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EdgePlantNet, a neural network-powered crop disease detection tool for smart agriculture applications
The application uses Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to identify disease symptoms from images of leaves, and is small ...
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India's riverine floods are changing in surprising ways
With the arrival of the monsoon, many in India are preparing for the inevitable flooding it will bring. Just last year, in 2024, India saw flooding in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, ...
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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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India's embayed beaches are vanishing due to a mix of climate change and human activity
A new study has confirmed that embayed beaches are experiencing critical shoreline retreats, and beaches that have seen ...
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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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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 ...
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Cracks in blood stains could tell us how they got there, according to a new study
The scene is often depicted in crime dramas: forensic scientists analyse bloodstains left behind, trying to piece together what happened. But beyond the dramatic flair, the science of how blood dries ...