Health sciences

“Snake Venom Rapid Test Device”  an innovation by a Sri Lankan Innovator Dr. Kalana Maduwage from University of Peradeniya has been short listed for the “Aspiring Social Innovation Awards 2016” …

A Sri Lankan Innovation Short listed for “Aspirin Social Innovation Awards 2016” Read More

Antibiotics are medicines we use to treat and prevent bacterial infections. Since it’s discovery in 1928 by Alexander Fleming Antibiotics have helped many generations to fight many deadly types of …

Antibiotics – A major threat in Disguise Read More

Air pollution is a global public health crisis that threatens our bodies and our planet. The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) …

Colombo Air too is polluted – Says WHO! Read More

Central Environmental Authority under the guidance of President Maithripala Sirisena initiated the ‘National polythene, plastic and electronic waste prevention week’ on 24th October with the view to encourage general public …

E Waste Management – a Novel Challenge for Sri Lanka Read More

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute today announced that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the year 2016 goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for discoveries about autophagy. …

2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi Read More

In a simple but creative experiment, scientists from Harvard Medical School and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have designed a simple way to observe how bacteria develop resistance to drugs and …

Caught on Camera – Development of Antibiotic resistance in bacteria Read More

In memory of Mr. Ranjith Mulleriyawa who was well known for his advocacy of simple farming and his work and writings on Chronic Kidney Disease.He was a contributor for the …

Providing potable water to CKDu endemic villages in the dry zone: Let’s not forget the social context in prescribing solutions. Read More

First isolated in 1947 the Zika virus was known to occur within a narrow equatorial belt from Africa to Asia, but last year it became an epidemic after it’s eastward …

More Reasons to Worry about Zika – Brain Damages Caused by Zika Virus Infection Go Beyond Microcephaly: a Study Suggests Read More