S Suresh Ramanan
Local communities key in conservation of snow leopards: study
Involving local communities and protecting their livelihoods may be a better strategy for conservation of snow leopards, a new study has found.
Snow leopards are...
Gender balance in scientific research improving in India: study
When Rohini Godbole, a theoretical physicist at the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science, was conferred Padma Shri this year, few outside scientific circles knew...
Scientists isolate fungi that can boost plant growth even under less water conditions
Scientists at the Bharathiar University engaged in studying the ecology of soil microbes that colonize plant roots have isolated a fungus that can enhance...
Puga has highest geothermal potential
Several locations in India are known to have a potential for production of geothermal energy. A new analysis of available data on all such...
Buttermilk-based bioformulation helps in cotton disease control
Scientists at Coimbatore-based Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have found that a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria called Bacillus amyloliquefaciens can be used to fight...
Bacteria from rotten pomegranate can be used for producing cellulose
Scientists at the Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) have isolated a bacterial strain from rotten pomegranate which promises to help produce bacterial cellulose on...
Wild blood fruit, a source of natural red colourant, may be domesticated
Blood fruit is a woody climber and it is very popular among tribes in the Northeastern states, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Bangladesh. The...
