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Study finds remote fear memories stored in memory neurons in brain
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A remote fear memory is a recollection of painful experiences that took place in the far past, from a few months to decades. The underlying mechanisms by which the brain consolidates distant terror memories have now been clarified by a University of California, Riverside mouse study that was
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Study models the transmission of foreshock waves towards Earth
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists led by Lucile Turc, an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki and supported by the International Space Science Institute in Bern has studied the propagation of electromagnetic waves in near-Earth space for three years. The team has studied t
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Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2022 - 'Ecology is Economy'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 23 (ANI/GPRC): Balipara Foundation hosted its 10th annual Balipara Foundation Awards at the 10th Eastern Himalayan NaturenomicsTM Forum 2022 in Dhaka from 11th - 13th December 2022, in its first-ever international conclave at Independent University Bangladesh. Bu
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Research on mice indicates presence of unique brain cells linking to tumou
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research published in the journal 'Nature Communications', highly active cells were found in a tumour which showed how they grow and attack normal tissues of the body.
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Ants shed light on predicting evolution after hybridization
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Locusts are voracious in nature and are known for their vegetation-destroying abilities and their large-scale presence may pose a potential threat to food security.
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New modes of renewable energy procurement in India- GV Sanjay Reddy's take
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI/GPRC): As the share of RE increases, it will have greater impact on the grid. Key challenges include: (a) higher grid integration costs due to the variable and unpredictable nature of solar-wind resources; (b) the need for greater system flexibility and im
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Earth's oldest remaining groundwater aged at 1.2 billion years old: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal 'Nature Communications', an international team of researchers discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater deep in a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa.
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Zomi people in India-Myanmar border fight to win back forest land, resourc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Previously known as Chin, Kuki or Lushai was a community of non-tribal people from Burma, India and Bangladesh. These names loosely translate to the 'Wild Hill Tribes' by which the British colonial rulers in the pre-independence era used to address them.
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President Murmu calls for sustainable management of forest resources
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Highlighting the need for the conservation of nature and wildlife, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday called for sustainable management of forest resources saying forests are the anchors for all life on earth.
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Indian high-speed rail will become a revolution like Maruti Suzuki: Japane
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He even termed Japan and India relations as a special partnership that is both strategic and global in nature. The envoy also expressed delight over the progress after inspecting the site in Gujarat's Navsari.
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Early forests did not significantly change atmospheric CO2: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land plants affect the climate.
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