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Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The production of cereal crops is deeply threatened, throughout the world by seed-borne bacterial diseases. Locally occurring disease resistance remains unclear in different crops. In this study conducted by Matsumoto et. al, it has been observed that under the same pathogen pressure, rice plants of the same cultivar can be distinguished […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Various types of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) have been detected in many indoor environments. Materials like asbestos can move through the air and into the lungs causing long term damage to human tissues. Apart from this, the household furniture, wallpaper, flooring etc. are also known to emit free-floating chemicals. […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Scientists and Researchers of the University Of Wyoming have found out that pulverised coal powder that is being used in copper foil, glass containers and a household microwave can be converted into a higher-value nano-graphite. This discovery works as an alternative method for the usage of Wyoming’s Powder River Basin […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A new technique for removing extremely tough blood clots has been developed by researchers, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound “drill” to break down the clots from within. The approach has not gone through clinical trials yet, promising results have been shown by in vitro testing. Primarily, the new technique […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Carbon has always been applied in the fields such as metallurgy, environmental remediation, conversion, automotive industry, etc as it has extensive physicochemical properties. In this report, an efficient approach to making graphite from carbon dioxide at low temperatures in the absence of metal catalysts has been suggested. CO2 is converted […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Due to the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, various sanitation strategies have been adopted worldwide so that the spread of the virus and the disease can be prevented. One such strategy which is adopted for sterilization in offices and homes is the use of […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Marine chemists Mitchell Christy, Yoshinori Uekusa, and others at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego, have described the genomic and life-history traits of three classes of RNA viruses that have caused endemic and global pandemics in the […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University A ground-breaking randomized trial at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine has given us a new treatment for SARS-CoV-2 patients. In the trial that was led by Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D., mesenchymal stem cells of the umbilical cord were infused into the body of patients severely affected by […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Improving the age of comprehensively receptive antibodies against influenza A virus (IAV) is a pertinent objective toward building up a global IAV immunization. While antibodies that bind conserved IAV epitopes have been recognized in people, antibodies specific for the variable epitopes are substantially more predominant than antibodies perceiving conserved […]
-Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Aerosols are minute solid particle/liquid droplets suspended in atmospheric air or other gaseous phases. Various natural (volcanic eruptions, dust storms) and anthropogenic activities (air pollution) give rise to the formation of these aerosols. The particles acts as the core upon which water vapor condense, leading to cloud formation. These […]
