Do lipases and amylases of an endangered Indian carp Hypselobarbus pulchellus play a role in visceral fat dynamics; evidence of in vitro macromolecular interactions.

Fat depots or triglycerides are hydrolysed by the action of lipases in fish to be used for energy and/or for growth and reproduction. In herbivores fishes, de novo synthesis of lipids from non- lipid substrates (glucose) leads to fat deposits and/or fatty infiltration in organs especially on ovaries limiting its normal functions. This study was aimed to understand lipases from the digestive tract (DT) of adult Hypselobarbus pulchellus of different sizes, their partial purification, characterisation and their isozymes.

On-chip cooling by superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectrics.

There is a significant need for site-specific and on-demand cooling in electronic, optoelectronic and bioanalytical devices, where cooling is currently achieved by the use of bulky and/or over-designed system-level solutions. Thermoelectric devices can address these limitations while also enabling energy-efficient solutions, and significant progress has been made in the development of nanostructured thermoelectric materials with enhanced figures-of-merit. However, fully functional practical thermoelectric coolers have not been made from these nanomaterials due to the enormous difficulties in integrating nanoscale materials into microscale devices and packaged macroscale systems.