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Scientists release new accurate map of all matter in universe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A group of scientists, including several with the University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have released one of the most precise measurements ever made of how matter is distributed across the universe today.
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Scientists develop new design principles to improve cancer vaccine structu
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and an
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Moderate physical activity favours good sleep: Research
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Proper sleep is critical for the maintenance of good health, and vice versa -- a healthy lifestyle has been found to improve sleep quality. To better examine the relationship between physical activity and sleep, a team of researchers conducted a comprehensive study among middle-aged Japanese
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Breast MRI effective at detecting cancer: Research
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Compared to other common supplemental screening methods, breast MRI was superior at detecting breast cancer in women with dense breasts, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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83 per cent of Indian consumers will abandon Hypocritical Businesses, show
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New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Polling of Indian consumers and business leaders reveals that 83 per cent of consumers consider a company's purpose when making a purchasing decision and that 83 per cent will abandon a product or business acting inconsistently with its
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Tweezers untangle chemotherapeutic's impact on DNA
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
New Cornell research is providing a fresh view into the ways a common chemotherapy agent, etoposide, stalls and poisons the essential enzymes that allow cancer cells to flourish.
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Study reveals how brains turn into smarter disease fighters
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Combating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain's resistance
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Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest rare in older adults: Research
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The annual incidence of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in older adults is rare: 2 to 3 cases per 1,00,000 people.
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Machine learning identifies drugs to help smokers quit
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Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers. They developed a novel machine learning meth
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How species adapt: Ancestral variation guides future environmental adaptat
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The speed of environmental change is very challenging for wild organisms. When exposed to a new environment individual plants and animals can potentially adjust their biology to better cope with new pressures they are exposed to -- this is known as phenotypic plasticity.
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Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The material class of halide perovskites is seen as a great hope for even more solar power at even lower costs. The materials are very cheap, can be processed into thin films with minimal energy input and achieve already efficiencies that are significantly higher than those of conventional s
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