-Anuska Sen, Amity University Kolkata During space missions, when astronauts cross the magnetosphere layer of the Earth, they are exposed to the harmful ionizing space radiations. Although the stainless steel shields are potent enough to save them but these are in no way economical and handy. Researcher G.K. Shunk and the group have come up […]
-Ritwika Chowdhury, Amity University Kolkata Mitochondria is responsible for the activity of the neurons. Thus, mitochondrial dysfunction often links to some of the most critical and destructive forms of neurodegeneration, such as Parkinson’s disease, different ataxias and several peripheral neuropathies.Neurons have very little or no capacity to adapt their energy metabolism to challenging conditions as […]
–Binayak Das, Amity University Kolkata Purple Urine Bag Syndrome or PUBS, is a rare condition observed mostly in female patients with weakened kidneys, constipation and a highly alkaline urinary-tract infection (UTI). The urine collecting inside the patient’s catheter and its tube starts to develop a deep purple hue, which is also the initial characteristic visual […]
– Shristi Sharma, Amity University Kolkata Looking for a job in Bioinformatics? NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) released a vacancy dated 3rd September 2020 for the Research fellow position. Find details and link as under: Project Id: NIMH-PROJ/SERB/CN/NOTI/JRF/2020-21 Application are invited from the eligible candidates for filling up the post of “Junior Research Fellow” […]
–Biswadeep Sen, Amity University Kolkata Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases found in the modern day. Luckily, a novel aspect is now coming into light in-order to combat the seemingly impossible disease. The Auric Nanoparticles, are the new devices that are being heavily relied on for many biomedical aspects. More importantly, a […]
-Sanket Roy, Amity University Kolkata Our life forms and progress depends upon the central dogma of life. DNA gets transcripted to RNA and RNA further translates Protein. The genetic code initiates and controls the growth and physiology of any cell. Our body is made up of a community of individual cells having specific activities to […]
–Shristi Sharma, Amity University Kolkata Among the Under-graduates, GATE exam is one of the gateways to higher studies. GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, it is an All-India Exam taken to assess your qualification for Masters, Integrated MTech- PhD and for various Public Sector Units recruitment. IISC (Indian institute of Sciences ) and […]
-Anuska Sen, Amity University Kolkata The tremendous dire situation that the whole world is facing during the Covid-19 pandemic needs some solution to it in an easy, fast and accessible manner. Dozens of diagnosis methods have been developed to detect the infected cases, but most have failed due to drawbacks such as costly instruments, non-functional […]
-Sanket Roy, Amity University Kolkata Fusarium virguliforme causes the most catastrophic disease in Soybean named Sudden death syndrome (SDS) which destructs almost 80% of the total yield under favorable growth conditions. To deal with the disastrous infection, a group of scientists from Southern Illinois University, University of Iowa and Syngenta Crop Protection have come up […]
–Anuska Sen, Amity University Kolkata Continuous depletion of renewable energy like fuel poses a serious threat to the future world. With the discovery of photocatalytic sheet aka photosheet, an artificial photosynthesis has been made possible which allows the products to be stored as fuel. The photosheet uses water, carbon-dioxide and sunlight as the raw materials […]
