A symbiotic relationship with fungi gives lac insects their crimson hue, finds IISc study
Dried Lac Dye and clothes being dyed using Lac dye

The study from IISc found a previously unidentified yeast-like symbiont inside the lac insect Kerria lacca, which gives the insect its distinctive red colour and, may also provide other nutrients in return for shelter.

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New Theoretical Model throws Light on Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

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Representative illustration of the conversion of Gravitational Wave energy into Fast Radio Bursts

IIT Bombay study says high energy gravitational waves might be the instigator of FRBs

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A burst of radio waves, three-billion light years away, to shed light on the ‘missing matter’

Bengaluru
A burst of radio waves, three-billion light years away, to shed light on the ‘missing matter’

A team of researchers, led by Prof. Keith Bannister at the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, observed a burst of radio waves, three-billion light years away, using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. This could shed light on the ‘missing matter’.

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