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Found: new vine snake species after a gap 113 years
Zoologists have discovered a new vine snake species from the eastern State of Odisha. A new taxon of vine snake is being found after a gap of over a century. The last time a vine snake species...
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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 apex predators in the alpine ecosystem. Its conservation is critical for saving other...
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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 about her. That’s because the number of women scientists in India is low...
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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 plant growth even in water deficit conditions.
Numerous types of soil microbes colonize plant...
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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 sites has shown that Puga geothermal field in Ladakh could be a good...
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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 Tobacco Streak Virus (TSV) in the cotton crop.
The formulation, prepared in buttermilk, was...
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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 a large scale.
Plants produce cellulose, an abundant biopolymer in the world, which is...
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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 fruit is not only tasty and rich in anti-oxidant but is also a...