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Meet Salazar’s pit viper – a new snake species named after the parseltongue wizard
The study, published in the journal Zoosytematics and Evolution, describes the new species of green pit viper,
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Congratulations! Dr. Deepa Agashe elected Vice President of the American Society of Naturalists
Dr. Deepa Agashe has been elected as the Vice President of the Amerian Society of Naturalists (serving 2021-2023). She has been on the diversity committee of the ASN since 2018, and received several national and international recognitions for her work in the biological sciences.
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Over 1mn Covid-19 tests carried out, says ICMR
In other developments, young scientists of the National Centre For Biological Sciences (NCBS) have initiated a series of videos on social media to create awareness about Covid-19 in regional languages.
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Researchers from three institutes develop algorithm for better contact-tracing
The newly created algorithm can identify individuals who are at risk of contracting the disease from high-risk contacts of a Covid positive person who are not themselves known to be infected, said researchers at the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), and Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) at Chennai.
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Indian researchers set to study Covid-19 link with loss of smell, taste
Four Indian research institutes have collaborated with the Global Consortium of Chemosensory Researchers (GCCR) to collect data via an online survey (http://gcchemosensr.org/) to find the connection between chemical senses and the novel coronavirus. The investigation will determine if anosmia is a reliable ‘early indicator’ of the disease, and when and how the change or loss of sense occurs.
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Nose knows first? A survey will tell
NCBS will seek answers from patients to establish link between the loss of sense of smell and Covid-19.
The survey is available to individuals and clinicians on the GCCR website: http://gcchemosensr.org
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Scientists start survey to determine if loss of smell is related to COVID-19
To the range of symptoms attached to COVID-19, scientists are now considering “loss of smell''.
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Indian herpetologists discover new viper species in Arunachal Pradesh
Indian herpetologists have discovered a new species of viper family in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and named it after Salazar Slytherin, a fictional character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
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Population of over 100 species of Indian birds on decline, claims first-of-its-kind report
The study, titled State of India’s Birds 2020, states raptors, migratory seabirds & habitat specialist birds were most affected in past decades.
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Ray of Hope: Government Eases Restrictions on Indian COVID-19 Research
To prepare for such an event, several national labs are planning to chip in with the testing, Satyajit Mayor, the director of National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), a DAE-funded institution in Bengaluru, told The Wire Science
