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Simulations show how bridges are damaged during earthquakes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out a detailed simulation showing how a common type of bridge fails during large-scale earthquakes. They modeled "I-shaped girder" bridges, looking at the step-by-step mechanism by which they yield and deform under lateral forces, s
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Green tea extract may be harmful to liver; Check out why
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to a study, long-term consumption of high-dose green tea extract may offer some protection against cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, but it may also cause liver damage in a small number of people.
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Check out 10 most expensive cities in the world
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to this year's Worldwide Cost of Living Index, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the average cost of living is up 8.1 per cent in 2022, owing to the Russian war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the pandemic. This year New York and Singapore climbed up to
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West Bengal govt bans hookah bars in Kolkata, cites adverse effects on pub
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The West Bengal government on Friday banned hookah bars in the capital city of Kolkata citing the effects on public health.
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Hospitalization during COVID-19 damages lungs: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
COVID-19 often leads to a number of health issues as side-effects even after one recovers from it. According to a study by American Thoracic Society, a number of COVID-19 patients suffer from lung disease after being discharged from hospitals.
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Research reveals how ketamine acts as 'switch' in brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ketamine, an established anesthetic and increasingly popular antidepressant, dramatically reorganizes activity in the brain, as if a switch had been flipped on its active circuits, according to a new study by Penn Medicine researchers.
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Green tea extract may be harmful to liver in patients with certain genetic
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study, long-term consumption of high-dose green tea extract may offer some protection against cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, but it may also cause liver damage in a small number of people.
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Research: Existing drug could reduce side effects of popular cancer treatm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Michigan State University researcher is part of an international team that found an existing drug may help decrease the side effects of cisplatin, a widely used cancer treatment that was discovered at MSU in 1965.
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Study explores effect of carbon dioxide on bumble bee reproduction
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Even though a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about its other effects on bees.
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Study finds that experiences of daily stress decrease as people age
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Stories about how daily stress can negatively impact people's lives, from physical health to mental and emotional well-being, are frequently in the media. But there is good news about the experience of daily stress as people age.
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Study reveals that diet can reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by 10 pe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A healthy diet is one important lifestyle strategy for lowering CVD risk factors, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and ultimately preventing atherosclerotic heart disease, or the hardening and narrowing of the arteries caused by fatty buildup, which can lead to heart attac
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Popularity brings troubles, side-effects: Actor Vijay Deverakonda on ED qu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
ED grilled Actor Vijay for more than nine hours in connection with the PMLA case registered after a complaint was filed with the central agency stating that hawala money was invested in the movie by a top Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader.
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