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Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology
Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are gene...
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Watch: Chimpanzees Administer First Aid To Each Other Using Plants
The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
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Consuming Black Pepper Before Bed Can Offer These Many Health Benefits
Black pepper has been used in ancient Ayurvedic medicines for years due to its high concentration of beneficial plant compounds.
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Ancient Egyptians Consumed Psychedelic Cocktails Mixed With Bodily Fluids, Alcohol
The research combined chemical and DNA analyses uncovered the first physical evidence of plants with psychotropic and medicinal properties in an Egyptian mug.
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How Gorillas And Traditional Healers May Inspire Breakthroughs in Medicine
Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people in traditional medicine.
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Chimpanzees Seek Out Medicinal Plants To Heal Injuries, Infections: Study
Chimpanzees sought out and ate medicinal plants to treat their injuries, according to a study.
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AstraZeneca To Build $1.5 Billion Cancer Drug Facility In Singapore
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that it planned to build a $1.5 billion plant in Singapore to manufacture next-generation drugs to treat cancer.
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Orangutan Seen Treating Facial Wound With Medicinal Plant In World First
Study lead author Isabelle Laumer said they are "very excited" by the observations that were recorded in June 2022 in the Suaq Balimbing research area in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.
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Beehives, Medicinal Plants: Border Forces' Plan To Curb Smuggling At Indo-Bangladesh Border
To prevent the smuggling of cattle and narcotics, the BSF will now have a second line of deterrence -- a thick hedge of more than 60,000 medicinal plants and 40 bee boxes -- along a three-kilometer fenced stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.
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Benefits Of Moringa Leaves And Ways To Incorporate Into Your Daily Diet
Moringa Leaves Benefits: The Moringa plant's various parts have been used for various medicinal purposes, with the leaves being the most commonly used.
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Leading Academic From Aligarh Muslim University Wins Top UAE Award For Alternative Medicine
A plant taxonomy expert, Professor Wazahat Husain has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Awards twice, once jointly by the UGC and the AYUSH ministry and then by the Wildlife Institute of India and the Department of Wildlife Sciences, AMU.
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Medicinal Plants To Be Cultivated On 75,000 Hectares Of Land Across Country
Medicinal plants will be cultivated on 75,000 hectares of land across the country as part of a campaign launched by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) that functions under the Ministry of Ayush.
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France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan And Belgium Send Medical Supplies To India
France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Belgium on Sunday delivered to India medical supplies, including oxygen plants and medicines, as a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections continued to ravage various parts of the country.
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PM Modi Inaugurates 17-Acre 'Aarogya Van' Near Statue Of Unity In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated 'Aarogya Van', a garden housing medicinal plants and herbs, near the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya village of Gujarats Narmada district.
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Prabhas Adopts 1,650 Acres of Khazipally Reserve Forest Near Hyderabad
Prabhas laid the foundation stone for an Urban Forest Park at the reserve forest on Monday
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Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology
Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are gene...
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Watch: Chimpanzees Administer First Aid To Each Other Using Plants
The new study builds on last year's discovery, where it was found that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
-
Consuming Black Pepper Before Bed Can Offer These Many Health Benefits
Black pepper has been used in ancient Ayurvedic medicines for years due to its high concentration of beneficial plant compounds.
-
Ancient Egyptians Consumed Psychedelic Cocktails Mixed With Bodily Fluids, Alcohol
The research combined chemical and DNA analyses uncovered the first physical evidence of plants with psychotropic and medicinal properties in an Egyptian mug.
-
How Gorillas And Traditional Healers May Inspire Breakthroughs in Medicine
Wild great apes often consume medicinal plants that can treat their ailments. The same plants are often used by local people in traditional medicine.
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Chimpanzees Seek Out Medicinal Plants To Heal Injuries, Infections: Study
Chimpanzees sought out and ate medicinal plants to treat their injuries, according to a study.
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AstraZeneca To Build $1.5 Billion Cancer Drug Facility In Singapore
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that it planned to build a $1.5 billion plant in Singapore to manufacture next-generation drugs to treat cancer.
-
Orangutan Seen Treating Facial Wound With Medicinal Plant In World First
Study lead author Isabelle Laumer said they are "very excited" by the observations that were recorded in June 2022 in the Suaq Balimbing research area in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia.
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Beehives, Medicinal Plants: Border Forces' Plan To Curb Smuggling At Indo-Bangladesh Border
To prevent the smuggling of cattle and narcotics, the BSF will now have a second line of deterrence -- a thick hedge of more than 60,000 medicinal plants and 40 bee boxes -- along a three-kilometer fenced stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.
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Benefits Of Moringa Leaves And Ways To Incorporate Into Your Daily Diet
Moringa Leaves Benefits: The Moringa plant's various parts have been used for various medicinal purposes, with the leaves being the most commonly used.
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Leading Academic From Aligarh Muslim University Wins Top UAE Award For Alternative Medicine
A plant taxonomy expert, Professor Wazahat Husain has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Awards twice, once jointly by the UGC and the AYUSH ministry and then by the Wildlife Institute of India and the Department of Wildlife Sciences, AMU.
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Medicinal Plants To Be Cultivated On 75,000 Hectares Of Land Across Country
Medicinal plants will be cultivated on 75,000 hectares of land across the country as part of a campaign launched by the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) that functions under the Ministry of Ayush.
-
France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan And Belgium Send Medical Supplies To India
France, Taiwan, Uzbekistan and Belgium on Sunday delivered to India medical supplies, including oxygen plants and medicines, as a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections continued to ravage various parts of the country.
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PM Modi Inaugurates 17-Acre 'Aarogya Van' Near Statue Of Unity In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated 'Aarogya Van', a garden housing medicinal plants and herbs, near the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya village of Gujarats Narmada district.
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Prabhas Adopts 1,650 Acres of Khazipally Reserve Forest Near Hyderabad
Prabhas laid the foundation stone for an Urban Forest Park at the reserve forest on Monday
