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Category: PLOS ONE

Posted on December 21, 2019

Painting cows with zebra stripes cuts insect attacks

Instead of using pesticides, painting cows with zebra-like stripes led to 50% reduction in the number of biting flies. As a result, cows painted with white stripes showed 20% reduction…

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Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017

Ostriches existed in India over 25,000 years ago, DNA evidence shows

Based on a DNA analysis of a fossilised eggshell fragment of ostrich, Indian researchers have for the first time found molecular evidence to confirm the presence of these birds in…

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Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

IIT Madras researchers study the role of mushroom spores in atmospheric bioaerosols

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have for the first time, over the Indian region, demonstrated the potential role of mushroom spores in atmospheric bioaerosols. While others…

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Posted on July 29, 2016July 29, 2016

Surplus river basins in India face drop in rainfall, IIT researchers say

A study carried out by a team of researchers from IIT Madras and IIT Bombay has found a decrease in spatial variability of mean monsoon rainfall over major river basins…

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Posted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016

CSIR sends a strong message to Indian scientists

In a rare and highly commendable move that has sent out a strong message to the Indian scientific community, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has dismissed a…

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Posted on July 23, 2016July 27, 2016

CSIR: IMTECH scientist sacked for fabricating data

Swaranjit Singh Cameotra, a senior scientist at the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), a CSIR lab, has been removed from service early this month for fabricating data in three…

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Posted on June 12, 2016June 29, 2016

Hyping up the benefits of private cord blood banking

A first-of-its-kind study carried out in India, published on May 26 in the journal PLOS ONE, has revealed that the general understanding of umbilical cord blood banking is “poor”. Only…

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Posted on April 28, 2016June 11, 2016

One minute of hard exercise thrice a week has great health benefits

“I don’t have the time to exercise” can no longer be an excuse. A single minute of very intense exercise per week can produce similar health benefits as 45 minutes…

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