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“COLOMBOUNILANKA”, an Asteroid Named After University of Colombo

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 - by Sisira Kumara - 3 Comments.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally named an asteroid after the University of Colombo on March 21, 2022. Dr Nalin Samarasinha, a University of Colombo alumnus, and Dr Tod Lauer, a fellow astronomer, found this asteroid in 2000 from the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA. The asteroid was recently given the number 607372 and the discoverers were given official discovery credit once its orbit was thoroughly established.

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Induction of the SLAAS General President for 2022

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

The Induction Ceremony of Prof. Manuj Weerasinghe as the 81st President of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science was held on Sunday, 03rd January 2021 5.30 p.m. in SLAAS Auditorium, Vidya Mandiraya, Colombo 7.

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SLALAS Calls for Public Consultation on the Draft Guidelines for the Care and Use of Animals in Research

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

In a special announcement Sri Lanka Association for Laboratory Animal Science (SLALAS) calls for Public consultation on the draft Guidelines for the care and use of animals in laboratory-based research.

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Vaccinating Children Against COVID 19, the Global Outlook

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

on to vaccinating school children of the country with the target of starting the schools. In this article we try to look at some of the other countries that have commenced vaccinating school children against COVID 19.

Health sciences

Impose Immediate Mobility Restrictions and Save 18000 Sri Lankan Lives: WHO Expert Group Urges

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

Releasing a special report on 11th August 2021 Independent Expert Group appointed by the World Health Organization urged the Sri Lankan authorities to impose immediate travel restrictions to control the current outbreak and save at least 18000 lives from this deadly pandemic.

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Sri Lanka to Face the Worst of COVID-19 in Coming Weeks – Prof. Malik Peiris

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

In a special ceremony held in Colombo on 30th July 2021, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka launched a book titled “COVID-19, Impact Mitigation, Opportunities and Building Resilience”. The book discusses different perspectives of global relevance based on research, experiences and successes in combating COVID-19 here in Sri Lanka, and contain opinions of experts from different fields that are directly related to the ongoing pandemic. In this event, Prof. Malik Peiris, the world-renowned virologist from University of Hong Kong delivered a special presentation titled “Reflections on a post-pandemic future”.

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Alpha and Beta Corona-virus Subgroups(NOT Covid Virus Variants) found in another two bat species in Sri Lanka

June 26, 2021June 29, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Xpress Pearl Disaster and its’ Impact on Coastal and Marine Environments; View of an Exert

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

As a country Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst environmental disasters with the MV Express Perl ship accident. Mitigating various problems that has arisen as a result of this disaster is no easy task as we first have to get the actual picture of the extent of damage caused by this incident to the marine environment and living organisms in these affected areas. We can find answers only after looking at the actual situation. So, even though we like it or not we will have to be patient and wait for some time to understand the real situation. Prof. Ruchira Kurarathunga, the first dean of the faculty of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology of University of Ruhuna expressed these remarks during a special press briefing held yesterday, 17th July 2021 at Department of Government Information.

Health sciences

Sputnik V; the Russian Weapon Against the COVID 19 Pandemic

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - 1 Comment

Sputnik V vaccine, a product of Russian Research facility, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology is one of the main vaccination candidate Sri Lanka is looking forward to acquire in mass scale. The first consignment of Sputnik V Vaccine with 15000 doses arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday, 4th May 2021. According to state officials Sri Lanka is to receive 13 million doses of this Sputnik V vaccine in near future.

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COVID Variant B.1.1.7: Some Key Facts You Should Know

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 - by Sisira Kumara - Leave a Comment

In a special announcement today the scientists at Sri Jayewardenepura University revealed the COVID 19 virus strain behind the recent increase of the cases to be the variant B.1.1.7 which was first identified in United Kingdom during the month September 2020. According to the observations in UK this variant was found to be associated with increased admissibility and higher virulance.