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Scientists creates effective spray method for bioactive materials: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a highly accurate process for producing coatings of biologically active compounds for a variety of medical devices. According to the researchers, such technology might pave the way for a new era of transdermal treatment, including shot-free vac
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Scientists uncover evolutionary history of Arctic flora
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Scientists uncovered the evolutionary history of the Arctic flora. The findings were published in the journal Nature Communications. The Arctic tundra, located north of the natural tree line, is a young and new type of biome that is especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming.
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Understanding metabolites that drive mammalian eye development
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications, aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells convert glucose into lactate, is essential for mammalian eye development.
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Male birds who are able to repeat song notes attract female mate: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to recently conducted research at Lancaster University, male birds who can precisely repeat song notes have the best chance of attracting a female mate. The findings were published in the journal, 'Nature Communications.'
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'Ageing' immune cell levels may predict how well we respond to vaccines: R
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge scientists have discovered a blood pattern that could help predict how well an individual will respond to immunisations. The study, which was published in Nature Communications, could explain why, even within susceptible patient groups, some people respond better to immunisations t
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New research finds human gut-brain connection
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla, have made significant advances in understanding the complex relationship between the gut and the brain. This relationship has long baffled scientists because it is challenging to gain access to the body's inte
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Think more carefully rather than more quickly: How network structure affec
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
When addressing difficulties, do intelligent people think more quickly than others? The findings of a recent study conducted by Human Brain Project researchers at Charite University Berlin and their collaborators at University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, which was published in Nature Communic
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Study finds that active ionisation of air reduces noise
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Did you know that by ionising the air with wires, you could make a loudspeaker? Simply put, creating an electric field strong enough to ionise the air molecules in a network of parallel wires or a plasma transducer can result in the production of sound. The charged ions are then driven along
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Study identifies pesticides that could influence Parkinson's disease
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers identified Pesticides that could be linked to the development of Parkinson's disease. The study was published in the journal, 'Nature Communications'.
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Study: Unique treatment attacks blood clots without raising blood risk
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
: A new finding by researchers at UBC and the University of Michigan, published today in Nature Communications, might lead to safer and more effective blood thinners.
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New medicine found for treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The drug, known as AF-130, was tested in an animal model at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland where researchers found it improved the heart's ability to pump, but, equally important, prevented sleep apnoea, which itself reduces lifespan (see Nature Communications).
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Targeting microbiome can improve child undernutrition: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Research led by Queen Mary University of London suggests that nutritional interventions used to tackle child undernutrition in lower and middle-income countries should target gut microbiome development, rather than just human nutritional needs, to more effectively improve child growth and de
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