he term “vacuum” is no stranger to humans who live on planet Earth. A vacuum cleaner is not at all strange in the everyday life of most people around the world.

Cyclic voltammetry (CV) is used extensively by electrochemists to obtain the potential at which the chemical processes occur, and to obtain information about coupled homogeneous chemical reactions or the role of ...

Millions of deaths and the end of civilizations can be inflicted by knife, machete, fire, or even by the pen or the spoken word; but a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) implies such a result more centrally imposed

Diels-Alder (D-A) reaction is a (4π+2π) cycloaddition reaction. It is used to generate six-membered rings by combining two π-systems. The key components of this reaction are a conjugated diene (an alkene with two π-bonds) ...

I came to know Dr. Wijesekera in 1971 when he recruited me as a technical assistant to his Natural products laboratory at CISIR (Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research). I was just out of high school, ...

I am grateful for the opportunity of having to deliver the oration on the occasion of the commemoration ceremony to mark the 6 th Death anniversary of our beloved Emeritus Professor JNO Fernando, JNO for all us. It is ...

Organometallic complexes have at least one organic group and they can undergo various types of reactions. Incoming electrophile may react with or attack on either the metal centre or on one of the coordinated ligands

Sri Lanka has an abundance of high-quality mineral deposits which have not been efficiently utilized for economic development of the country.

The major discoveries from pre-historic ages to recent times, have allowed nations to describe themselves and their treasures. These major discoveries include, the first use of tools, shifting from hunting to ...

Risk factors for non-communicable diseases are unhealthy dietary pattern, lack of exercise, heavy alcoholism, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obesity, mental stress and some drugs