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  • NCBS makes News
    09 December 2019

    Aarey, smog, wildfires — forests dominate headlines. But what exactly is a forest?

     What exactly is a forest? India’s green cover is not easy to understand. There are different types of greenery, lands where trees shouldn’t crop up even if they can, and the definition of forests, savannas, and other green ecosystems vary across the country. 

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    04 December 2019

    Getting to Know Dr. Vinothkumar of NCBS BLiSC

    An interview with Dr Vinothkumar of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore Life Science Cluster, who works with the cryo-electron microscope (Cryo-EM) on membrane proteins and disease. 

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  • NCBS makes News
    06 November 2019

    New Evidence That Humans and Bats Exchanged Deadly Filovirus in Nagaland

    Bats are reservoirs of many microorganisms responsible for infectious diseases. One such is a type of virus called filovirus, which causes severe haemorrhagic fever in humans and primates.

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    02 November 2019

    Study suspects virus spillover from bats in Nagaland

    A new study has found that there may be virus spillover – tr ..
     

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    02 November 2019

    Virus spillover may be occurring between bats and humans: Study

    A new study conducted by the Bengaluru-based National Centre of Biological Sciences (NCBS) along with two other health institutions has found that the transmission of virus from one species to another may be occurring between bats and humans.

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  • NCBS makes News
    16 November 2019

    Understanding upside-down landings of flies

    “When I was a student, Late Prof. K. S. Krishnan who was on the interview panel asked me, ‘how do flies land on the ceiling?’ Although seemingly an innocuous question, it turns out to be a really complex phenomenon,” says Prof Sanjay Sane from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru. Now, after several years of research using the modern state of the art tools and months of video recordings his team has answered the question.

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  • NCBS makes News
    16 November 2019

    How a number of initiatives are breaking the language barrier in teaching science

    To break this language barrier in teaching science and technology, a small but growing number of initiatives have started platforms that discuss concepts in local languages. They want to make concepts in these subjects more accessible to those who do not know English. And technology, whether it is WhatsApp, YouTube or podcasts, makes it easy to disseminate information to a wider audience.
     

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  • NCBS makes News
    08 November 2019

    Butterfly migration through a metropolis

    As the monsoon draws to a close, thousands of butterflies make their way to the Western Ghats

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    07 November 2019

    Noise Pollution in the Ganga Is Stressing Its River Dolphins

    Ferries and other vessels in the Ganga produce underwater noise that's changing the echolocation behaviour of India's national aquatic animal.

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    03 November 2019

    How cotton leaf worm responds to the defence mechanisms of plants

    A new side to the triangular story of interactions among plant, pest and predatory insect emerges as a result of a study carried out by researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru. 

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