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Sandipan Talukdar
Neurodegenerative Monster Alzheimer’s May Be A Result of Prions
07 May 2019
Prions are self-propagating, misfolded proteins that are lethal and can spread through tissues like any other infection in the body.
Sandipan Talukdar
Collision That the Himalayas Rise, Also Changed World’s Oceans and Conditions for Life
01 May 2019
When Kast’s team assembled the unprecedented geological data of ocean nitrogen, they found that in the 10 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct; the 15N to 14N ratio was high, suggesting…
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Crops in 80 Mizoram Villages Damaged by Fall Armyworm Outbreak
30 Apr 2019
The farmers are fearing a re-run of the famine-like situation that the state witnessed 60 years ago.
Sandipan Talukdar
Socialisation Was Driving Force in Shaping Modern Human Face
29 Apr 2019
The modern eyebrows became smooth and capable of a wide range of movements. Human faces became slimmer, which made them capable of expressing subtle emotions like sympathy and recognition.
Jisha CJ
Nipah Lessons: ‘It is High Time ‘One Health’ Concept is Applied in Public Health Surveillance’
29 Apr 2019
A Sukumaran, epidemiologist with Kerala’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, says the state handled the outbreak efficiently, but emerging new diseases that are zoonotic in origin will throw…
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2.9 million Children in India Missed Out First Dose of Measles Vaccine in 2017
29 Apr 2019
UNICEF has revealed that 169 million children around the world missed out the first dose of measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, which is roughly about 21.1 million children a year on average.
Yogesh S
India’s Production of Affordable Generic Drugs is Under Attack by the United States of America
27 Apr 2019
The “special 301 report” of the United States Trade Representative not only “violates the integrity and legitimacy of the system of legal rights and flexibilities created by the TRIPs Agreement”, but…
Sandipan Talukdar
‘Genetics Vs Environment’ Debate: Findings on Baboon’s Gut Microbial Make-up Throw New Light
26 Apr 2019
Gut microbiota of a species in Kenya’s primate hybrid zone is determined not by genetics of baboons but by the soil they dwell upon, says new research.
Sandipan Talukdar
Chain-Melted State: The Strange State of Matter
20 Apr 2019
Finding more about the nature of states that matters can exist in, scientists now have found that some matters can also exist in two states at the same time, provided some particular conditions are
Sandipan Talukdar
Early Human Species That Lived in the Luzon Island of the Philippines Discovered
18 Apr 2019
Finding of the new archaic human species in the Philippines make the region really significant from the perspective of human evolution and ancient human migration.