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A Bengaluru group is knee-deep in wastewater—looking for secrets on future diseases
Ecologist Farah Ishtiaq and her team are tracking viruses and diseases through Bangalore's underbelly. Their wastewater-based epidemiology project is catching attention.
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One Health Bengaluru City Consortium launched
One Health is a multi-sectoral approach that takes into consideration human, animal, environmental health and the interconnectivity and interdependence of these three elements.
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JNTBGRI researchers unravel the mystery behind the ‘shooting’ droplets from Theepacha
A recent study suggests the source of the droplets is not the liana as is commonly believed, but the Aloka depressa, a leafhopper that feeds on sap from the kidney-shaped leaves of its host.
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Life and work of physicist T S G Sastry archived at National Centre for Biological Science
Said to be the first non-biology collection at the NCBS, documents related to Sastry that were donated by his family members have been archived and made public on March 15.
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MP national park gets 2 tigers in big cat revival efforts
Madhya Pradesh national park that last housed a tiger a decade ago, on Friday received two adult tigers from nearby forests as the Union environment ministry is making an effort to repopulate the central Indian forest with tigers aiming to create a c...
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LS Shashidhara, brilliant geneticist and NCBS director, puts science next to social welfare
Shashidhara wants to focus on applied and translational research in collaboration with multiple institutes to ensure a tangible outcome of immediate utility.
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Minimising human disturbance crucial to protect bears outside wildlife reserves: study
A new study has found that maintaining forest cover and preventing fragmentation of habitats while minimising human disturbance is crucial for long-term conservation of bears outside protected wildlife reserves across India.
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Tracing evolution in Western Ghat's butterflies
ooks are deceptive. This age-old adage comes true in some butterfly colonies where the winged insects have acquired bright colours and attractive wing patterns over millions of years to fool their predators.