Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens, according to a study led by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Los Angeles (California) [US], May 27 (ANI): A team of international researchers has found that the Tsimane indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon experience less brain atrophy than their American and European peers. The decrease in their brain volumes with age is 70 per cent slower than i
Portsmouth [UK], May 27 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists got up close and personal with human sewage to determine how best to measure hidden and potentially dangerous plastics in it.
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The findings of a new survey suggest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women in India faced irregular gaps in their menstrual cycle due to coronavirus, which brings a fresh supply of stress and anxiety every day.
Canberra [Australia], May 27 (ANI): It's well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine a hatchling's sex. Now, researchers writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution say that embryos of many different animal species also rely on acoustic signal
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Scientists from the Michigan State University assessed how effective caffeine was in counteracting the negative effects of sleep deprivation on cognition.
Espoo [Finland], May 26 (ANI): Strong evidence that warm ice - that is, ice very close in temperature to zero degrees Celsius - may fracture differently than the kinds of ice typically studied in laboratories or nature, according to the findings of a new study led by researchers at Aalto Uni
Birmingham [England], May 26 (ANI): In order to find out as to what information is retained in memory over time, and which parts get lost - a team of researchers demonstrated that our memories become less vibrant and detailed over time, with only the central gist eventually preserved.
Copenhagen [Denmark], May 26 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma - the first matter ever to be present - during the first microsecond of the Big Bang. Their findings provide a piece of the puzzle
New York [US], May 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, wherein they discussed the COVID-19 challenge and underlined the importance of finding urgent and effective global vaccine solutions.
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Moderna on Tuesday announced that various studies have shown its COVID-19 vaccine was 100 per cent effective at preventing infection in adolescents aged 12 to 17 and it planned on submitting the findings to global regulators in days.