Cell membrane composed of lipids is impermeable to glucose which is a polar compound. Transport of glucose across the cell membrane requires a carrier protein located in cell membrane. In plant…

My esteemed colleague Nathaniel Borenstein recently had an article published in TechNewsWorld, “Is the IT Pendulum Winding Down?” Are we finally nearing a time when IT’s constant swing between…

If only you could visit the new Barcelona airport and see the shops you will hardly notice any signs of recession. I was much impressed by the designs of ladies purses displayed in window which had…

What do you get when you combine gravity, Bernoulli's principle, and a social media giant? An easy-to-understand explanation of how planes fly, courtesy of Facebook users. And you were worried about…

Bacteria perhaps have smallest chromosomes in organized fashion though they lack nuclear membrane. Their chromosomes were the first to be synthesized artificially. Artificially constructed chromosome…

Nature has well knit system of biodiversity. Microbes that thrive on dead organic matter and decompose it to its elements are a sort of sanitary inspectors of nature. Dead animals, plants, organic…

Perhaps the botanists are too week to put their case forward as no interest groups support their voice while environmentalist are supported by different lobbies. The voice of botanists are not heard…

I am not a believer of any faith, and the most common prayer you can hear from my voice is "pass the salt". However, I claim I have the right to have my own opinion on what is worth praying for.…

To protect human life there are laws in every corner of the world. Plant life is cheap. One should undersand if plants are gone entire human population will be gone. When plant life is to be…

The physics news in August have so far disappointed me, with the only remarkable one being the sad departure of Nicola Cabibbo. After ICHEP 2010, with the frenzy of paper production that has…

There are several levels of climate change. The tree standing on the hills near my house has suffered from a disease caused due to pollution. Termites are affecting yield . Grass in my garden has…

Earth is a finite structure. Human beings are part of flora and fauna on this earth. Earth was not created for one species only . It was not human species. Millions of plants, animals, insects, birds…

The basic difference which I have seen in rich nations and poor nations ( its obvious world wide) is the vegetation, health food habits and attitude. Health and wealth both are there . Its the rich…

Day-Trip Every once in a while I post a poem in my blog. I hope that my readers may enjoy my poems and that educators may find them helpful as teaching aids. For a very long time in the UK people…

My talk on evolutionary imagery at the Centre For Inquiry. Here is a video posted by the Centre For Inquiry Canada of a talk I gave in Toronto a few months ago. Larry Moran was my gracious host, and…

Sitting in a balcony facing a forest in the apartment of our daughter I wonder where the botanists have gone. In our times it was common site to see lots of botanists tracking the woods and…

If you look at the Pines sitting in your balcony you will wonder why they growth taller and taller and their apex moves towards the sky in straight line. You can see apical dominance. What provides…

Palace of winds or Hawamahal of Jaipur is one the landmark or monuments. If you climb up the monument you can see the Nahargarh fort or Tiger fort once den or tiger is now a barren hills . Hope some…

Janter Manter of Jaipur is now world heritage site but what about hills of Jaipur. Most of plants are cut and taken away as headloads by women for fuel. Termite attack is destroying large number of…

A view of Jaigarh fort from the Amber fort of Jaipur tells the untold story written on the hills, barren hills with no vegetation. As a botanist one may cry but how many of are us botanists nowMost…