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Scientists suggest that whales could be a valuable carbon sink
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nature-based solutions to fight climate change take a holistic approach that promotes biodiversity and ecosystem preservation. While many efforts have focused on planting trees or restoring wetlands, researchers publishing in Trends in Ecology and Evolution on December 15 advocate for the im
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Anonymous GPS data could help check people's usage of green spaces: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent study shows how the public's use of parks and other green spaces in metropolitan areas can be tracked using anonymized GPS data from people's smartphones, which could help guide their management.
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221 Geographical Areas operationalised for supply of CNG: Govt
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The government is promoting alternative fuels which inter alia include Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), Green Hydrogen, Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG), Ethanol, etc for reduction in green house gas emissions.
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Study reveals new ways microbes might help humans build colonies on Moon,
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers have come up with fresh ideas for how microbes might assist humans in establishing colonies on the moon and Mars in response to the biochemical process by which cyanobacteria in Chile's Atacama Desert obtain nutrients from rocks.
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FM Sitharaman and 4 Indians on Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women list
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Forbes had placed President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the top position of the 19th annual Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women for her leadership during the Ukraine war.
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Scientists find out if new cancer drug can come from potatoes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
A team of Polish scientists led by Magdalena Winkiel at Adam Mickiewicz University, publishing today in Frontiers in Pharmacology, reviewed the bioactive compounds called glycolalkaloids that are found in many vegetables that are household names, like potatoes and tomatoes, to demonstrate th
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Biocon Biologics appoints Shreehas Tambe as MD, CEO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tambe takes over from Arun Chandavarkar, who will continue to serve as a non-executive, non-independent director on the board of Biocon Biologics.
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Despite peculiarities, conservation challenges similar in Madagascar, Braz
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Nature in Madagascar, an island off southeast Africa slightly larger than metropolitan France, is so unusual that 82 per cent of its plant species and 90 per cent of its vertebrates are endemic, only occurring there. Living amidst this unique biodiversity is a population so deprived that the
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Study reveals biological effectiveness of insecticidal malaria nets' gets
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Insecticidal malaria nets, which are meant to be biologically effective for at least three years, could potentially save lives, but research revealed that they may lose their effectiveness after just one year.
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Kerala SC families reap bumper harvest from biofloc fish farming
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Giving a fillip to homestead aquaculture and nutritional security, a self-help group belonging to the scheduled caste community in Cheranalloor village near here has had a bumper harvest from biofloc fish farming, an innovative aquaculture practice.
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Research finds ice-free Antarctic area growth leads to unbalanced biodiver
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
A study into the impact of global warming on the biodiversity of the Antarctic has identified how the predicted expansion of ice-free areas will impact native animals and plants, paving the way for the invasion of non-native species in Antarctica.
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Biocon Biologics completes acquisition of Viatris' Global Biosimilars Busi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): Biocon Biologics Ltd., a subsidiary of Biocon Ltd. (BSE code: 532523) (NSE: BIOCON), announced today that it has successfully completed its multi-billion-dollar (USD) acquisition of the global biosimilars business of its partner Vi
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