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One of the largest industries of the world faces a problem in disguise that surfaces when there is no way back. Team iGEM IISER Kolkata proposes a possible solution. Can this be the much-needed saviour? … Continue readingnaMOOste!
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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND WAYS TO TACKLE SUPER-BUGS
The accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming changed the course of mankind. However it has been estimated that by 2050, 10 million worldwide deaths could result from antibiotic-resistance bacteria. So, how do antibiotics resist the super-bugs? Read the blog to know in details … Continue readingANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND WAYS TO TACKLE SUPER-BUGS
Interdisciplinary Science And How It Can Help In Modelling Biological Systems
How the paradigm of science is changing with time is something really exciting. Do you know why? Continue reading to find how overlapping the practice of science can be and how it can open up enormous possibilities. … Continue readingInterdisciplinary Science And How It Can Help In Modelling Biological Systems
iGEM – The Journey of Team IISER Kolkata
iGEM is a global competition where high school students, undergraduate and over graduate students compete in the arena of synthetic biology. made its debut in iGEM in 2018 and has since then executed two successful projects. In this blog we shall go through this journey of IISERK. … Continue readingiGEM – The Journey of Team IISER Kolkata
Synaesthesia: Hearing Colors, Tasting Music and What Not
Did you know that Richard Feynman had synaesthesia? The individuals who experience synaesthesia are able to hear and taste colours, or associate colours with letters, numbers and even music. This condition empowers you to have more than one sense simultaneously. … Continue readingSynaesthesia: Hearing Colors, Tasting Music and What Not
An Underwater Pandemic That We Should Care About
The North Pacific is facing something we just don’t know about. Or maybe we just do not care. A Sea star-associated densovirus (SSaDV), is causing a widespread disease in the underwater world, called the wasting disease … Continue readingAn Underwater Pandemic That We Should Care About
The Science Behind Homosexuality
Currently, there are 29 countries in the world that legalize homosexuality. Yet, there are many people who still believe that “homosexuality is a choice and, one can be cured with religious practices and manmade rewiring of a predisposition”. But is that so? Let’s find out … Continue readingThe Science Behind Homosexuality
The Science Behind Skin Colour
In the present world, there is sadly a lot of discrimination based on the colour of one’s skin. Can we speculate it as a SciComm crisis?
What brought on such a wide diversity of human skin colour? It has very little to do with sunburn or even skin cancer.
It has rather been shaped by conflicting demands of two essential vitamins – folate and vitamin D. … Continue readingThe Science Behind Skin Colour
The Father of Indian Statistics
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is the father of Indian Statistics. Read the blog to know more about him. … Continue readingThe Father of Indian Statistics
Mona Lisa’s Diagnosis
All of us appreciate the masterpiece of Mona Lisa. However, the famous smile of Mona Lisa has a lot of underlying secrets. What are they? Is she really happy? Or is there a medical secret behind the smile? Read on to unveil some of these secrets. … Continue readingMona Lisa’s Diagnosis