Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata The problem of carbon emission The emission of carbon has been a major environmental concern for decades. The carbon footprints left behind after using many of the day-to-day appliances, machines and other commodities have had a huge impact on the environment. With global warming being a raging threat for decades, […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Biomedical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently developed a biocompatible adhesive inspired from barnacle glue. Most of the time, wound healing and tissue repair are very complicated processes and the existing methodologies to seal a wound or torn tissue are time consuming, complex and are at risk of […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida By changing the form, location, and function of several of their proteins, common yeast can adapt and survive in response to a long-term change in temperature. The startling findings highlight protein plasticity at the molecular and conformational levels. It demonstrates the ability of molecular biology in understanding organismal responses to […]
Samreek Bhatta, Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata What is Biological Diversity? Biological diversity (commonly called biodiversity) is often understood to be a wide array of flora, fauna, and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences within species — for instance, variations among varieties of crops, different breeds of livestock, the variety of ecosystems, etc. It […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Animal-based meat production has grown over the years to meet the demand for cost-effective and appetizing food. However, this treat is accompanied by unnoticed consequences for human health, the environment, and the animals involved. Focusing on the rise in global meat demand, researchers, and entrepreneurs are focusing on plant-based approaches […]
-Mayukh Sinha, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic is the trending matter of concern. In addition to that, the post-recovery health of COVID-19 patients has imposed a threat as well. It has been reported that a 33-year-old Chinese man caught his second infection. It simply posed a doubt on the human immune system’s ability to […]
–Anuska Sen, Team bioXone Although it seems questionable whether a fungus can endanger amphibian lives, pieces of evidence prove that they have already been responsible for the extinction of over 30 amphibian species. This disastrous water-borne fungus named Chytrid fungus is so widespread that it is said to be present in every part of the […]
–Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata With the horror with which Covid-19 is spreading presently, the story of U.S President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Coronavirus was either engineered intentionally or was the result of a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, has brought forward terror in the minds of people. According […]
