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Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insomnia is a disorder of sleep where a person has trouble falling asleep. It affects 30% of the total population worldwide and can be chronic or acute. In general, the causes include underlying Psychiatric or clinical conditions and it affects our mood and productivity. Recent studies conducted by researchers in […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJs) act as a barrier to protect against harmful antigens which promote inflammation of the intestine in case of inflammatory bowel diseases. A defect in the intestinal TJ barrier is sometimes also known as “leaky gut”. Till date, no effective therapies are available for targeting the intestinal […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Two new species of Mammal-like burrowing animals have been discovered in Northeastern China. These animals lived around 120 million years ago, and though both are distantly related, they have independently evolved the traits for digging. Paleontologists call them the first “Scratch-diggers” of the ecosystem. Organisms live underground for a variety […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic which emerged as a global crisis in early 2020 has touched nearly every aspect of human lives including the working conditions at workplaces. Workers not only have a high risk of getting infected with COVID-19 but they are also exposed to different occupational safety and health (OSH) risks. […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata It is seen that wearing two face masks can double up the effectiveness of keeping the SARS-CoV-2-sized particles out of the wearer’s nose and mouth, thus, preventing COVID – 19 according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on April 16, 2021. This increased effectiveness is due to the […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Researchers at Stalk and Scripps Research Institute have discovered the mystery behind how Carnivorous plants sense and trap their prey. Ever since we were in middle school we have learned that plants like Venus flytrap and Sundew are sensitive to touch, which helps them to sense and trap their prey. […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata The brain, the noted central functioning organ of the body’s machinery has a lot more confidential secrets within itself than we cannot even imagine. The human minds have often tried to hunt for the unknown to gain knowledge about it but have failed due to several limitations. But with time, […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Maxine Hong Kingston once quoted, “In the time of destruction, create something” and to create is the motto of most intellectual minds. There wouldn’t have been civilizations dawning out of nowhere if the human minds were at rest and wouldn’t have thought to do something “out of the box”. But […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Investigation of old environmental DNA (eDNA) has altered our capacity to portray biological communities in reality, by taking into consideration equal sequencing of DNA from every trophic level. Be that as it may, because ecological samples contain sparse and fragmented information from various individuals, and regularly contain firmly related […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone Indeed, as said by American biotechnologist, Craig Venter, “Life is a DNA software system”. In simple terms, it can be said that DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) contains all the necessary instructions required for an organism to grow, divide, reproduce and even survive. It replicates to pass on genetic information and also provides […]
