Nucleus function, structure & its importance in cell’s life

Nucleus Every living cell has centrally placed circular and dusky structure called “nucleus“. The nucleus function is key to a cell’s normal survival. The cells with a well formed nucleus are called as  eukaryotic cells. The cells lacking this nucleus are called prokaryotic cells.  It is also absent in red blood cells and hence are called as corpuscles. It appears as a spherical body [...] Continue reading →

Causes of water pollution: Tips on prevention of water pollution

water pollution-1 Water comprises an approximate of 80% of body mass hence, the drinking water is an important requirement for survival. Since it is contributor for better health, the drinking water we consume daily should be clean, free form pollution and contaminants of all sorts. Most of the water supplied for drinking  to the human in all parts of the world [...] Continue reading →

Air pollution causes: A Note on diseases caused by air pollution

Industry air pollution-1 Air pollution is the cause of certain life threatening disorders like lung cancer, skin infections, paralysis etc. and in many cases the existing disease conditions exaggerate due to air pollution. For instance in case of COPD, asthma, Tuberculosis & other infections, eye problems etc. As per The World Health Organization reports, approximately 2.7 million people die each year from air [...] Continue reading →

Pollution Definition, Introduction &Types of pollution

Courtesy:Digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Pollution definition: It is an unconcerned and uncontrolled contamination of limited natural resources available for safe survival of living beings including humans. Its untoward effects are detrimental for the healthy survival and also the contamination in most cases is not completely reversible. In short it is defined as contamination of natural environment with pollutants hazardous to [...] Continue reading →

List of cell organelles and their functions

cell-Organelles Cell organelles and their functions in a cell are almost similar in all the organisms ranging from microbes to plants and animals. The cell is an independent system and in some cases it can carry out whole processes as a single living entity like in bacteria, protozoa etc. In microbes like amoeba, paramecium a single cell even carries out all the functions [...] Continue reading →