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DiyaAdhikary, Amity University Kolkata The very thought that cricket chirps indicate something rather meaningful about our environment other than to simply annoy us with their high-pitched sound is baffling! For some cultures, the chirping of insects holds different meanings- a sign of good luck, rain, something bad, impending illness, or even death. But Science has […]
Laiba Saleem, Aligarh Muslim University Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not any doubt the core way forward for IT, and together with machine learning and data science it holds significant potential in majority fields, and the medicinal industry is not any stranger thereto. From medical/surgical robotics to microchips containing the anamnesis of patients, AI has come […]
Aayushi Gaur; U.I.E.T, Kurukshetra University CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, accompanying it ‘Cas’, an acronym for CRISPR-associated protein. Cas can be readily modified to target particular portions of DNA and to turn genes on/off without changing their sequence. It is a form of genome editing technology that is utilized to make […]
Shreejita Bhowmick, Techno India University There are some instances when we feel breathlessness, a feeling of not getting enough air. Such instances might not necessarily indicate an underlying critical disease. Tachypnoea is such a condition that refers to abnormal, rapid but shallow breathing. It is often mistaken with conditions of hyperventilation, hypernoea (rapid but deep […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Depression is currently one of the most well-known psychiatric disorders with an increasing number of patients every year. Existing research reveals the role played by different cellular, neuroendocrine and neurochemical mechanisms on the pathophysiology of depression. Since the last two decades, studies of neuroanatomical changes in depression, mainly in the […]
Souhrid Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata UNDERSTADING BIOLOGICAL WARFARE Biological warfare is a primitive concept that has been in use for nearly 2000 years. Evidence for the deliberate use of microorganisms and toxins as bioweapons are there throughout history. Biological warfare is the use of biological toxins or infectious pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and […]
Shivani Vaja, former student President Science College DNA Sequencing is the systematic process of determining, performing, and analyzing the sequence of nucleotides ( the order of adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine nucleotides ) in DNA. The technique of resolving DNA sequence was known as Sanger sequencing. This methodology included the separation of fluorescently labeled DNA […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Prologue One of the greatest services provided by humans is the provision of education to those in utmost need. And in this process, the teachers play a critical role in shaping a child’s future under the disguise of a mentor, role model, or guide. For decades, India’s education system has […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata The coronavirus disease or COVID is something that is shaking the entire portrait of the lives of people in the world right now. This single-stranded, positive-sensed, enveloped virus has given rise to a pandemic in the 21st century. In such a situation, learning about the different mutants, variants, and strains […]
Sugnyan Shivakumar, JSS Science and Technology University Understanding Stem Cells Stem cells are cells that can transform themselves into specialized cell types in the body that can be used as a replacement for injured cells and tissues. Potten and Loeffler, 1990 in their review came up with a functional definition for stem cells as undifferentiated […]
