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What flies can teach us about achieving the perfect landing, albeit upside down!
Researchers study the interplay between biology and mechanics to understand how flies land inverted on ceilings.
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Scientists, engineers get awards
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa gave away the State awards for scientists and engineers for 2018.
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13 scientists honoured with state awards
Thirteen Karnataka scientists including P.V SHivaprasad from NCBS were conferred with state awards.
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Exhibition brings together science, art in one place
The second edition of the Lab Culture series: Tracing the Making of a Collective brings out an array of artefacts from various practitioners of arts, science, design, and history.
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A wild, wild road
The first wildlife underpasses built under NH 44 could help reduce roadkill on the Kanha-Pench corridor dramatically. That now leaves us with 55,000 km of roads through forests to tackle
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Now, a new gecko from the hills of Amboli
A new species of lizard has been identified from forests and 'sadas' (laterite rocks) of Amboli, in Maharashtra. The discovery was made by an IT professional turned herpetologist and with three other researchers.
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Indian tigers face inbreeding threat due to forest fragmentation, shows genetic study
The recently released tiger census data brought much cheer due to the reported rise in population of tigers in the country.
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New striped yellow dragonfly discovered in Goa, Kerala
Panaji: A new dragonfly species, cyclogomphus flavoannulatus, was recently discovered from Goa and Kerala.
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NCBS study shows how stress can affect fear memory
Fear memories formed before and after experiencing chronic stress can have very different behavioural effects. They also affect the brain morphology differently, finds a study. The researchers, based in National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bengaluru came to this conclusion by studying male Wistar rats.