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New recycling method to market 'junk' plastic waste
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The new technique, which was described in the journal Science's issue boosts financial incentives for plastic recycling and makes it possible to recycle new kinds of plastic.
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Scientists engineer bacteria that can help to detect tumor DNA
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, and their Australian colleagues have engineered bacteria that can recognise the presence of tumour DNA in a live organism, ushering in a new era of technologically powerful biological sensors.
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Israel spending millions to ensure biological safety of eggs
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture is publishing a new outline that it says will ensure the preservation of the biological safety of eggs. For the benefit of implementing the plan and supporting the towers, the ministry provided a budget of approximately 300 million Shekels (USD 82 million).
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Study suggest how menopause symptoms linked to infertility
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Not every woman experiences menopause in the same manner. The severity of menopause symptoms is affected by a variety of behavioural, biological, social, psychological, and demographic factors. According to a recent study, infertility may increase the probability of acquiring some menopausal
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Menopause symptoms may worsen as a result of infertility: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Not every woman goes through menopause in the same way. Many behavioural, biological, social, psychological, and demographic factors affect how severe menopause symptoms are. A recent study raises the possibility that infertility may potentially increase the likelihood of developing certain
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Rajya Sabha passes three Bills amid opposition protests
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As many as three bills were passed in the Parliament amid protests by the opposition, which included the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2023 and Mediation Bill, 2021.
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Rajya Sabha passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2023
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav moved the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for its consideration and passage to amend the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
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Heightened light sensitivity may contribute to Alzheimer's 'sundowning' an
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent Alzheimer's research from UVA Health, increased light sensitivity may be responsible for "sundowning," or the exacerbation of symptoms in the late afternoon, as well as for sleep disturbances that are thought to hasten the disease's progression.
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How to deal with metastatic cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The body's lymph nodes serve as one of its first lines of defence against sickness. From these biological police stations, immune cells are sent out to repel invaders. However, the majority of metastatic tumours also start in lymph nodes.
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Women who underwent breast cancer treatment age faster: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators have found that women who have been diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer age biologically more quickly than women who do not have the disease. Breast cancer patients who underwent radiat
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How to avoid freezer burn and being damaged by too much ice, explains stud
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The majority of people have a bag of vegetables in their freezer that have essentially turned into an unrecognisable block of ice crystals. Additionally, meals ruined by too much ice lose their texture and become mushy when thawed. Now, scientists have demonstrated in the Journal of Agricul
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Study discovers key function for tight junctions in embryo models
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers at Gladstone Institutes' iPS Cell Research Centre discovered that tight connections between cells play an important role in gastrulation in human embryos. The study was published in Developmental Cell.
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