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Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata World Malaria Day (WMD) is celebrated every year on the 25th of April and it is a global effort to control the spread of Malaria. This day began to be officially observed in the year 2007 by the 60th session of the World Health Assembly, which serves as the WHO’s […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata One of the most pressing environmental and social issues of the twenty-first century is plastic pollution. The role of the atmosphere in transporting microplastics to remote locations has recently been highlighted in the research. A new study published in PNAS, claims that our plastic pollution problem has gotten so bad […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone The World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is commemorated on the 24th of April each year by the World Health Organization (WHO). This day is observed to spread public awareness about the life-threatening outcomes of tuberculosis disease and the need to adopt various methods to end the worldwide occurrence of TB. On the […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The Earth currently has an oxidizing atmosphere. An oxidizing atmosphere is essentially an atmosphere that is rich in oxygen and is responsible for the rust that will develop on an iron-rich object in your home if it’s released into the air for a critical amount of time. Though this is […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Last month the city of Kolkata had reported a double mutant type B.1.617 strain of COVID19. Today, an indigenous triple mutant variety B.1.618 is identified. This strain, dubbed as the “Bengal strain” by Scientists, is much more infective compared to the previous ones and what is terrifying them more is […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many people have a wrong conception that since DNA damage can occur any time at any genomic site of a neuron, DNA repairs take place throughout the genome arbitrarily. Salk scientists have proved this view to be invalid saying that genomic sites are benefitted. Genomic sites are also known as […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Good oral hygiene is far better than having to take antibiotics in dental procedures for some heart patients to prevent a heart infection resulting from bacterial infections around the teeth. Infective endocarditis (IE), additionally called bacterial endocarditis, is a heart infection brought about by microbes that enter the circulation […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone The Earth Day event was first held on 22nd April 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson and it turned into an environmental movement in 1990. Since then, it has been celebrated by over 192 countries every year. The event is conducted by Earthday.org. In 2020, Earth Day was celebrated virtually by over […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Since the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the spike protein of it has been a topic of great interest among researchers. These spike proteins are capable of infecting the host cells after their attachment to the ACE2 receptor binding domain. The new mutated strains have caused a huge amount of […]
Sagnik Nag , Amity University Kolkata As ethanol, biodiesel, and other biofuels being conventional fuel sources, continue to pose challenges, such as stringent competition with food security or lack of adequate technology for more efficient and low-cost production, microalgae are now gaining momentum as a biofuel energy crop. According to the current scientific research work, […]
