Anupama Shrestha

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  • Scientists crack secrets of Mona Lisa

    PARIS — The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the “Mona Lisa.”

    French researchers studied seven of the Louvre Museum's Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the “Mona Lisa,” to analyze the master's use of successive ultrathin layers of paint and glaze — a technique that gave his works their dreamy quality.

    Specialists from the Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France found that da Vinci painted up to 30 layers of paint on his works to meet his standards of subtlety. Added up, all the layers are less than 40 micrometers, or about half the thickness of a human hair, researcher Philippe Walter said Friday.

    The technique, called “sfumato,” allowed Leonardo to give outlines and contours a hazy quality and create an illusion of depth and shadow. His use of the technique is well-known, but

    scientific study on it has been limited because tests often required samples from the paintings. (more…)

  • Pioneers; Women Plant Pathologist

    Pioneers: Women Plant Pathologist

    One sunny day I was wondering through the wide fields of mustard. Scenery was great, I felt like heaven. The smell of the mustard was passing through whispering my skin. Then one thought come upon to me. Do plants have any feelings? Do plants suffer like human, etc.etc? It was quite obvious as living things plants may too feel pain but till the date no one knows how the plants really feel. website traffic . Plants acquire diseases. I have heard and seen lots of epidemic that destroy tons of food and cash crop all over the world. I have seen farmers complaining about the lesser yields of crops. Many scientists are working in the field of plant pathology. It is a science that studies plant disease and attempts to improve the chances for survival of plants when they are faced with unfavorable environmental conditions that cause disease. The concept of plant and plant disease is old and long. Moreover, in this new era it also involves the molecular understanding of disease agents like bacteria, fungi, virus and insects. It deals with study of pathogenicity, bio control mechanism and genes responsible for this activity. It really covers the vast area. What really seize my interest was to know about the pioneer (more…)

  • Wonderful

    Wonderful is the world as wonderful the smile of a little child. Who says life is a dark hologram full of struggle and failure. Can’t you see “ Every dark cloud has a sliver lining.” There is always a beautiful morning after dark nights. The greatest mistake in life is not, making mistake but not learning from the mistake we make. Everyone knows failure is the first step of success but no one one’s to admit it. Learn from your mistakes. As “rolling stones gathers no moss “ try to learn to be stable, goal oriented and focused. Don’t be kind “Jack of all and the master of none .” We all know that “Rome was not built in a day” so as our career and life will not be in our hands at the blink of our eye . (more…)