With the dreaded pink boll worm attack looming over the current seasons Bt Cotton crop across 11 states, an aggressive communication campaign #SecureFarmer2SecureIndia has been launched with the involvement of a number of stake holders, including public and private sector establishments.


All-out joint war on pink boll worm to save Bt Cotton


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Examining what climatic factors help spread dengue in India, researchers have found that a rise in temperature from 17 to 30 degrees Celsius can increase transmission of the mosquito-borne disease fourfold.


Researchers develop climate-based dengue forecasting model


IIT-Kharagpur researchers have developed a visual technology that enables safer driving during rain, a statement said on Friday.


IIT-Kharagpur develops technology for safer driving in rain


The most rapid and extreme natural global warming event of the last 66 million years was driven by massive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from volcanoes during the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean.


Volcanic CO2 to blame for warmest period in 66 mn years


An increase of just 1-2 degrees Celsius in shallow waters on the West Antarctic Peninsula has radically reduced marine diversity, a new study revealed on Friday.


Ocean warming in Antarctica will reduce marine diversity


Ever wondered why even if we are not tired, we yawn if someone else does?


Decoded: Why is yawning so contagious


The introduction of a foreign snake species in Guam's forests about 60 years ago might have caused irreversible damage to the island's ecosystem, an Australian researcher revealed on Friday.


Guam forests may be 'irreversibly damaged' by foreign snake species


India's largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked ninth in the world.


CSIR ranked 9th public research institution of the world


Japanese neurosurgeons have found that inducing an experimental human cell therapy can lead to long-term benefits in monkeys with Parkinson's disease, a key step for initiating treatment for neurodegenerative diseases in humans.


Human stem cells might combat Parkinson's disease in monkeys


With larger extreme weather events in the picture, such as the floods that ravaged India and Bangladesh, the countries need to think about short-term adaptation to protect people, says noted atmospheric scientist and MIT Professor Ronald G. Prinn.


'Short-term adaptation to floods important for India, Bangladesh'


The 29-hour countdown for the launch of India's eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sriharikota rocket port, around 80 km from here, officials said.


Countdown begins for Indian navigation satellite launch


Scientists have "re-discovered" the largest specimen of marine reptile Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant at the time of death.


Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant at time of death


The NASA's Johnson Space Centre (JSC) in Houston, Texas, remained closed due to floods caused by the catastrophic hurricane Harvey, according to the space agency.


NASA's Johnson Space Centre closed amid floods


Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, and those changes cause the brain to stay more at attention and less at rest, a research has found.


Ringing in ears cause brain to stay more at attention


Japanese researchers have developed an antibody that induces immune responses, which significantly suppresses malignant cancers in dogs as well as increases their survival rate.


Scientists develop new therapeutic antibody for dog cancers


Babylonians were the pioneers of trigonometry -- the study of triangles -- and they trumped the Greeks by 1,000 years, revealed an analysis of a 3,700-year-old mathematical clay tablet, whose purpose was not known till now.


Babylonians beat Greeks by 1,000 years in trigonometry: Study


If you often tend to belittle your four-year-old son or daughter's ability to do a task, think again. According to psychologists, young children may have a sense of self-worth similar to that of older kids and adults, and may become discouraged.


Sense of self-worth in kids similar to adults: Study


Researchers have found evidence of the world's oldest Italian wine in a large storage jar from the Copper Age which indicates that winemaking in the region began as early a fourth millennium BC.


World's oldest Italian wine found 


A drug that successfully prevented kidney disease in diabetic mice is set to undergo its first human trial in Australia.


Promising kidney disease cure to undergo first human trial in Australia


The prediction by a team of physicists led by IISER-Kolkata on how the corona of the sun would look during the August 21 'Great American Solar Eclipse' has captured "almost all the major features" of the corona correctly, a statement said on Wednesday.


US solar eclipse: IISER-Kolkata team's prediction captures 'almost all major features correctly'


Ancient snakes may have been more adept at moving through water and living underground than their contemporary counterparts, research published by Australian scientists said on Wednesday.

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