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Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata A long time ago, a record of the “lost time” was discovered by some workers digging grounds for a power plant in New Zealand. The discovery was of a 60-ton trunk from a kauri tree (the largest species of trees in New Zealand). The tree was assumed to have been […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta In the images above, on the left, we see predicted change of ocean temperatures in 2050-2099 that’s relative to 1950-1999 by using an ensemble of climate models. On the right, we have predicted rainfall change in amplitude of rainfall fluctuations (year-to-year standard deviation) in 2050-2099 which’s relative to 1950-1999. When […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata The world has suffered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2020. Though scientists are working hard day and night to tackle the situation, it always seems like the virus has the upper hand. Recently, a shocking discovery was made that puzzled Researchers and Doctors from […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata The soft tissue that has the potential to produce a force that helps in voluntary/involuntary body movements is called muscle. The motion is a result of sliding movements of actin and myosin, the two protein filaments that help muscle contract. There are 3 types of muscles: skeletal (bone), cardiac […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY COVID-19 drastically hit 2020, an eye-witnessed pandemic for us all. Analysis from many patients suffering from COVID-19 the second time suggests that the immune system failed to ward off the second thrash of the virus. A recent study now puts light on the fact. Reports highlight that the coronavirus mutates itself […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Dutch photographer Frans Lanting famously said, “biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points towards the future”. So the biodiversity of a region is very important since it marks the productivity of that particular region. Environmental biologists have been working since long back to identify and mark the biodiversity […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer that occurs when the pigment-producing cells that give color to the skin become cancerous. Once it spreads, the disease is known as metastatic melanoma which generally occurs during stage III or stage IV. Metastatic melanoma is a very fatal disease and as […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata A new research showed that cognitive SuperAgers have resistance from the improvement of fibrous tangles in the brain locale associated with memory and are known to be markers of Alzheimer’s disease. The tangles are made of tau protein which forms structures that transport supplements inside the nerve cell. These […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata In biomedicine and biotechnology, the biosynthesis of magnetic nanoparticles using bacteria could soon play an important role. A process for the isolation and purification of these particles from bacterial cells has now been developed and optimized by researchers from the University of Bayreuth. Magnetosomes exhibited good biocompatibility in initial testing […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata What did Oscar Wilde mean when he said-“Life imitates art more than art imitates life”? We as biologists concern ourselves with the Science of life and indeed it is not uncommon that, quite often the art of discovery derives its inspiration from nature itself. Synthetic Biology is a modern interdisciplinary […]
