Daily Archives: May 5, 2016

Failure to launch: Boredom in the brain

We’ve all been bored at one time or another. Nothing like the popular notion of the “couch potato”, we define boredom as an inability to engage with one’s environment despite the motivation to do so – a

Immunogenicity of Virus Like Particles (VLP) with modified envelope (Env) protein

HIV uses a special strategy to evade the immune system during the course of infection in a human, based on features of envelope protein.  The HIV Env glycoprotein that forms spikes on the surface of virus particles

How to make astronauts more resilient on long-term missions

NASA plans to send people to Mars in about 20 years. A great deal of research is now being performed to identify and mitigate the major known risks to human health and performance during these types of

Wireless patient monitoring systems: Can Black hole and Selective forwarding attacks be stopped?

In the past decades there have been advancements in technology and medical science. The two field are going hand-in-hand for providing better care to the people. For example, an automated patient monitoring system allows the vitals of

An efficient, water soluble and biocompatible sensor for the detection of PPi and application in cancer diagnosis

Detection of pyrophosphate anion (PPi) has become an important area of research due to its chemical and biological significance especially in early cancer diagnosis. PPi involves in various biological processes (ATP hydroloysis, cellular metabolism, DNA & RNA