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WE LOVE SCIENCE HERE BECAUSE IT IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING

THIS IS A WAR ZONE WHERE SCIENCE FIGHTS WITH NONSENSE AND WINS

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

"Being a scientist is a state of mind, not a profession!"

"Science, when it's done right, can yield amazing things".

The Reach of Scientific Research From Labs to Laymen

The aim of science is not only to open a door to infinite knowledge and wisdom but to set a limit to infinite error.

"Knowledge is a Superpower but the irony is you cannot get enough of it with ever increasing data base unless you try to keep up with it constantly and in the right way!" The best education comes from learning from people who know what they are exactly talking about.

Science is this glorious adventure into the unknown, the opportunity to discover things that nobody knew before. And that’s just an experience that’s not to be missed. But it’s also a motivated effort to try to help humankind. And maybe that’s just by increasing human knowledge—because that’s a way to make us a nobler species.

If you are scientifically literate the world looks very different to you.

We do science and science communication not because they are easy but because they are difficult!

“Science is not a subject you studied in school. It’s life. We 're brought into existence by it!"

Links to some important articles :

1. Interactive science series...

a. how-to-do-research-and-write-research-papers-part 13

b. Some Qs people asked me on science and my replies to them...

Part 6, part-10, part-11, part-12, part 14 , part- 8,

part- 1, part-2, part-4, part-5, part-16, part-17, part-18 , part-19 , part-20

part-21 , part-22, part-23, part-24, part-25, part-26, part-27 , part-28

part-29, part-30, part-31, part-32, part-33, part-34, part-35, part-36, part-37,

part-38, part-40, part-41, part-42, part-43, part-44, part-45, part-46, part-47

Part 48, part49, Critical thinking -part 50 , part -51, part-52, part-53

part-54, part-55, part-57, part-58, part-59, part-60, part-61, part-62, part-63

part 64, part-65, part-66, part-67, part-68, part 69, part-70 part-71, part-73 ...

.......306

BP variations during pregnancy part-72

who is responsible for the gender of their children - a man or a woman -part-56

c. some-questions-people-asked-me-on-science-based-on-my-art-and-poems -part-7

d. science-s-rules-are-unyielding-they-will-not-be-bent-for-anybody-part-3-

e. debate-between-scientists-and-people-who-practice-and-propagate-pseudo-science - part -9

f. why astrology is pseudo-science part 15

g. How Science is demolishing patriarchal ideas - part-39

2. in-defence-of-mangalyaan-why-even-developing-countries-like-india need space research programmes

3. Science communication series:

a. science-communication - part 1

b. how-scienitsts-should-communicate-with-laymen - part 2

c. main-challenges-of-science-communication-and-how-to-overcome-them - part 3

d. the-importance-of-science-communication-through-art- part 4

e. why-science-communication-is-geting worse - part 5

f. why-science-journalism-is-not-taken-seriously-in-this-part-of-the-world - part 6

g. blogs-the-best-bet-to-communicate-science-by-scientists- part 7

h. why-it-is-difficult-for-scientists-to-debate-controversial-issues - part 8

i. science-writers-and-communicators-where-are-you - part 9

j. shooting-the-messengers-for-a-different-reason-for-conveying-the- part 10

k. why-is-science-journalism-different-from-other-forms-of-journalism - part 11

l. golden-rules-of-science-communication- Part 12

m. science-writers-should-develop-a-broader-view-to-put-things-in-th - part 13

n. an-informed-patient-is-the-most-cooperative-one -part 14

o. the-risks-scientists-will-have-to-face-while-communicating-science - part 15

p. the-most-difficult-part-of-science-communication - part 16

q. clarity-on-who-you-are-writing-for-is-important-before-sitting-to write a science story - part 17

r. science-communicators-get-thick-skinned-to-communicate-science-wi thout-any-bias - part 18

s. is-post-truth-another-name-for-science-communication-failure?

t. why-is-it-difficult-for-scientists-to-have-high-eqs

u. art-and-literature-as-effective-aids-in-science-communication-and teaching

v.* some-qs-people-asked-me-on-science communication-and-my-replies-to-them

** qs-people-asked-me-on-science-and-my-replies-to-them-part-173

w. why-motivated-perception-influences-your-understanding-of-science

x. science-communication-in-uncertain-times

y. sci-com: why-keep-a-dog-and-bark-yourself

z. How to deal with sci com dilemmas?

A+. sci-com-what-makes-a-story-news-worthy-in-science

B+. is-a-perfect-language-important-in-writing-science-stories

C+. sci-com-how-much-entertainment-is-too-much-while-communicating-sc

D+. sci-com-why-can-t-everybody-understand-science-in-the-same-way

E+. how-to-successfully-negotiate-the-science-communication-maze

4. Health related topics:

a. why-antibiotic-resistance-is-increasing-and-how-scientists-are-tr

b. what-might-happen-when-you-take-lots-of-medicines

c. know-your-cesarean-facts-ladies

d. right-facts-about-menstruation

e. answer-to-the-question-why-on-big-c

f. how-scientists-are-identifying-new-preventive-measures-and-cures-

g. what-if-little-creatures-high-jack-your-brain-and-try-to-control-

h. who-knows-better?

i. mycotoxicoses

j. immunotherapy

k. can-rust-from-old-drinking-water-pipes-cause-health-problems

l. pvc-and-cpvc-pipes-should-not-be-used-for-drinking-water-supply

m. melioidosis

n.vaccine-woes

o. desensitization-and-transplant-success-story

p. do-you-think-the-medicines-you-are-taking-are-perfectly-alright-then revisit your position!

q. swine-flu-the-difficlulties-we-still-face-while-tackling-the-outb

r. dump-this-useless-information-into-a-garbage-bin-if-you-really-ca re about evidence based medicine

s. don-t-ignore-these-head-injuries

t. the-detoxification-scam

u. allergic- agony-caused-by-caterpillars-and-moths

General science:

a.why-do-water-bodies-suddenly-change-colour

b. don-t-knock-down-your-own-life-line

c. the-most-menacing-animal-in-the-world

d. how-exo-planets-are-detected

e. the-importance-of-earth-s-magnetic-field

f. saving-tigers-from-extinction-is-still-a-travail

g. the-importance-of-snakes-in-our-eco-systems

h. understanding-reverse-osmosis

i. the-importance-of-microbiomes

j. crispr-cas9-gene-editing-technique-a-boon-to-fixing-defective-gen

k. biomimicry-a-solution-to-some-of-our-problems

5. the-dilemmas-scientists-face

6. why-we-get-contradictory-reports-in-science

7. be-alert-pseudo-science-and-anti-science-are-on-prowl

8. science-will-answer-your-questions-and-solve-your-problems

9. how-science-debunks-baseless-beliefs

10. climate-science-and-its-relevance

11. the-road-to-a-healthy-life

12. relative-truth-about-gm-crops-and-foods

13. intuition-based-work-is-bad-science

14. how-science-explains-near-death-experiences

15. just-studies-are-different-from-thorough-scientific-research

16. lab-scientists-versus-internet-scientists

17. can-you-challenge-science?

18. the-myth-of-ritual-working

19.science-and-superstitions-how-rational-thinking-can-make-you-work -better

20. comets-are-not-harmful-or-bad-omens-so-enjoy-the-clestial-shows

21. explanation-of-mysterious-lights-during-earthquakes

22. science-can-tell-what-constitutes-the-beauty-of-a-rose

23. what-lessons-can-science-learn-from-tragedies-like-these

24. the-specific-traits-of-a-scientific-mind

25. science-and-the-paranormal

26. are-these-inventions-and-discoveries-really-accidental-and-intuitive like the journalists say?

27. how-the-brain-of-a-polymath-copes-with-all-the-things-it-does

28. how-to-make-scientific-research-in-india-a-success-story

29. getting-rid-of-plastic-the-natural-way

30. why-some-interesting-things-happen-in-nature

31. real-life-stories-that-proves-how-science-helps-you

32. Science and trust series:

a. how-to-trust-science-stories-a-guide-for-common-man

b. trust-in-science-what-makes-people-waver

c. standing-up-for-science-showing-reasons-why-science-should-be-trusted

You will find the entire list of discussions here: http://kkartlab.in/group/some-science/forum

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 2, 2020 at 6:55am: Investigating the interplay between axions and dark photons in the early universe

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-interplay-axions-dark-photons-early.h...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-harder-diamond-pentadiamonds.html?utm...

Researchers are building a harder diamond, called pentadiamonds

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-laser-pictures-electrons-crystals.htm...

Laser takes pictures of electrons in crystals

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-tabletop-quantum-gravitational.html?u...

Tabletop quantum experiment could detect gravitational waves

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Data-rich waste: A treasure trove of information relevant to human and environmental health is hiding in an unexpected place: Samples of wastewater from homes, institutions, towns and cities around the world

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-indices-health-feet.html?utm_source=n...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-coronae-supermassive-black-holes-hidd...

Coronae of supermassive black holes may be the hidden sources of mysterious cosmic neutrinos seen on Earth

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-shrimp-shells-electrodes-large-storag...

Shrimp shells to produce electrodes for large storage batteries

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-plastic-biomaterials-tougher-versatil...

New plastic biomaterials could lead to tougher, more versatile medical implants

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Discovery of a luminous galaxy reionizing the local intergalactic medium 13 billion years ago

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-discovery-luminous-galaxy-reionizing-...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 2, 2020 at 6:52am: Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury

Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides, radical oxygen ions that are toxic at high concentrations.

The nanozymes developed by a Texas Medical Center team are highly effective antioxidants that break down damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced in abundance in response to an injury or stroke. The materials could aid treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The biocompatible, highly soluble charcoal is a superoxide dismutase. Researchers have now found oxidized charcoal nanoparticles are not only effective antioxidizers, but can also be made from an activated carbon source that is inexpensive, good manufacturing practice (GMP)-certified and already being used in humans to treat acute poisoning.

The researchers noted the nanozymes are able to pass through the membranes of cells' mitochondria to quench a major source of free radicals without killing the cells themselves. "We published a paper on this recently," he said. "This seems to be really important to why these work so well in traumatic brain injury and stroke.

It may be worthwhile to study the application of their nanozymes to treat the cytokine storms—an excessive immune system response to infection—suspected of contributing to tissue and organ damage in COVID-19 patients.

While speculative that these particles will be helpful in COVID-19, if administration is timed correctly, they could reduce the damaging radicals that accompany the cytokine storm and could be further chemically modified to reduce other injury-causing features of this disease.

Source: Gang Wu et al, Oxidized Activated Charcoal Nanoparticles as Catalytic Superoxide Dismutase Mimetics: Evidence for Direct Participation of an Intrinsic Radical, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c01285

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-charcoal-weapon-superoxide-induced-di...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 10:14am: A New Swine Flu Strain With 'Pandemic Potential' Has Been Identified in China

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-identify-a-new-swine-flu-t...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-ai-painter-portraits-based-trai...

An AI painter that creates portraits based on the traits of human subjects

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-exotic-particle-cern.html?utm_source=...

The Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) project has observed an exotic particle made up of four charm quarks for the first time.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-fluctuations-jiggle-human-sca...

Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale

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https://phys.org/news/2020-07-materials-scientists-drill-vulnerabil...

vulnerabilities involved in human tooth decay

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https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/the-boundary-between-night-and-day-on-...

The Boundary Between Night And Day On Earth, As Seen In Jaw-Dropping Pics From Space

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https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/coronavirus-infected-cel...

Coronavirus-Infected Cells Grow Filopodia

SARS-CoV-2 causes cells to put out projections that spread the virus, a study finds.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 10:09am: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fish-eggs-can-hatch-after-being...

Fish eggs can hatch after being eaten and pooped out by ducks

In the lab, only a few carp eggs survived the dangerous trip through birds’ innards

This finding makes us think bird poop is a possibly important vehicle for spreading fish.

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For The First Time, Scientists Have Captured Video of Brains Clearing Out Dead Neurons

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 10:01am: The Chemistry of Fireworks

What is a Pulsar?
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Milky Way Marvels : Hubble’s Universe

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 9:10am: DST researchers come up with simulation toolkit to safeguard secure...

Details below

Publication details:
R. Chatterjee, K. Joarder, S. Chatterjee, B. C. Sanders, and U. Sinha, "qkdSim: An experimenter's simulation toolkit for QKD with imperfections, and its performance analysis with a demonstration of the B92 protocol using heralded photons", arXiv:1912.10061v1 (2019). (In

Press: Physical Review Applied)

Source: https://dst.gov.in/rri-comes-simulation-toolkit-ensure-safety-secur...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 9:03am: DST researchers come up with simulation toolkit to safeguard secure quantum communication platforms

Researchers at Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), government of India have come up with unique simulation toolkit for end-to-end Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) simulation named as ‘qkdSim’, which is based on modular principles that allow it to be grown to different classes of protocols using various underpinning technologies.

The research led by professor Urbasi Sinha and her team, in collaboration with professor Barry Sanders from the University of Calgary, Canada is a part of the Quantum Experiments using Satellite Technology (QuEST) project, India’s first satellite-based secure quantum communication effort, supported by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The toolkit offers exhaustive inclusion of different experimental imperfections, both device-based as well as process-based. Thus their simulation results will match with actual experimental implementations to much better accuracy than any other existing toolkit, making it a QKD experimenter’s best friend.

As QKD is growing rapidly in academic, industrial, government, and defence laboratories, this newly developed simulation toolkit, accompanied by an instructive application to the uniquely designed B92 experiment, will be extremely influential, as per a statement. The B92 is a QKD protocol, which uses single photons and associated laws of Physics like the Uncertainty Principle and the No-Cloning theorem to assure perfect security.

“Secure error free communication protocols are assuming extraordinary importance for which Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an attractive solution, which relies on a cryptographic protocol. A shared random secret key known only to the communicating parties is employed to encrypt and decrypt messages. A unique property of quantum key distribution is that any break in attempt by an unauthorized party is immediately detected. This is because any process of measuring a quantum system creates detectable anomalies,” said Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST.

The research work is two-fold in its novelty as well as process development. On the one hand, they have developed a simulation toolkit, which bridges a significant gap in the QKD community. On the other hand, they have performed a novel implementation of what is called a prepare and measure QKD protocol (B92), which has higher key rates and lower quantum bit error rate than earlier reported works following similar source methodology.

Source: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/dst-researchers-comes-up-with-...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 8:51am: First all-female crew set for mission to Utah-based, simulated Mars research station

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-all-female-crew-mission-utah-based-si...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-microsoft-recovery-tool-windows...

Microsoft offers its own File Recovery Tool for Windows 10

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https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/teleportation-is-possible-it-ju...

Teleportation is possible, it just depends on scale **

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A cosmic origin for the handedness of life

Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA

Cosmic rays may have given right-handed genetic helixes an evolutionary edge at the beginning of life’s history.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-rays-may-explain-lifes-bias-f...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 8:19am: Buzzing to rebuild broken bone

Healing broken bones could get easier with a device that provides both a scaffold for the bone to grow on and electrical stimulation to urge it forward.

A group of biomedical engineers from UConn have developed a scaffold of non-toxic polymer that also generates a controllable electrical field to encourage bone growth. The scaffold helps the body bridge large fractures. Although many scientists are exploring the use of scaffolding to encourage bone growth, pairing it with electrical stimulation is new.

The team demonstrated the device in mice with skull fractures.

The electrical voltage the scaffold generates is very small, just a few millivolts. And uniquely for this type of device, the voltage is generated via remotely-controlled ultrasound. The ultrasound vibrates the polymer scaffolding, which then creates an electrical field (materials that create electricity from vibration, or vice versa, are called piezoelectric.) To help heal a thigh fracture, for example, the polymer scaffold can be implanted across the broken bone. Later, the person with the broken bone can wave the ultrasound wand over their own thigh themselves. No need for batteries, and no need for invasive removal surgery once the bone is healed.

"The electrical field relates to the natural signal generated by your body at the injury location. We can sustain that voltage, on demand and reversible," for however long is needed using ultrasound.

In addition to being non-toxic and piezoelectric, PLLA gradually dissolves in the body over time, disappearing as the new bone grows. The electric field created by the piezoelectric PLLA scaffold seems to attract bone cells to the site of the fracture and promote stem cells to evolve into bone cells. This technology can possibly be combined with other factors to facilitate regeneration of other tissues, like cartilage, muscles or nerves.

Source: Ritopa Das et al, Biodegradable nanofiber bone-tissue scaffold as remotely-controlled and self-powering electrical stimulator, Nano Energy (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105028

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-rebuild-broken-bone.html?utm_source=n...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on July 1, 2020 at 7:42am: Fat check: Researchers find explanation for stress' damage in brown fat

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-fat-explanation-stress-brown...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-layered-cotton-fabric-covid-synthetic...

Face coverings made from layered cotton fabric likely slow the spread of COVID-19 better than synthetics

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-respiratory-droplet-motion-evaporatio...

Respiratory droplet motion, evaporation and spread of COVID-19-type pandemics

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-major-paleoclimatology-global-upended...

Over the past 150 years, global warming has more than undone the global cooling that occurred over the past six millennia, according to a major study.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-uncovering-earth.html?utm_source=nwle...

Uncovering the two 'faces' of the Earth:

Uncovering the two 'faces' of the Earth: the Earth is made up of two chemically distinct hemispheric "faces" with the Pacific ring of fire being the surface expression of the boundary between the two.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-physicists-earth-magnetic-field-weake...

Physicists explain why changes to Earth's magnetic field are weaker over the Pacific

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https://phys.org/news/2020-06-roadside-hedges-human-health.html?utm...

Roadside hedges protect human health at the cost of plant health

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** https://phys.org/news/2020-06-plastic-recycling-europe-dumped-asian...

Study finds plastic recycling from Europe being dumped in Asian waters

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** https://phys.org/news/2020-06-microplastic-pollution-accumulates-he...

Microplastic pollution accumulates heavily in coastal areas such as fjords and estuaries