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This week, the special committees based in Norway and Sweden announced the winners of the Nobel Prize for the year 2021 in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace and economic sciences. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet have already announced the winners of all the science related disciplines.
Nobel Prize Winners for the Year 2021 Announced Read More
In a special announcement futrescienceprize.org website announced the 2021 winners of the Future Science Prize that included the name of world-renowned virology expert Prof. Malik Pieris as the recipient of the Life Science Prize for the year 2021.
Prof. Malik Pieris Honored with Prestigious 2021 Future Science Prize Read More
In a special panel discussion during the world science journalists forum, a panel of science journalists representing countries in South Asia discussed the role science journalists can play towards ensuring vaccine equity in the region.
Are We Facing an Indirect Vaccine Inequity in South Asia? Science Journalists Discuss Read More
Organized with the aim of sharing new ideas and thoughts in science journalism among science journalists, writers, publishers, scientists, students, and academia, the Science Journalism Forum 2021 is now underway as a virtual event. During this three-day event science journalists with a huge range of other resource personnel will share their knowledge with the aim of upgrading the skills of journalists all over the world with a focus on developing countries.
Science Journalism Forum 2021 Now Underway Read More
Our solar system has always been a place full of mysteries. Although we have been exploring planets in the Solar System for many years now, there are still many things that are to be uncovered about these planet
The Sri Lankan Connection Behind the Double Venus Flyby Today Read More
After a slight delay due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, the global sports festival, The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is now underway in Tokyo Japan. The organizers of this …
Importance of Recycling Highlighted in Olympic Games 2021 Read More
Among the many problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the effect of this deadly pandemic on pregnant women is one of the major concerns in many of the affected countries. During the second and third waves of this pandemic in Sri Lanka we saw several pregnant mothers die because of COVID 19 related complications.
Pregnancy & COVID-19 Read More
The inaugural issue of the research journal, Advances in Technology (Adv. Technol.), initiated by the Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, was successfully launched on June 12, 2021.
Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayawadenapura launches their Research Journal Read More
In a recent research carried out by group of researchers from University of Colombo and Robert Koch Institute in Germany it was revealed that two cave-dwelling Sri Lankan bat species …
Alpha and Beta Corona-virus Subgroups(NOT Covid Virus Variants) found in another two bat species in Sri Lanka Read More
Sri Lanka is taking necessary steps to cut-down imports of Asbestos due to health issues caused by Asbestos related products and due to difficulties faced by the local roofing products manufacturers, says Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera. Minister talked about these plans in a recent press briefing held at the Ministry of Environment. According to Minister Amaraweera Asbestos has now become an environmental problem as well because there is no proper safe system to dispose Asbestos products in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka to Control Asbestos Imports: Minister of Environment Read More