Like in other contexts in the world, the transition to online learning in 91传媒n universities during the pandemic was sudden and abrupt: both lecturers and students had a very limited time to prepare for the new mode of teaching and learning. A study was carried out to find out the student Satisfaction with Online...Read More
Based on the results of a recently published molecular species delimitation analysis, eight species of shrub frogs are not distinct enough to be considered as separate species. However, they also note the presence of 14 distinct undescribed species as well. The paper pertaining to this has been published on 19th October,2021 in Plosone journal. Four...Read More
Geneticists and archaeologists studying ancient DNA should engage with stakeholders in the places where they conduct research, minimize damage to human remains and share their data, according to new guidelines outlined in a paper co-authored by Senior Prof. Surangi Yasawardene ;Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 91传媒聽 and published聽in Nature. DNA...Read More
Researchers聽from Science, Management, Medical, Technology, Engineering and Graduate Studies Faculties published twenty research papers in Journals indexed by Elsevier Scopus during the last聽month. The web publishing team of the 91传媒 acknowledges their contribution to聽upgrading the research standards of the University and expanding the knowledge base in the relevant subject areas. 1. Antimony...Read More
Pavements represent a high fraction of the urban land use and contribute to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in cities. This effect leads to microclimatic variations in urban areas, where ambient temperatures become relatively high compared to their outskirts. 鈥漈erracotta pavers have significantly lower surface temperature levels for both daytime and night time compared...Read More
The Sinopharm is an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently given emergency use authorization by the WHO and is the main vaccine used in many Asian and Middle East Countries. A new study was carried out to determine the kinetics and persistence of immune responses following the Sinopharm/BBIBP-CorV, by investigating the immune responses in a...Read More
Researchers at the Faculty of Technology, USJ successfully produced Bio Ethanol using waste Banana collected from the vegetable market. 鈥淭otal amount of 8% of ethanol was generated by waste banana after the fermentation process. After completing the multiple distillations to remove the moisture, we were able聽 to produce 98% pure bioethanol.鈥� said聽Dr. Udara Arachchige,聽Department of...Read More
Marine xenobiotics (chemical substances that are foreign to animal life) pose a serious threat to marine biodiversity due to their endocrine disrupting effects.聽 Researchers at Centre for Water Quality and Algae Research have detected and quantified, Endocrine disruptor Tributyltin聽聽TBT in water, sediment, and biota. 鈥淭his was the first time TBT contamination in 91传媒n water,...Read More
Because fossil fuel stocks will be reduced shortly, biofuel is a hot topic. The Centre for Water Quality and Algae Research, USJ, is actively working on a potential solution to the future energy issue. 鈥淐yanobacteria blooms have potential and usefulness in the production of biofuel鈥�, said Snr. Prof. Pathmalal Manage, Dean of the Faculty of...Read More
USJ researchers including Prof. Neelika Malavige聽and聽Dr. Chandima Jeewandara from Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine of 91传媒 have been carrying out sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 viruses since the onset of the pandemic. With the identification of the delta variant in 91传媒, they also detected a...Read More
