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Stem cells can use same method as plants, insects to protect against virus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a vital mechanism, previously thought to have disappeared as mammals evolved, that helps protect mammalian stem cells from RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus. The scientists suggest this could one day
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Pollen-sized technology protects bees from deadly insecticides: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 28 (ANI): During a recent study, Cornell University developed technology to provide beekeepers, consumers and farmers with an antidote for deadly pesticides, which kill wild bees and cause beekeepers to lose around a third of their hives every year on average.
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Wasps valuable for ecosystems, economy and human health just like bees: St
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 29 (ANI): According to a new review paper led by UCL and University of East Anglia researchers, wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more.
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Study focuses on using landscape connectivity to control deadly mosquito-b
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): A recent study led researchers at Yale School of the Environment has developed a new method for tracking how the deadly yellow fever mosquito moves through the environment, a potentially critical tool for controlling the insect and the diseases it spreads.
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Study suggests improving water quality could help conserve insectivorous b
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Cleveland (Ohio) [US], February 26 (ANI): A new study is one of the first to find evidence for a causal link between the decline of insectivorous birds (i.e. birds preying on flying insects), the decline of emergent aquatic insects, and poor water quality.
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Researchers find why plant diversity is so important for bee diversity
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brighton [UK], February 10 (ANI): During summers, bumblebees and honey bees can be seen foraging on the same flower species, whether in Britain or many other countries. Now, researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex, have found that dif
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Novel study reveals litter provides habitat for diverse animal communities
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nottingham [England], January 25 (ANI): While a heap of litter lying in a river may be mistaken as a pollutant by some, however, in a novel study of local rivers, experts at the University of Nottingham in the UK have discovered that more invertebrates - animals without a backbone, such as
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Vetbiochem charts previously unchartered territory
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Aug 25 (ANI/Mediawire): Entrepreneurship is all about understanding a particular problem of customers and the need for a market and one's ability to build a business model that delivers a solution to the market.
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Insecticides India posts 33 pc fall in Q1 net profit at Rs 24 crore
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Agrochemicals manufacturer Insecticides India has reported a 33 per cent drop in its profit after tax of Rs 24 crore in the first quarter of current fiscal from Rs 36 crore in Q1 FY20.
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Best Agrolife Ltd aims Rs 1517 Cr plus turnover by FY22
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): BSE listed Best Agrolife Ltd, a leading global player in agrochemicals sector and one of India's largest manufacturers of agro-inputs, is aiming to achieve Rs 1517 crore turnover by FY2022 along with the net profit of over Rs 677 crore.
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Resonance Opportunities Fund picks up stake in Best Agrolife Ltd
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): UK based Resonance Opportunities Fund recently picked up a stake of 112,000 shares at the market price of Rs 610.35 through open market buying in BSE listed Best Agrolife Ltd, which shows the confidence of the fund and will in-turn boost investor con
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Best Agrolife Ltd to launch unique insecticide for the first time in India
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): BSE listed Best Agrolife Ltd, a leading global player in agrochemicals sector and one of India's largest manufacturers of agro-inputs is first in India to have granted license/registration for manufacturing *DIRON* (DINOTEFURAN 20 per cent SG), a su
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