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Researchers discover how lack of sleep reduces cognitive benefits of exerc
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of researchers discovered that regular physical exercise may protect against cognitive deterioration as one ages, but this protective effect may be diminished in persons who do not get enough sleep.
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Madagascar hippos were forest dwellers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa.
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Antiviral cytokines dampen immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immune response to tuberculosis. The findings were published in the journal 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Study reveals multiple factors delay timely endometriosis diagnosis
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The researchers discovered a variety of contributing reasons after reviewing qualitative studies over the previous 20 years, including: a persisting stigma around periods; society's normalisation of menstruation discomfort; and a lack of medical knowledge concerning the issue.
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Study finds how weaker immune response to viral infections in children wit
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered in a recent study that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had altered B cell function, which resulted in a weaker and less varied antibody response to viral infections. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research
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Researchers discover hidden micro-stressors in everyday driving
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Every day, commuters across the world strive for the perfect driving conditions, yet they are seldom realised. Whenever the weather turns bad, the traffic grows even worse and is frequently congested. Generally speaking, a stress-free commute is attributed to characteristics like light traff
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Older adults who remain more active have better quality of life: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered that when people are over sixty, there is a correlation between less physical activity and a lower quality of life.
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Anti-viral cytokines blunt immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immunological response to tuberculosis. The study was published in the journal, 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Study provides insight into regulation of apicoplast gene expression in ma
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A recent study discovered that gene expression within the apicoplast, an organelle in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is regulated by melatonin (the circadian signalling hormone) in host blood and intrinsic parasite cues via a factor called ApSigma. The regulatory system highligh
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Fewer teenagers now consider themselves to be overweight: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A study of over 745,000 adolescents from 41 countries in Europe and North America discovered an increase in the number of teenagers who underestimate their body weight. Tracking data from 2002 to 2018, the peer-reviewed findings, published in Child and Adolescent Obesity, show a significant
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Study deepens our understanding of how humans affect climate change
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Since the industrial era, anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases, or GHGs, have played a role in regulating the storage and dispersion of heat in oceans. A team led by the University of California, Riverside has discovered that anthropogenic aerosols and GHGs have played distinct roles
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Male birds who can repeat song notes attract female mates: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
They devised an experiment in which they played song recordings to receptive females and discovered that male vocal consistency - the ability to repeat the same pattern of notes with high precision - was the key song feature that elicited sexual excitement in females.
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