Nandini Pharasi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Researchers have cracked the question of what produces the unique, beneficial sugar found in stingless bee honey. A new natural source of the rarest disaccharide trehalulose, stingless bee’s honey, has been identified by Australian researchers. What did researchers say about this? Dr Natasha Hungerford, the study’s leader, stated […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta At this time in the pandemic when we have ongoing vaccination drives, a new development in the pharmaceutical industry could prove to be a step towards enhanced protection and ability to fight against COVID-19 infections. This is the development of two drugs developed by Australian scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The fractions of plastic debris that are less than 5 mm in the largest dimension or diameter are commonly referred to as microplastics. Microscopic plastic debris mainly results from the fragmentation of larger plastic debris that enters rivers and eventually reaches the oceans. Recent literature indicates that microplastic debris is […]
-Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata At the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, a rapid antigen test is developed using novel optical technology, iStrip technology is used to measure the saliva even in a very low amount and after 15 minutes result is displayed on the instrument’s small screen. This efficient, quick, and cost-effective ($A25 per […]
– Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata SARS-CoV-2 being a new pathogen, did not restrict itself to accumulate mutations across its genes. Researchers from the University of Melbourne, in Australia, developed a new software tool COVID-3D, which proofs itself to be powerful enough for harnessing genomic and protein information about the virus and its mutations which […]
