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i AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories By Scientists for the People ii AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories iii foKku ,oa izkS|ksfxdh foHkkx Department of Science and Technology AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories By Scientists for the People Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research iv AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories Published by Vigyan Prasar (An Autonomous organization of Department of Science and Technology) A-50, Institutional Area, Sector-62 NOIDA 201 307 (Uttar Pradesh), India (Regd. Office: Technology Bhawan, New Delhi 110016) Phones: 0120-2404430-35 Fax: 91-120-2404437 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.vigyanprasar.gov.in Copyright: 2019 by Vigyan Prasar The contents of the publications may be used by students, science communicators and agencies (Govt. & Non Govt.) with due acknowledgement. All rights reserved ISBN: 978-81-7480-337-5 AWSAR AWARDED POPULAR SCIENCE STORIES: By Scientists for the People Guidance: Dr Nakul Parashar Dr Nisha Mehndiratta Concept & Editing: Dr Rashmi Sharma Dr B K Tyagi Dr K B Bhushan Dr Gaurav Jain Copy editor: Mrs. Nandita Bhardwaj Supervision: Mr. Rintu Nath Cover & layout design: Mr. Pradeep Kumar Coordination: Dr Avilekh Mr. Punit Chaudhary Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mr. Siddharth Ms. Naina Magan v Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... xiii Preface .............................................................................................................................................. xv Introduction ....................................................................................................................................xvii Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................................xix OUTSTANDING STORY (PDF CATEGORY) 1. Coin Tossing Explains Activity of Opposite Motors on Phagosomes ......................................... 1 Dr Paulomi Sanghavi BEST TWENTY STORIES (PDF CATEGORY) 1. The Mystery Behind Unconventional Protein Secretion and Secretory Autophagy ................... 4 Dr Sreedevi Padmanabhan 2. Embarking towards ‘Swachh Bharat’: Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur ........................................... 8 Dr Sujata Pramanik 3. Tackling Rabies in a Rapidly Urbanising World ...................................................................... 11 Dr Manvi Sharma 4. The Backstage Story of My Auto-Reusable Fluoride Receptors ............................................... 14 Dr Suchibrata Borah 5. Your muscles and Fruit Fly stem cells ...................................................................................... 18 Dr Dhananjay Chaturvedi 6. Stalking Streptomyces on Hunt .............................................................................................. 21 Dr Ulfat Baig 7. An ‘AWSAR’ to Devise a Protocol for Laser-based Excision of Microscopic Woody Apple Bud Meristem for Tissue-Specific Expression Analysis ...................................... 25 Dr Swati Verma 8. A Journey from Chronic Tobacco Exposure to Cancer ............................................................ 28 Dr Pavithra Rajagopalan 9. Wood Protectant from Coconut Shell: New Biobased Product for a Safe Future ..................... 31 Dr Shiny K S vi AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories 10. Designer Crystals .................................................................................................................... 35 Dr Shaunak Chakraborty 11. Electrochemical Studies Carried out in Deep Eutectic Solvents and Colloidal Suspensions ............................................................................................................. 40 Dr Anu Renjith 12. Fish-Parasite Sentinel System-An Emerging Integrated Biomonitoring Tool in the Offing .................................................................................................................. 44 Dr Ummer Zargar 13. Pre- and Post-digestion of Microalgae Makes an Efficient Energy Product (Biogas) ................ 48 Dr Megha Mathur 14. Anti-inflammatory and Anti Diabetic Action of Arachidonic Acid and its Metabolite Lipoxin A4 ....................................................................................................... 52 Dr Naveen Kumar Venkata Gundala 15. Relieving stress? Plants and Human Beings Engage Similar Molecular crosstalk Hemoglobin in plants? ............................................................................................. 55 Dr Neha Singh 16. Check Met! ............................................................................................................................. 61 Dr Adhish Walvekar 17. The Curious Case of the Ants in My Plants Friends ................................................................ 64 Dr Joyshree Chanam 18. Role of Zebrafish C-Reactive Protein in Infiltration of Macrophages During Bacterial Pathogenesis ........................................................................... 66 Dr Shuvasree Sarkar 19. Modified Curcumin Haldi( ): A Hope in Preventing Brain Cell Death in Parkinson’s Disease ................................................................................................................. 69 Dr Nuzhat Ahsan 20. Predicting Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall: Moving from Multiple to Single Forecast ........ 74 Dr Swati Bhomia TOP THREE STORIES (Ph.D. CATEGORY) 1. Adoption of Green Building for Sustainable Growth of Rural India ........................................ 78 Ashish Suresh Srivastava 2. Tales of Fixing the Tails .......................................................................................................... 81 Ajay Kumar 3. Population and Ecology Symbiosis – Wetland, Macrophyte and Fish...................................... 85 Nabanita Chakraborty vii BEST HUNDRED STORIES (Ph.D. CATEGORY) 1. Necessity of Gas Sensing In Daily Life: Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Carbon Monoxide Sensing ..................................................................... 88 Suresh Bandi 2. The Enterprising Life of a Microtubule: “Ups” And “Downs” And Some Peaceful Times ...................................................................... 91 Aparna J S 3. Structural Prediction of Hepatitis E Virus X Domain to Limit Viral Infection: My Experience ..................................................................................... 95 Vikram Thakur 4. Moss: Little Things Which Can Fill the Huge Glitch in Agriculture ....................................... 98 Tanushree Agarwal 5. Solar Cells – Let’s Brighten The World ................................................................................. 102 Astha Tyagi 6. Solving The Particles’ Game Using Machine Learning .......................................................... 105 Divya Divkaran 7. Naturally Inspired: Understanding How Pomegranate Prevents Pancreatic Disorders ........... 108 Payal Gupta 8. Some Tensions are Good for Life .......................................................................................... 113 Joseph Jose Thottacherry 9. Improving the Immune Health of the Muga Silkworm: In A Natural Way- The Probiotic Way ................................................................................. 116 Pinky Moni Bhuyan 10. Kidney Stones: A Stone That Never Rolls Away .................................................................... 119 Abhishek Albert 11. Indian Scientists Developed Functionally Graded Nanocrystals for Improved Solar Cells ..... 123 Ankit Goyal 12. Resource Allocation and Energy Efficiency in Cellular Networks In Comparison with How to Raise a Happy and Good Child? .................................................. 126 Yoghitha Ramamoorthi 13. I can Eat Uranium-My Name is Deinococcusradiodurans .................................................... 129 Manobala T 14. Knock-Down Punch to Tuberculosis .................................................................................... 134 Eira Choudhary 15. Paper Machines for Rapid and Inexpensive, Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Tuberculosis ........... 137 Navjot Kaur 16. Community Radio for the Upliftment of Farming and Rural Communities in India ............ 141 Aditya viii AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories 17. Making Oil Flow Faster for Cheaper..................................................................................... 144 Piyush Garg 18. A Way Forward in Ornamental Fish Farming ....................................................................... 147 Mahadevi Nagralli 19. We the Termites of IISc ........................................................................................................ 150 Nikita Zachariah 20. Concerned About Privacy Leaks From IoT Devices? IIT Madras Researchers May Have A Solution! .................................................................... 153 Prasanna Karthik Vairam 21. Air Vehicle Which Flaps Its Wings and Flies ......................................................................... 156 Ajinkya Vishnu Sirsat 22. Missing Not Dead: The Horrifying Story of Man-made Flood Disasters .............................. 159 Antara Dasgupta 23. Role-Mining the Moonlighting GAPDH Proteins in Cucumber Mosaic Virus Resistance in Plants .......................................................................... 162 Bipasha Bhattacharjee 24. Teaching and Learning in ‘Acoustical Darkness’ .................................................................... 165 Nithya Subramaniam 25. Damage of Brain Wiring in Amyotrophic