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ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಗಣಿತದ ತರಗತಿ ನೆನಪಿದೆಯೇ? ಗಣಿತ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಕಡಲೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತಲ್ಲವೇ? ಅರ್ಧಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಸೂತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಬಾಯಿಪಾಠ ಮಾಡಿ ಪರಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದುದು ನೆನಪಿದೆಯೇ? ಇಂತಹ ತಲೆನೋವಿನ ಸೂತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗೋಳದ ಮೇಲ್ಮೈ ವಿಸ್ತೀರ್ಣದ ಸೂತ್ರವೂ ಸಹ ನಾವು ಬಾಯಿಪಾಠ ಮಾಡಿ ಬರೆದ ಸೂತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು.

Carbaryl is one of the commonly used pesticides for agricultural as well as non-agricultural use. But like any other insecticide, higher concentrations of Carbaryl in the soil can have adverse effects on humans and other organisms. The need to completely remove it from the environment or break it down into less harmful substances is of primary importance. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Delhi, have achieved a significant breakthrough in identifying bacteria which can clean up this pesticide from the environment and understanding exactly how the breakdown occurs.

The differences in a child’s response to visual changes could point beyond how the brain functions, how it remembers its surroundings and detects changes. It could also indicate the parents education level and their economic status, says a new study. The study, published in the journal Developmental Science, looks into how children from disadvantaged backgrounds perceive visual changes.

With a lifespan of just twelve days, the famous line, 'Live like there's no tomorrow', could be the title of a fruit fly's biography. Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly, is an important 'model organism' used in biological experiments. A model organism is one that is easy to breed, can survive in laboratories and has an inherent biological advantage. Fruit flies find themselves a part of many experiments from modelling the development of tumour growths in cancer to studying immunity against viral infections. What makes this 3-millimetre-long insect the prefered choice of biologists?

Humans have evolved a complex system of communication expressed through language and primates are perhaps not far behind. Basic signals like facial expressions, gestures and vocalisations, used to share information, are used by humans and other primates. In a new study, researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, have investigated and compared gestural communication in wild bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata), to those in other apes. 

In a press announcement released yesterday, India has now joined 16 other countries as a Member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub. For a country that ranks the highest in antibacterial resistance, this move expands global partnership opportunities to address challenges and improve collaboration in addressing the growing epidemic of antimicrobial resistance.

The Indian krait is undoubtedly the deadliest of all venomous snakes in the country, and possesses the most lethal concoction of poisons. In a study, a multi-institute research team, led by the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, have designed a synthetic antivenom with a nucleic acid aptamer which can diagnose Indian krait bites accurately and effectively.

India, the world’s capital of diabetes, has an escalating diabetes epidemic. Diabetes, a non-communicable disease, affects about 8.7% Indians today, and this number is predicted to hit 70 million by 2025 and 80 million by 2030. Although the exact reasons for this rapid rise in diabetes in the country are not yet clear, experts blame it on multiple factors. In a recent study, researchers from the USA, Germany and India have investigated the status of diabetic care among Indian adults. The findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, present a grim picture of diabetes management in different states and socio-demographic groups in India.

Antibiotics, drugs used to treat bacterial infections, have been pivotal in curing many bacterial diseases since its discovery in 1928. However, an emerging threat to using them is the rise of bacterial strains that are resistant to antibiotics. In a recent study, a team of researchers have used Drug Resistance Index (DRI) to measure the effectiveness of antibiotics against specific bacteria.

भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान संस्था मुंबई (आयआयटी बॉम्बे) आणि युनिव्हर्सिटी ऑफ बर्मिंघम,युके येथील संशोधकांना मूत्रमार्गाचे असंतुलन (मूत्रविकार) असणाऱ्या लोकांच्या अडचणी अधिक चांगल्या प्रकारे समजून घेण्यास मदत होईल अशी अशा आहे.