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Researchers find a lot of brain real estate taken up when disagreeing
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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): The findings of a recent study by Yale researchers suggest that when two people agree, their brains exhibit calm synchronicity of activity focused on sensory areas of the brain. When they disagree, however, many other regions of the brain involved in higher
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Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immun
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Birmingham [UK], January 16 (ANI): Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in preventing disorders of the immune s
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Researchers find better diet, glucose uptake in the brain lead to longer l
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Tokyo [Japan], January 16 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that fruit flies with genetic modifications to enhance glucose uptake have significantly longer lifespans.
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Research reveals how crop roots penetrate hard soils
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Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils which can be 'switched off' to allow them to punch through compacted soil - a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the most damaged soils.
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Study identifies promising model for human aging
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Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): According to the findings of the new study researchers have identified a promising new model in order to study the human aging process.
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Researchers pinpoint three days when pregnancy is most likely to start
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Coventry [England], January 14 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of Warwick has pinpointed the three days when pregnancy sickness, characterised by nausea and vomiting, is most likely to start.
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Study: Colleges can prevent 96 pc of COVID-19 infections with common measu
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Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): The combined effectiveness of three COVID-prevention strategies on college campuses--mask-wearing, social distancing, and routine testing--are as effective in preventing coronavirus infections as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and
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Poor gut health connected to severe COVID-19, new review shows
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Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): People infected with COVID-19 experience a wide range of symptoms and severities, the most commonly reported including high fevers and respiratory problems, suggest the findings of a new review.
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Computer's learning ability improved by tweaking AI software to function l
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Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Computer-based artificial intelligence can function more like human intelligence when programmed to use a much faster technique for learning new objects, say two neuroscientists who designed such a model that was designed to mirror human visual learning.
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Broad changes needed to improve access and quality of U.S. mental health s
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Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): A comprehensive analysis has found that current conditions are ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health care system, with scientific advances, the growth of Medicaid and political consensus on the importance of improving mental health creating the possi
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Study reveals big difference in how coral reef fish larvae are dispersed
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Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): How the larvae of colourful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons - a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists improve conservation of species.
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High entropy alloys provide discovery platform for new superconductors
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Tokyo [Japan], January 11 (ANI): A new research has mixed and designed a new, high entropy alloy (HEA) superconductor, using extensive data on simple superconducting substances with a specific crystal structure. HEAs are known to preserve superconducting characteristics up to extremely high
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