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Cogito137 - TheThought Capsule Cogito137 is a web-based, multilingual and multimedia, scicomm platform, hosted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata.

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Scientists have devised a new method  to detect bacterial contamination in food and water samples - using gold nanoparti...
11/04/2022

Scientists have devised a new method to detect bacterial contamination in food and water samples - using gold nanoparticles!

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Obesity is a huge problem globally, related to many chronic diseases and higher mortality. This science article discusse...
11/04/2022

Obesity is a huge problem globally, related to many chronic diseases and higher mortality. This science article discusses a study published in The Journal of Nutrition that found an association between coffee consumption and fat distribution and percentage fat in adult women.

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This article focuses on the air pollution aspect which influences COVID-19 mortality rate. It sheds light on how even a ...
07/04/2022

This article focuses on the air pollution aspect which influences COVID-19 mortality rate. It sheds light on how even a minor increase in the number of harmful air pollutants can exacerbate COVID-19's damaging consequences.

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Gadgets have taken a large portion of our lives and made us comfy. Smartwatches, a fashion gadget, can do many more thin...
07/04/2022

Gadgets have taken a large portion of our lives and made us comfy. Smartwatches, a fashion gadget, can do many more things than time-telling. This article unravels the outcomes of an interesting study that gives a proof-of-concept of smartwatches as better health predictors.

To read more check out the article written by Akshatha N. S.

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This pandemic has confined us to our homes and abruptly interrupted our daily social gatherings. It might have been a li...
06/04/2022

This pandemic has confined us to our homes and abruptly interrupted our daily social gatherings. It might have been a little easier for people with pets at home. This article focuses on pet dogs and how our furry roommates perceive us, and how that might differ from their perception of other companion dogs living in the same house.

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Fat is an essential component of our diet. But its overconsumption can make us obese and create more problems if one has...
02/04/2022

Fat is an essential component of our diet. But its overconsumption can make us obese and create more problems if one has diseases like diabetes. Exercising is one of the solutions. It has been shown that weight loss decreases the severity of diabetes in the patients1. But the impact of exercise varies from person to person. So, how do you know up to what extent your body is burning fat while exercising?

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Have you ever come across a situation when time seems to fly? Especially when we are doing something we really enjoy. Bu...
01/04/2022

Have you ever come across a situation when time seems to fly? Especially when we are doing something we really enjoy. But contrary to this, when we are doing something that doesnโ€™t interest us, time seems to drag. Why does the feeling of time flying away too fast or moving too slow exactly happen? This article discusses how our brain perceives and processes this distortion.

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The coronavirus pandemic has turned our lives upside-down. Life as we knew it, changed considerably since the onset of t...
27/03/2022

The coronavirus pandemic has turned our lives upside-down. Life as we knew it, changed considerably since the onset of the lockdowns and mobility restrictions. Have you wondered whether its effects on our environment could be positive or negative?

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For decades, astronomers, physicists, and cosmologists have hypothesized that the universe is made up of an exotic mater...
23/03/2022

For decades, astronomers, physicists, and cosmologists have hypothesized that the universe is made up of an exotic material known as "dark matter,โ€ which explains the strange gravitational behaviour of galaxies and galaxy clusters.

For further reading check out "Dark Matter: Exotic phenomenon or convenient hypothesis?" review article by Asish Philip Monai.

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Cancer is a leading cause of death world-wide and has accounted for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 alone, according to...
19/03/2022

Cancer is a leading cause of death world-wide and has accounted for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 alone, according to the Inter-national Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization
(WHO). Nature has bestowed us with an enormous diversity of medicinal plants. The different plant parts such as leaves, roots, stems and flowers serve as a diverse source of chemicals used to develop various medicinally important products. In recent years, a tremendous outburst has been seen in the world market of herbal medications.
In a recent study, scientists have suggested the
possibility of exploiting orchids for the creation
of new anticancer drugs.

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People have been sharing spaces with large mammals like elephants and leopards for eternity in northern West Bengal. But...
16/03/2022

People have been sharing spaces with large mammals like elephants and leopards for eternity in northern West Bengal. But over the last few decades, this region has been reporting one of the highest human-wildlife negative interactions globally. A group of scientists are trying to find how the coexistence of human and wildlife can be promoted in this pristine yet modified landscape.

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A young research scholarโ€™s point of view on the plight of the careers and mental health of his peers and colleagues, as ...
16/03/2022

A young research scholarโ€™s point of view on the plight of the careers and mental health of his peers and colleagues, as the pandemic ravaged the globe.

COVID-19 has changed the way we interact in this and with this world. It has affected jobs, disrupted the global economy in the process, killed millions, and negatively impacted billions of lives. While the utter devastation brought down on us by this harrowing pandemic has been widely cultured by the media for more than a year, the problems faced by early-career researchers in a developing country like India hasnโ€™t received enough attention.

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Chymosin: The milk coagulating enzymeWidely used in the cheese-making industry, chymosin is an aspartic protease that sp...
08/02/2022

Chymosin: The milk coagulating enzyme

Widely used in the cheese-making industry, chymosin is an aspartic protease that specifically hydrolyzes the K-casein present in the milk leading to milk coagulation. In this video, we explore the chemistry of the enzyme and its action mechanism.

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The video was submitted as a part of an assignment for course CH4107: Chemical Perspectives of Biological Pathways.

Submitted by:
Shreyash Pramod Borkar ( )(18MS024)
DBS, IISER Kolkata

Course Instructor:
Professor Subhajit Bandyopadhyay
Professor Amit Basak
DCS, IISER Kolkata

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Well hello there, folks! ๐Ÿ˜„It is our pleasure to present to you all what possibly is the most ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, most ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ...
02/02/2022

Well hello there, folks! ๐Ÿ˜„

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Hello everyone!!!!!October ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ช๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ!We have released our December issue 10 in our website (link given below) with som...
18/01/2022

Hello everyone!!!!!

October ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ช๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ!

We have released our December issue 10 in our website (link given below) with some amazing article. Our this issue features Nobel Prize Awards and many spectacular articles.

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Best Friends or Best Parents? How Pet Dogs Perceive UsThis pandemic has confined us to our homes and abruptly interrupte...
20/09/2021

Best Friends or Best Parents? How Pet Dogs Perceive Us

This pandemic has confined us to our homes and abruptly interrupted our daily social gatherings. It might have been a little easier for people with pets at home. This article focuses on pet dogs and how our furry roommates perceive us, and how that might differ from their perception of other companion dogs living in the same house.

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Artificial Intelligence is rife with contradictions. It is a powerful tool that is also surprisingly limited in terms of...
08/09/2021

Artificial Intelligence is rife with contradictions. It is a powerful tool that is also surprisingly limited in terms of its current capabilities. And, while it has the potential to improve human existence, at the same time, it threatens to deepen social divides and put millions of people out of work. So Artificial Intelligence is a product or a Consumer?
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This is an article from our August 2021 issue, which is an Art-science themed series in collaboration with The Decadents Magazine

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Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Climate Science, at IISER...
06/09/2021

Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Climate Science, at IISER Pune. She served nine years in IISER Kolkata as a faculty member in the Department of Earth Sciences before moving to IISER Pune. In this electronic interview she shares her journey in paleobiology research and how experiences from the field are much more than just exciting stories.

The detailed interview where she elaborates on her journey in the field of Earth Science, and presents her views on the problems women face while being a part of scientific academia, has been uploaded to the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿณ website. Go ahead and check out the link in the description to delve into the story of a true woman of science!

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Is Geometry disconnected from Algebra?When we were in high school, geometry and algebra seldom showed any deeply rooted ...
04/09/2021

Is Geometry disconnected from Algebra?
When we were in high school, geometry and algebra seldom showed any deeply rooted connections. When we first learn about geometry, it is introduced through the techniques used by the ancient Greeks. when we look at conic sections (parabola, ellipse, hyperbola), our approach is to solve algebraic equations.

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What is the difference between SciComm & Science Journalism or they same? To know more read in this article from PLOS Sc...
01/09/2021

What is the difference between SciComm & Science Journalism or they same? To know more read in this article from PLOS SciComm

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Blind Science Date: ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธWanna explain a Science concept to a stranger??, Yes? You are at the right place. Write to us wit...
30/08/2021

Blind Science Date: ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ
Wanna explain a Science concept to a stranger??, Yes? You are at the right place. Write to us with a topic that you would like to explain to your date๐Ÿ˜ , and we will plan a surprise blind date for you......

We are organizing a unique event.
Explain a topic/subject to someone with not much background knowledge of that particular subject/topic.
Please write to us at [email protected] ,mentioning any concept/topic in science that you want to explain. We'll organise an online blind date. We will record the gmeet and selected conversations will be released on our YouTube channel ๐Ÿ”ฅ.

Most interesting part is, you will be completely unaware of your date before meeting them, hence the Blind Date. You have to explain the topic/concept to someone who is a layman audience proxy to you. So, for example, if someone wants to explain a molecular biology topic, we set up a date with a physicist.

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Dr. Mayurika Lahiri, an associate professor of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), PuneIn this e...
29/08/2021

Dr. Mayurika Lahiri, an associate professor of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

In this electronic interview, she talks about her life-saving research targeted towards designing therapies for breast cancer and the academic atmosphere in the country.

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๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐˜€ or GMO's refers to a modification of genes of animals in a positive way for its genetic p...
28/08/2021

๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐˜€ or GMO's refers to a modification of genes of animals in a positive way for its genetic preservation.
But are Genetic modifications good or harmful for everyone? Understand this interesting debate of GMO's credibility in this article written by Swastik Kundu.

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This is an article from our August 2021 issue, which is an Art-science themed series in collaboration with The Decadents Magazine

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This article by Satyarthi Mishra (  ) traces the โ€˜zeitgeistโ€™ of the evolution of art and science through history, and th...
27/08/2021

This article by Satyarthi Mishra ( ) traces the โ€˜zeitgeistโ€™ of the evolution of art and science through history, and the expressions of artists and scientists and draws parallels themed around the interdependence of the thought processes involved.

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This is an article from our August 2021 issue, which is an Art-science themed series in collaboration with The Decadents Magazine

LOVE OSCILLATIONS?!What is it, actually? โ€œWhen you want em, you canโ€™t get โ€˜em, When youโ€™ve got โ€˜em, you donโ€™t want โ€˜emโ€ฆโ€...
26/08/2021

LOVE OSCILLATIONS?!
What is it, actually? โ€œWhen you want em, you canโ€™t get โ€˜em, When youโ€™ve got โ€˜em, you donโ€™t want โ€˜emโ€ฆโ€

Learn more about love-hate oscillating loop in this article by Debanuj Chatterjee :
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The Dairy Industry is facing a silent danger that is impacting the world economy! IGEM IISER Kolkata has proposed it's i...
23/08/2021

The Dairy Industry is facing a silent danger that is impacting the world economy! IGEM IISER Kolkata has proposed it's it's solution via developing a small real-time small RNA sensor for early detection and antibiotic free cure

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