fluorescence when exposed to light in the...

December 26, 2012

What are Super Absorbent Polymers?

Super Absorbent Polymers are polymers that have the unique ability to absorb and retain large volumes of water and other aqueous solutions relative to their own mass. This...

December 26, 2012

What are Synthetic Seeds?

Synthetic Seeds are artificially encapsulated somatic embryos (Somatic embryos are bipolar structure with both apical and basal meristematic regions which are capable of forming shoot and root, respectively)...

December 26, 2012

What are different Types of Fullerenes?

The fullerenes, discovered in 1985 by researchers at Rice University, are a family of carbon allotropes named after Buckminster Fuller. These are composed entirely of carbon, in the...

December 26, 2012

What are the 8 Allotropes of Carbon?

Eight Allotropes of carbon are Diamond Graphite Lonsdaleite C-60 Fullerene C-540 Fullerene Amorphous Carbon Carbon Nanotubes

December 26, 2012

In which river Nilgiri Mystus is found?

Nilgiri Mystus is a critically endangered fish species of India (IUCN Red List) found in Cauvery River and its tributary. It is also found in Western Ghats and...

December 26, 2012

What is Saint Lucia racer?

Saint Lucia racer is the world’s rarest species of snake, with fewer than 18 surviving in the wild found in east Caribbean island of St.Lucia. Populations of the...

December 26, 2012

What are Ghost Galaxies:?

Ghost Galaxies are thought to be some of the tiniest, oldest, and most pristine galaxies in the universe. They have been discovered over the past decade by astronomers...

December 26, 2012

Meteosat-10

Meteosat-10 is the latest second generation weather satellite (MSG-3) in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat series launched from Ariane 5 spacecraft 5 July, 2012 from Europe’s Spaceport at the...

December 25, 2012

Operation Ghost Click

DNS or Domain Name System is an internet service that converts the user friendly domain name such as gktoday.in into numerical addresses such as 108.179.195.204. These numerical addresses...

December 25, 2012

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