What happened to the Flash Player?

07 Oct 2020 | 11:09 AM

Oct 7, 2020 (UNI/TNM): Adobe Flash Player was one of the most used plug-ins on websites few years back. Flash player was the perfect option to play multimedia content, internet apps, games and streaming content but it has been phased out gradually. Adobe launched flash player in January 1996 and official support for flash player will end in December 2020. Majority of browsers have replaced flash player with interactive HTML5 content.

New species belong to a plant group known for their varied medicinal properties discover in Western Ghats

05 Oct 2020 | 5:35 PM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) Two new species of a plant group known for their varied medicinal
properties have been discovered in the Western Ghats – one of the thirty-five hot-spots
of biological diversity in the world.

Moving towards vaccine to reduce yield loss due to diseases in rice

05 Oct 2020 | 11:41 AM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) A scientist has uncovered the mechanism by which a bacterium called Xoo (Xanthomonas oryzaepv. oryzae) that causes a serious bacterial leaf blight disease in rice interacts with rice plant and cause disease.

Scientists find ‘Breath Print’ for detecting ulcer-causing gastric pathogen

03 Oct 2020 | 9:30 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) Exhaled breath may soon help detect bacteria that infect the stomach, causing various forms of gastritis and eventually gastric cancer as the scientists have found a method for early diagnosis of bacteria that causes peptic ulcer, with the help of a biomarker called ‘BreathPrint’ found in the breath.