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India's riverine floods are changing in surprising ways
A new study presents a comprehensive understanding of how river floods in India have evolved over the past 40 years, from ...
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A symbiotic relationship with fungi gives lac insects their crimson hue, finds IISc study
The study from IISc found a previously unidentified yeast-like symbiont inside the lac insect Kerria lacca, which gives the ...
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In a breakthrough for malaria eradication, researchers identify key protein for the parasite’s reproduction
The study sheds light on a crucial protein, PfPPM2, which controls asexual division and switching between the sexual forms in ...
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A quasar from a feeding supermassive blackhole observed to be remaking its neighbourhood
The team observed two merging galaxies and discovered that the energy from a quasar is actively transforming the gas within its companion galaxy, thereby dictating whether new stars can form.
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Traditional practices and technology needs to come together to secure India's water future
Researchers at IISc conducted a case study of the Koramangala Challaghatta (K&C) Valley project in Karnataka to show how ...
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Cracks in blood stains could tell us how they got there, according to a new study
Researchers at IIT Bombay studied how blood drops dried on tilted surfaces and what the cracks that are left behind can tell us about the blood drop.
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In a breakthrough in quantum computing, Indian researchers imprint information onto entangled photons.
The new method offers a straightforward approach to imprint the geometric phase from a classical laser beam and transfer it ...