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Scientists discover a coral snake species from Himachal Pradesh
Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun and the Natural History Museum (NHM), London have rediscovered a snake that was thought to be lost for a 120 years!
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NCBS scientists identify 33 molecules that could be used to treat virus patients
A group of scientists led by Professor R. Sowdhamini at NCBS has identified the 33 small molecules from a database of over 3,30,000 small molecules using new computational research, which bind to NSP1, one of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins. The scientists have recommended that these can be taken forward for wet-lab validation.
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‘Cyclotides’ from Shankhpushpi can fight bacteria, virus, say Bengaluru-based scientists
In a new study that was published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) studied the functioning of special circular proteins in plants called “cyclotides”, which the pharma industry uses ...
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Researchers identify 33 molecules that can target 1 COVID-19 protein
Researchers at the Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have identified 33 small molecules out of 3, 30,000 that can target one protein — NSP1 — in the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Identifying these molecules may help with drug discovery and examining existing drugs, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that can be repurposed to treat Covid-19.
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A damselfly’s colours have more to them than adding to the looks
In the study, published in the journal Ecological Entomology, Shantanu Joshi and Dr.
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NCBS Archives tells stories of how science blossomed here
Letters, photographs, old instruments and notebooks are among 50,000 objects at the Archives.December 4, 1987: In just about legible cursive handwriting, Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick writes a letter to Obaid Siddiqi, professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, apologising for failing to come and meet him in Mumbai. Now the letter lies carefully placed in a paper file, inside a small cardboard box, in a steel locker at the Archives of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru. -
Scientists use virtual reality to know how insects find objects
Arguing that little is known about how insects combine different sensory stimuli to find and get to objects of their interest given their size and agility, a team of researchers from National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru has created a virtual reality
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Researchers Find Three New Gecko Species In Western Ghats
The three new species were discovered in granite boulder habitats on the southern edge of the Mysore plateau by a team including which comprised of scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.