Dilani Vithanage, Author at FOS Media Students' Blog

Walking, Myself and the Environment

by Dilani VithanageJuly 12, 2015July 14, 2015DilaniLeave a Comment

After reading the winning blog article for the competition organized by the UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) in commemoration of world environment day 2015 which was held on June 5^th, I was just fascinated in a way. There she had written ... Read more

Sad music: Depressing but necessary

by Dilani VithanageNovember 10, 2014Dilani / Science and TechnologyLeave a Comment

Everyone of us listen to songs to feel good, to relax. Ever noted that number of sad songs in your playlists? Take a second and look, I guess it hits the highest. It is the general truth that sad songs make us feel good, something proven with the experience ... Read more

Tattoos: Amalgamation of science and art together…….

by Dilani VithanageAugust 10, 2014August 10, 2014Dilani / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

Ever wanted to have a tattoo to yourself so badly…...well honestly I’ve felt like that so many times but have to let it go as in the Sri Lankan context and with the opinion of my parents it is considered as a mark of indecent. Tattoos are considered as ... Read more

PCR, Intensification of DNA

by Dilani VithanageJune 8, 2014Dilani / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a technique used in molecular biology to amplify single or few copies of a piece of DNA so that it results in generating millions of copies of a certain DNA sequence. This has become one of the most widely used ... Read more

Tagged : dna / pcr

Cancer and epigenetics

by Dilani VithanageMay 22, 2014June 1, 2014Dilani / Science and TechnologyLeave a Comment

We normally define an uncontrolled growth of the cells as a cancer and still there is no proper medication found to give a total cure for this. Various reasons that may be responsible in causing this have been put forward by scientists. A new mechanism ... Read more

Giving them the love when they need it….

by Dilani VithanageMarch 10, 2014March 17, 2014DilaniLeave a Comment

After finishing the 1^st academic year never thought that I would get a long vacation of nearly two months. From the very first day of the vacation I was all bored up doing nothing. Suddenly a friend came up with the idea of going out and doing some ... Read more

New Definition To Our Actions

by Dilani VithanageNovember 18, 2013May 23, 2014Dilani / Science and TechnologyLeave a Comment

Waiting at the bus stops, supermarkets and many other places and watching what people do, laughing when they do something funny and silly, suddenly remembering that we are on an observation session and we do the same sometimes, after all studying and ... Read more

Dementia or Alzheimer’s

by Dilani VithanageNovember 5, 2013May 23, 2014Dilani / Science and TechnologyLeave a Comment