Archive for November, 2005

Evolutionary History of the Translational Machinery

By George Fox & Ashwinikumar Naik
Current theories on the origin of life envision an RNA World as the culmination of chemical evolution. The extent of this RNA World, and the biochemical complexity of the progenotes1 that populated it, is subject to much debate. It, nevertheless, is likely a point of agreement among workers in the [...]

History of Airlines in India

From the Airlinesindia.org website
1910: The first Indian, or maybe even Asian, to have an airplane is the young Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, who has a keen interest in aviation. Singh sends his Chief Engineer to Eurpoe for a study with orders to buy three planes, including a Bleriot monoplane and Farman biplanes, which arrive [...]

History of low cost airlines

British entrepreneur Freddie Laker is recognized world over as the person who pioneered venture to open the skies for low cost travel in 1977. The Sky Train went bust in 1982 when stronger competitors used unfair means to drive him out of the business. But his legacy not only lives on but has since become [...]

Proteomics: An overview

This is an old article of mine on proteomics. Most technology must be outdated by now!

Open Source Links

Unlocking the door to the open source community can be done via the Internet. A wide variety of open source resources can be found on these organizations’ Web sites. Links to open source sites