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Sandipan Talukdar
Why Discovery of Axions Is Important for Particle Physics
25 Nov 2019
Axion discovery could be the first step in addressing one of the major unsolved problems in particle physics – strong CP problem.
Sandipan Talukdar
Secret of Supercentenarians: Excess of a Particular Immune Cell Type
20 Nov 2019
It has been found through studies that those who very rarely manage to live over 110 years are relatively immune to illnesses such as infections and cancer during their entire lifetime.
Sandipan Talukdar
GPS System in Human Brain and Memory Recall
20 Nov 2019
A new research has identified memory-trace-cells, which are special neurons that get activated when one recalls memories involved in specific locations.
Sandipan Talukdar
Gene Transfer From Bacteria to Algae is How Plants Evolved to Survive on Land
19 Nov 2019
Recent research has discovered that genes found in algal genomes were crucial for life’s emergence from water.
Sandipan Talukdar
Unravelling the Science Behind Pleasure in Music
13 Nov 2019
Recent researches suggest that musical pleasure come from positive reward prediction, which means, what we hear in musical form appears to be pleasant when it is better than what is expected.
Sandipan Talukdar
New Dengue Vaccine Claims Success, But Apprehensions Remain
12 Nov 2019
The peculiar problem associated with designing a dengue vaccine is that people who develop protective antibodies to a specific serotype of dengue are at more risk of severe disease if they are…
Sandipan Talukdar
Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space 40 Years After Launch
06 Nov 2019
The NASA craft is still beaming back signals from beyond the heliosphere, which are taking more than 16 hours to reach Earth.
PTI
Worldwide Over 11,000 Scientists Declare Global Climate Emergency
06 Nov 2019
The signatories, across 153 countries, identified six areas in which humanity should take immediate steps -- energy, short-lived pollutants, nature, food, economy, and population.
Saurav Kumar
The Brain Behind Tejas Takes Science to Rural Bihar
03 Nov 2019
Verma’s journey—from being an eminent scientist for the nation’s premier defence research organisation to an educationist working in the rural region—is inspiring.
Sandipan Talukdar
Measles Virus Can Cause Immune Amnesia and Increase Risk of Other Infections: Studies
02 Nov 2019
The findings were based on population data showing that mortality from other pathogens increases after a measles outbreak.