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Golden eagles may use turbulence to accelerate: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Birds routinely encounter turbulence, but the effects of turbulence on a flight are not well understood, compared with the effects of large-scale atmospheric flows, such as updrafts. A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc
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Research finds association between genetic changes in head-neck cancer, im
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): A multi-institutional study, drove by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, distinguished both the hereditary abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells that lead to an intrusive kind of head and neck cancer and patients who are liable to r
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Text messages can boost vaccination rates against influenzas including COV
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Jersey [US], April 30 (ANI): Nudges sent via text messages to patients prior to a primary care visit can boost vaccination rates against influenza including COVID-19, a study shows.
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Nanobody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and variant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], April 24 (ANI): A cocktail of high-affinity nanobodies, which are small antigen recognition domains, from alpacas were able to neutralize both wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the N501Y D614G variant, said researchers in a new study
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Synchronous caregiving from birth to adulthood tunes humans' social brain:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Synchronous caregiving from birth to adulthood tunes humans' social brain, said researchers in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
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More accessible court system would help low-income individuals overcome pr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): A more accessible court system would help individuals with minimal resources overcome procedural hurdles facing divorce, according to the researchers whose findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Amer
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How environmental exposures before conception may impact fetal development
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Michigan [US], March 18 (ANI): A new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests older age and alcohol consumption in the year leading up to conception also may have an impact by epigenetically altering a specific gene during the development of human eggs or
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East on Friday, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik.
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Implementing one-way customer traffic at retail stores can dramatically re
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Researchers in a study suggests that implementing one-way customer traffic at retail stores can dramatically reduce COVID-19 transmission. The study was conducted by Robert A. Shumsky, Laurens Debo, Rebecca M. Lebeaux, Quang P. Nguyen and Anne G. Hoen
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Vaccinating oldest against COVID-19 saves both most lives, most years of l
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): A recent study by Joshua R. Goldstein, Thomas Cassidy, and Kenneth W. Wachter states that vaccinating the oldest against COVID-19 saves both the most lives and the most years of life.
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Study: Managing aerosol lining could reduce COVID-19 spread
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Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): Researchers have suggested that stabilizing airway lining mucus in aerosol infected individuals might help manage the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Social distancing lowers chances of getting Covid-19 not just in community
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (US), February 5 (ANI): During this pandemic, research has established the value of social distancing as a means of deterring the spread of COVID-19 but a new study has found out that staying away from others benefits individuals who practice social distancing and not just for the
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