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 […]
Shreemoyee Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Role of Solvent tolerance in biofuel production and its trend in the species- Microorganisms have been considered as a boon that shapes all biological sciences. Microorganisms form an integral part of our everyday lives as they are not only present around us but also within us, some also involved in […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata In the same way, as humans draw and store mind/road maps, bumblebees and honeybees also can memorize flight paths to their favorite flower stops. Bumblebees like, their relatives, also feed on nectar & pollen of flowers using their proboscis (long tube-like tongue) and colonize 50 individuals (approx.) in a […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA The protein-coding genomes for humans and chimpanzees are remarkably similar with a 1% difference. The biological feature that makes us unique and separable from chimpanzees is an intensely debated and interesting line of research. According to the hypothesis, the researchers claim that it wasn’t so much DNA sequence but the […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Who soared the empty skies 360 million years ago? Not the Pterosaurs. Not the Birds. Definitely not the Bats. They were the Insects. They flew before anything else did. The origin of wings among these tiny arthropods was however an enigma, it bugged the Scientists for over a Century. There […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Researchers in Japan and Cambodia have discovered coronaviruses which is similar to COVID-19. These are the first known relatives of SARS-Cov-2 to be found outside China and to be originated from horseshoe bats or Rhinolophus bats. It is still unknown if COVID-19 was transferred directly from bats to people or […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Scientists extracted remains from the Egg Mountain in Western Montana and studied the fossils of 22 individuals Filikomys primaeval (which translates to “youthful, friendly mouse”). The remains were about 75.5 million years old typically stuck together in groups of two to five, with at least 13 samples clustered within a […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Physical activity is vital to conduct for which solid evolutionary pressure exists to guarantee basic planning with the accessibility of food and avoidance of predators. Health benefits are potentiated by physical activities based on time. Strong shared communication between skeletal muscles, the circadian timing system, and exercise has been suspected. […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Throughout the evolution of the primate’s brain from the rear end to the foremost part – the prefrontal cortex (PFC) makes Homo sapiens the most intelligent species known on this planet. PFC, the rational part of the brain has evolutionarily specialized cognitive abilities such as complex decision making. Due […]
