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Researchers from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Institute of Urban Environment (IUE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xiamen, People’s Republic of China, and CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow have studied the wastewater produced from tanneries and analyzed the pollutants present in it.

Poor kitchens cause household air pollution and along with poor sanitation, results in millions of annual premature deaths globally, says study

Sweden's recent decision to terminate a contract with a scientific publisher, because the publisher was not making sufficient progress towards Sweden's demands for open access, has given rise to much jubilation in

23rd of May is celebrated as theWorld Turtle Day. Read about the various organisations in India who use an array of methods to ensure that turtles are welcome on our shores. 

After the Microhyla laterite that was described from Manipal in 2016, scientists have found another new narrow-mouthed frog from the city centre of Mangaluru, in coastal Karnataka. 

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, have devised a new way to automatically differentiate between inner and outer breast tissue using Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI in breast cancer patients.

Researchers from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore in Tamil Nadu, have synthesized novel compound made of lead sulphide quantum dots coated with anti-oxidants or vitamins, which could aid in live imaging cells.

ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತವೆನಿಸಿದ ತಾಣವಾದ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಬಗೆಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಾವು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಲಾಗುವ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳೇ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಮಾಣಪತ್ರವಾಗಿದೆ.

Mosquito bite! That’s all you need to express your killer instinct. But this allegedly innocent, tiny little arthropod with jointed legs, dressed in black and white stripes like an escaped prisoner, bites just for its ‘daily blood’.

The brain is an extremely delicate organ that, like a glass artefact, needs many layers to protect it from injury. Besides the skull, the brain has three protective tissue layers called meninges. They form a protective covering around the entire central nervous system, including the brain and the spinal cord, and help to regulate different functions of the brain.