Once again new spring began marking the upcoming of new year with new hopes, aspirations and resolutions.. 4yrs already passed away from my homeland. 4 new years I celebrated at foreign land. The more far you are from your home the more valauble your love and desire for it. I missed my family, friends and country people. It has been nice memory that I used to celebrate all the new years there long before…. Wish you all Happy new Year 2068……
Category: General
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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…)
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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…)
