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New analysis highlights importance of groundwater discharge into oceans
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], January 8 (ANI): An invisible flow of groundwater seeps into the ocean along coastlines all over the world, and a new study has discovered that groundwater discharge plays a more significant role than had been thought.
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Study suggests gut microbe may promote breast cancers
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Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): A microbe found in the colon and commonly associated with the development of colitis and colon cancer also may play a role in the development of some breast cancers, according to new research.
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Common drug may protect hearts from damage caused by breast cancer chemoth
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Toronto [Canada], January 6 (ANI): New research shows statins, a drug commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, may also protect the heart from damaging side-effects of early breast cancer treatment.
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New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn't work fo
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Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): Lithium is considered the gold standard for treating bipolar disorder (BD), but nearly 70 per cent of people with BD don't respond to it. This leaves them at risk for debilitating, potentially life-threatening mood swings. Researchers at the Salk Institute h
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Self-controlled children tend to be healthier middle-aged adults, suggests
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Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): The findings of a study suggest that self-control, the ability to contain one's own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and to work toward goals with a plan, is one of the personality traits that makes a child ready for school. And, it turns out, ready for li
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Uncovering how grasslands changed our climate: Study
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Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): A new study uncovered how grasslands used by humans have changed our climate over the last centuries.
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Scientists discover novel film that evaporates sweat six times faster, hol
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Singapore, January 4 (ANI): A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a novel film that is very effective in evaporating sweat from our skin to keep us cool and comfortable when we exercise, and the moisture harvested from human sweat can be used to po
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Researchers find novel way to identify heat-stressed corals
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Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): Researchers have found a novel way to identify heat-stressed corals, which could help scientists pinpoint the coral species that need protection from warming ocean waters linked to climate change, according to a Rutgers-led study.
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Blood vessel damage, inflammation in COVID-19 patients' brains: Study
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Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): A team of researchers from National Institutes of Health, in an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient's brain, have consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels in tissue samples. These damage hallmarks
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Researchers discover music-induced emotions can be predicted from brain sc
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Turku [Finland], January 3 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music.
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Study reveals single gene 'invented' haemoglobin several times
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Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly, a team of scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by
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Researchers discover new mammal reference genome that helps ID genetic var
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Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A genome sequencing project for this species, led by a team of researchers has created a new framework for the study of this important primate.
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