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With the entire world is looking forward to a successful vaccine against the deadly COVID 19 Pandemic two countries who are well ahead in the vaccine production race will begin …
Russia to Begin Mass Scale Vaccination Against COVID 19 While UK Authorize The Pfizer/Biontech COVID 19 Vaccine for General Use Read More
Throughout the known history, night sky has been a place full of surprises and fascinating events. This year we are going to be lucky once again to glimpse one of the rarest events ever to be happen in our sky, two giant planets coming closer enough to fit in the same field of view of a common telescope.
Get your Telescopes Ready! The Greatest Planetary Conjunction of the Century is on The Horizon!!! Read More
With the aim of highlighting the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues, November 10th of each year is celebrated as the World Science Day for Peace and Development. According to UNESCO, this year the theme of the world science day is “Science for and with Society in dealing with COVID-19”.
SCIENCE FOR AND WITH SOCIETY: World Science Day for Peace and Development 2020 Read More
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis of SARS CoV 2 viral samples by the Center for Dengue Research of Sri Jayewardenepura University has shown the presence of four clades out of five reported clades- 19A, 19B, 20A, 20B and 20C of Corona virus in Sri Lanka.
Four out of Five SARS NCoV 2 Genome Clades found in Sri Lanka. Read More
Sri Lankan Authorities and the members of the public were able to rescue more than 100 whales that had been stranded in the coast of Panadura, of western Sri Lanka. …
Sri Lanka Rescues More than 100 Whales Stranded in the West Coast Read More
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Sri Lankan Parliament, on 19th October approved the proposal to ban a range of single use plastic products in Sri Lankan markets.
Sri Lanka to Ban a Range of Single Use Plastic Products by 2021 Read More
World Intellectual Property Organization or the WIPO on September 2nd, released the Global Innovation Index 2020, ranking world economies according to their performances in innovation during the past year.
101: Sri Lankas’ Rank in the Global Innovation Index 2020 Read More
On June 4th 2020 researchers from Yale and Columbia universities released the Environmental Performance Index for the year 2020. The index rank 180 countries on 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories covering environmental health and ecosystem vitality and considered as the premier metrics framework for global environmental policy analysis. According to the data published Sri Lanka is ranked 109th out of 180 countries in the EPI 2020. Overall EPI score for Sri Lanka is 39 out of 100 which shows how bad our performances were in environmental health and ecosystem vitality issues.
Sri Lanka Ranked 109th in Environmental Performance Index 2020 Read More
A group of research scientists led by Prof. Chandana Udawatte from Sabaragamuwa University, has developed a novel method of producing Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) using locally available Ilmenite from mineral sand reserves in Pulmudai. The findings from this study were published in the Journal of American Chemical Society, ACS Omega.
Sri Lankan Scientists Develop a Non-Hazardous and Environmentally Friendly Process to Produce Titanium Dioxide from Ilmenite Read More
Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society has awarded Sri Lankan born astronomer and scientist Ray Jayawardhana with the 2020 Carl Sagan Medal for his outstanding contributions …
Sri Lankan Born Astronomer Awarded Carl Sagan Medal for The Year 2020 Read More