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Study suggests brief exposure to air pollution has rapid impacts on brain
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of diffe
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Quality of aid will be affected: UN on ban on female employees at NGOs by
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban banned female employees from working at NGOs, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said that the quality of the UN aid will be impacted to quite an extent if Afghan women cannot go to work in the country, TOLOnews reported on Thu
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Reviews explore impacts of Amazon deforestation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In two separate Reviews, researchers underscore the rapid and profound changes occurring in the Amazon resulting from ever-increasing human activity. They discuss what's known about the drivers and impacts of the ongoing deforestation and landscape degradation the region is experiencing, and
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When leaders reflect on their mistakes, good things happen: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While some leaders believe they must appear flawless to their employees, a new study reveals that those who reflect on and learn from their failures get advantages.
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Novel microneedle bandage could save lives by stopping blood loss from wou
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A soldier suffers a serious gunshot wound on a remote battlefield or a machinist has a work accident and gets stuck in traffic on the way to the hospital. Secondary, uncontrolled bleeding from traumatic injury is the leading cause of death of Americans from ages one to 46.
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HRT could ward off Alzheimer's among at-risk women: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) could help prevent Alzheimer's Dementia among women at risk of developing the disease, according to University of East Anglia research.
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Uyghurs strike back at pro-Chinese agenda propagated by Islamic clerics
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
TWMCC's actions discredit the entire mission and make it irrelevant to any positive or beneficial aid to the Uyghurs. It is a monstrous falsehood, an embarrassment and a millstone of shame for these individuals and their organizations.
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India, Egypt to take bilateral trade to USD 12 billion in five years, high
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who will be the chief guest at the Republic Day Parade, held discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and the two countries decided to take bilateral trade to 12 billion dollars in the next five years
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Govt Mental Healthcare Institutions in deplorable conditions: NHRC
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said on Wednesday that all the 46 Government Mental Healthcare Institutions across the country are in deplorable conditions and depict pathetic handling by the different stakeholders.
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Study explores whether artificial skin can go beyond sensing features
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Investigators have developed an artificial skin that is even more sensitive than human skin in its ability to detect pressure applied by an object as well as its approach.
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Vaccine for cervical cancer prevention to be available in small quantity i
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Adar Poonawalla said that the availability of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be little in number this year, however, it would be boosted next year.
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Researchers circumvent radiation resistance in subtypes of brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have uncovered a gene that is overexpressed in mutated IDH1. Studies in human cells and a novel mouse model both show that this gene, called ZMYND8, plays a critical role in radiation resistance. When they knocked down the gene, the glioma cells became responsive to radiation tre
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