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Study reveals how humans first walked upright in trees
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Human bipedalism, or walking erect on two legs, may have developed in trees rather than on the ground, as previously supposed.
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Telangana: Adilabad villagers plant 20,000 saplings under Green India Chal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mukhara (K) villagers participated en masse in the Challenge and planted 20,000 saplings at 'Bhruhat Palle Parakriti Vanam'.
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Here's how combination of muscle and skin plays important role in elephant
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], July 25 (ANI): According to a recent study from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an elephant's folded skin plays a significant part in stretching its trunk in addition to its muscles. The creature can easily grab fragile vegetation and break apart tree trunks tha
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Elephant biomechanics suggests new approach for soft robotics
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 22 (ANI): A new study suggests that an elephant's muscles aren't the only way it stretches its trunk, its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the versatility to grab fragile vegetation and rip apart tree trunks.
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Colourful urban environments, even if experienced in virtual reality, boos
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 17 (ANI): Researchers studying effects of vegetation and colourful patterns in an urban setting used virtual reality to discover that green vegetation caused volunteers to walk more slowly while also raising their heart rate, which led to a pleasurable experie
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Floods may be nearly as important as droughts for future carbon accounting
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): In a global analysis of vegetation over more than three decades, Stanford University researchers found that photosynthesis -- the process by which plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere- was primarily influenced by floods and heavy rainfall nearly as
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Butterflies at risk from excess nitrogen: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], June 20 (ANI): The nitrogen present in agriculture, vehicle emissions and industry gets deposited in the soil via the air and impacts vegetation- to the detriment of the butterflies, as researchers at the University of Basel have discovered.
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Excess nitrogen puts butterflies at risk, researchers affirm
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): Nitrogen from agriculture, vehicle emissions and industry is endangering butterflies in Switzerland. The element is deposited in the soil via the air and has an impact on vegetation- to the detriment of the butterflies, as researchers at the University of B
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Japan's Takii produces high yielding variety of seeds and seedlings
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kyoto [Japan], May 28 (ANI): Regular supply of high-quality seeds is necessary for healthy vegetation and high yields.
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Terai Forest Division develops mixed vegetation to prevent elephants cross
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): Terai Central Forest Division is planting vegetation favoured by elephants in the jungle in order to prevent them from crossing over into human habitable zones, said Divisional Forest Officer Dr. Abhilasha Singh.
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People show interest in horticulture, visit 'Ninth Nursery Mela' in Hydera
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 1 (ANI): It was a kaleidoscope of colours as Hyderabad hosted the 'Ninth Nursery Mela' on Sunday and visitors from different walks of life thronged various stalls that have been put up by various people from across the country who have come to showc
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SatSure Cygnus - Rapid Revisit Virtual Satellite Constellation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): SatSure, a decision intelligence startup based in Bangalore (India) and St. Gallen (Switzerland), has launched its synthetic geospatial insights platform, "SatSure Cygnus" for high-frequency vegetation monitoring applications. Using
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