Search For "anima"
Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
Read More
Study: Tree rings provide insight into destructive radiation storms
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A new study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable, and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
Read More
Pathogens can hitch a ride on plastic to reach the sea: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The study, published April 26 in the journal Scientific Reports, is the first to connect microplastics in the ocean with land-based pathogens. It found that microplastics can make it easier for disease-causing pathogens to concentrate in plastic-contaminated areas of the ocean.
Read More
Emmy-winning TV writer Hank Saroyan passes away at 75
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hank Saroyan, also a well-known animation director and producer, who won an Emmy for 'Muppet Babies,' passed away at the age of 75 on September 23 from complications of multiple myeloma cancer.
Read More
Tree rings offer insight into devastating radiation storms: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.
Read More
Study reveals why brain cells are needed for fever
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The body's response to infection or inflammation is fever, which also serves as a defence mechanism against things like viruses and bacteria. The body releases molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream when it is infected or inflammatory. The blood-brain barrier, a system of microscopi
Read More
Research: Vocal communication originated over 400 million years ago
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The use of vocalizations as a resource for communication is common among several groups of vertebrates: singing birds, croaking frogs, or barking dogs are some well-known examples.
Read More
Shailendra Singh's Film Earthian Wins Global Awards and Wows Audiences
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 25 (ANI/PNN): Over the course of three illustrious decades in the film - producing, writing and directing - Shailendra Singh has transformed the movie industry with a record number of 'firsts': his very first film, Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1997), won a Li
Read More
Research shows how stress affects brain
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
At one time or another, we've all felt paralyzed by a threat or danger. Researchers from the University of Iowa have determined the origin of that response to a threat. According to a recent study, a neural circuit connecting two distinct brain regions controls how animals, including humans,
Read More
Study reveals how insects contribute to atmospheric electricity
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
As with most living creatures, bees carry an innate electric charge. Having found that honeybee hive swarms change the atmospheric electricity by 100 to 1,000 volts per meter, increasing the electric field force normally experienced at ground level, the team developed a model that can predic
Read More
Avoiding extinction: Asian animals found to be thriving near humans
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], October 24 (ANI): According to a University of Queensland-led study, some of Asia's largest creatures, like tigers and elephants, are living with people despite trends toward extinction that date back 12,000 years.
Read More
Marine conservation mitigates climate change: Research
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Marine protected zones protect the oceans, seas, and estuaries. These zones aid in the preservation of the plants and animals that live in these waterways, but the advantages of protected areas extend well beyond their borders.
Read More