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India Currents, in collaboration with bioGraphic and the California Academy of Sciences, is publishing a 3 part series on Chennai’s relationship with water. To reduce flooding and bridge droughts, India’s southern coastal metropolis is using ancient knowledge, community action, and wetlands restoration to better harness its monsoon rains.
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From a minivan on the shoulder of Old Mahabalipuram Road on the south side of Chennai, hemmed in by honking trucks and autorickshaws, we watch a painted stork (
Mycteria leucocephala) move with studied dignity through the long grasses of Pallikaranai Marsh. With each step, knee flexing toward the rear, the webbed foot closes, then spreads open again to find purchase on the soft land. As it tips toward a fish, striped white-and-black tail feathers spread, flashing a surprising red whoosh. Nearby an endangered spot-billed pelican (
The research has found that the process of virus-laden droplets being transported deep into the lungs increases with low breathing frequency, according to a statement issued by the institute
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VIDEO: Revealing details of the internal structure of mini-brains could help accelerate drug studies and may offer alternatives to some animal testing. Mini-brains are pin-head sized collections of several different types of. view more
Credit: Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland and HEPIA
Geneva, Switzerland, 7 January 2021 - Mini-brains are pin-head sized collections of several different types of human brain cell. They are used as a tool, allowing scientists to learn about how the brain develops, study disease and test new medicines. Personalized mini-brains can be grown from stem cells generated from a sample of human hair or skin and could shed light on how brain disease progresses in an individual and how this person may respond to drugs.
Xi s speech sets key goals for 2021 By Wang Mingjie and Han Baoyi in London, May Zhou in Houston, and Edith Mutethya in Nairobi | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-02 06:58 Share CLOSE President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year speech Thursday evening in Beijing to ring in 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
President Xi Jinping s New Year s address has emphasized the importance of people and set important national development and economic goals for 2021, global experts said.
Christopher Bovis, a professor of international business law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, said Xi welcomed the New Year by praising the resilience and courage of the Chinese people and their efforts to combat the pandemic over the past year.