Taxonomic research especially on insects are very time consuming, poorly funded and have not given sufficient priority. Since it is one of the important basic aspects in understanding the diversity of any organism, it ...

Rice hulls and Coconut shells are used as raw materials to prepare activated carbon by chemical activation, as well as by physical activation, using phosphoric acid and steam as activating agents respectively. The effect ...

Actiniopteris dichotoma Bedd (ACTINOPTERIDACEAE), locally known as ‘Sanjeewani’, is a rare medicinal plant in Sri Lanka. Botanically it is a small, drought resistant fern (2-15cm high) with fan-like fronds, hence very ...

Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation is a technique for computing equilibrium and dynamic properties of a classical many-body system. The key ingredients in carrying out a MD simulation are the potentials used to model ...

The main objective of the present study was to describe the life cycle of the fruit borer in mangrove apples, a prerequisite for controlling the major pest of mangrove apple fruits as it will pave the way to commercialize ...

Intraspecific variation in selected morphometries was studied in Puntius chola, a freshwater Cyprinid commonly reported Sri Lanka. Linear data on 18 morphometries were obtained from individual fish collected from localities ...

A practical low cost device was invented to reduce the wastage of cooking gas. The device can be used in cooking with spherical bottom pans like, "thachchiya”, which are used in many Sri Lankan households. The main objective ...

Devario also known as Danio is a fish Genus that contributes to the diversity of freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. Devario species is also important in aquarium trade mainly because of their bright colouration, body shape ...

The aquatic plant water spinach, Ipomea aquatica either wild or cultivated, is a widely consumed vegetable throughout the Southeast Asia. Due to the unplanned dumping of the garbage to the environment, industrialization ...