News Plastic Film Containing Silver-Silica Nanoparticles Protects Surfaces Against Novel Coronavirus An adhesive plastic film composed of silver-silica nanoparticles has been tested to be effective in removing 99.84% of SARS-CoV-2 (novel contagious coronavirus) if being exposed for a period of two minutes. This plastic film can be used to protect readily exposed surfaces like door handles, handrails, elevator panels, ATM machines etc. against COVID-19. A Brazilian […] Written by Asfra Rizwan Toor 2020-12-032021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News How a Fourteen-Year-Old’s Discovery Could Provide a Potential Therapy to COVID-19 The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has signaled the tide of change for the world as we know it and has immensely disrupted our everyday lives. Considering the surge in cases day by day, ‘when will we get a Covid-19 vaccine’ is perhaps the most searched query on the internet. The resulting page hosts a grim one-liner […] Written by Tooba Mir 2020-12-022021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News COVID-19 Vaccine: A Race Against Time Scientists across the world are working around the clock to create a vaccine for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has become the greatest public health emergencies of our time. Almost a year has passed since we have been living with COVID-19, and we can finally anticipate some good news. However, premature celebrations should be avoided […] Written by Zoha Asghar 2020-11-302021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Global Food Production is Posing a Significant Climate Change Threat The rapidly increasing use of nitrogen fertilizers for enhancing food crop production is posing an imminent threat of uncontrollable Nitrous Oxide (N2O) concentration in the atmosphere. N2O is a potent greenhouse gas, which has a global warming potential 300 times more than carbon dioxide, and remains accumulated in the atmosphere for more than an average […] Written by Asfra Rizwan Toor 2020-11-302021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News TED Countdown The United Nations Secretary General said, “Climate change is a race that we are losing, but it is a race we can win”. Climate change is one of the most pressing crises of our time which is happening at a pace faster than we imagined. The past 4 years have been the hottest on record […] Written by Zoha Asghar 2020-10-312021-08-03 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News A Study on How Fear Persists in the Mouse Brain We all have had moments of intense panic due to the fear of the unknown or an undesirable outcome. Our hands get shaky and sweat profusely, our knees feel wobbly and we start to freeze in response. In order to study this phenomenon, researchers observed the brain of a mouse on the cellular level during […] Written by Aliza Khan 2020-10-292021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News The Doomsday Clock Strikes Midnight on November Fifth Despite being the defining emergency of our times, the climate crisis has certainly been overlooked this year. Amid the numerous calamities 2020 has rained down upon us, it’s important to remember the greatest threat of all: an impending doom that threatens to destroy the finely tuned life support machine we live on. The Earth has […] Written by Tooba Mir 2020-10-272021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News Understanding Frictional Forces Using Lab-Generated Earthquakes Earthquakes have been a cause of mass destruction such as the 2011 Tohuku earthquake off the coast of Japan. The earthquake generated a tsunami that ended up destroying the Fukushima Power Plant and displaced the residents of that town. In order to design preventative measures against such devastating events, seismologists and engineers alike have been […] Written by Aliza Khan 2020-10-252021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
