Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme proposed 11th July to be commemorated as World Population Day by the international community. The day aims to direct awareness of the necessity and implication of population themes and issues. Current estimations demonstrate that approximately 83 […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insomnia is a disorder of sleep where a person has trouble falling asleep. It affects 30% of the total population worldwide and can be chronic or acute. In general, the causes include underlying Psychiatric or clinical conditions and it affects our mood and productivity. Recent studies conducted by researchers in […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Two new species of Mammal-like burrowing animals have been discovered in Northeastern China. These animals lived around 120 million years ago, and though both are distantly related, they have independently evolved the traits for digging. Paleontologists call them the first “Scratch-diggers” of the ecosystem. Organisms live underground for a variety […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Coronavirus yet again presents new issues to worry about this year, aside from the devastating global pandemic it has caused. Over the last few weeks, a new “double mutant variant” has been detected in some pockets of India, particularly Delhi and Maharashtra. This “double mutant” strain has been found in […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata When dealing with treatments relating to human health, we need to take care of two things: i.) the cure should be developed on the basis of all criteria including the majority of the population, and ii.) side-effects should be absent or negligible. Any drug or vaccine to be identified safe, […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Protein replacement therapy is a medical treatment that supplements or replaces a protein in a patient in whom this is absent or deficient. These are a very powerful class of drugs and are highly selective and specific in their targets. This makes them a very useful tool in modern science. […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Barcelona Institute for Global Health, for the first time, pointed out the relationships between multiple urban lifestyles, and body mass index (BMI) exposure. There is growing evidence that urban exposures like air pollution and a huge population are directly declining the growth and increasing obesity in children. Data was collected from 80,000 children living in […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata The coronavirus, or the virus which has resulted in the whole world to shutdown, the ecosystem to change and us to depend completely on technology (to manage the economic conditions) and their immunity (since its more or less the survival of the fittest) first started its game in Wuhan, China. […]
Soumya Sarathi Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Bacterial infections leading to diseases or in many of the times increasing the severity of another disease are one of the most common issues faced by human beings. Increased resistance against mostly used antibiotics (drugs) is presently the biggest concern for healthcare professionals and the general public. […]
