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NCBS teams up with NGOs for MSc in wildlife course
The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) has partnered with The Habitat Trust (THT) and the National Conservation Foundation (NCF) to offer an MSc programme in wildlife biology and conservation.
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Indo-French talks to strengthen scientific collaboration in bio-health
Bangalore Life Science Cluster (BLiSC) welcomed Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs to its campus. The minister made it a point to visit the Cluster for talks with the directors and CEO of NCBS, inStem, and C-CAMP respectively.
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Butterflies and moths look at the world differently: Blame it on evolution
All moths engage in swift flight manoeuvres, and their eyes can sense the slightest change in their environment. What causes their eyes to perform the same functions under different light conditions is not clear to scientists. Recently, researchers have studied whether the butterflies and moths’ activity patterns at different times of the day can explain the difference in how their eyes function.
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Fragmentation of tiger habitat is leading to inbreeding, low survival: Study
The study published in journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution published on February 16 suggests that there is inbreeding among Indian tigers, which is a result of isolated populations due to habitat loss.
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179 species of butterflies recorded in Bengaluru
Butterflies of Bengaluru by Krushnamegh Kunte and Nitin Ravikanthachari is an initiative by the Karnataka Forest Department (Research Wing), National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/179-species-of-butterflie...
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In a first, scientists develop model to estimate dhole population
A scientifically robust method to estimate dhole numbers for the first time in India.
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National Science Day 2021: The art of being a woman in science
On National Science Day (Feb 28), we asked women scientists from across the country to reflect upon their experiences and tell us what it means to be one.
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Some Indian tigers are inbred: Study
A new study has found that while Indian tigers have a high amount of genetic variation, some individuals are inbred.
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Indian Tigers have highest genetic variation, but some are inbred
Researchers who were part of a new study that dealt with Tiger genomes, while
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Bengaluru research institute’s Covid test that can be altered to ‘identify mutant strains’
The National Centre for Biological Sciences, a Bengaluru-based research organisation, has come out with a Covid-19 test that does not require a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) machine and can be altered to detect mutant strains of the virus.