Crab spiders are a family of small, pretty spiders, some of which you could find in your own backyard or even on a potted plant. They are accomplished ambush hunters, making meals out of insects much larger than themselves – a crab spider half the size of your fingernail can easily grab a large butterfly.
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Study from National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore, documents some astounding facts about India’s ancient metallurgical processes
Study from the Ashoka Trust from Research in Ecology and the Environment details the importance of a global standard to curb the adulteration of herbal medicines.
'ಸೈನ್ಸ್' ನಿಯತಕಾಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾದ ಲೇಖನವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ, ಜೀವವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಯ ಒಡಂಬಡಿಕೆಯೇ ಜೀವವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಯ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಿತಿ ಹೇರುವುದನ್ನು ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿ, ಬೇಲಿಯೇ ಎದ್ದು ಹೊಲ ಮೇದಂತಾಯ್ತು ಎಂದು ಟೀಕಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
Dr Veena Srinivasan, who leads the Water, Land and Society Programme at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair at Utrecht University, Netherlands.
भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान संस्था, मुंबई येथील संशोधकांनी शरीरात इन्सुलिन निर्माण करण्यासाठी जैवकृत्रिम स्वादुपिंड विकसित केले
Data obtained from passengers in public transport vehicles helps improve the accuracy of measuring geolocation.
Researchers from M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, explore how density of plants affects the presence and abundance of herbivores.
Researchers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, explore how insectivorous plants attract insects.
Henrietta Lacks was just 31 years old when she passed away in October of 1951, succumbing to a short battle with cervical cancer. A poor, African-American tobacco farmer, her life and death was a quiet affair, perhaps most felt by her five young children and the widower she left behind.