Search For "new research"
Birth weight could help identify children at higher risk of psychological
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that babies with larger birth weights tend to have fewer mental health and behavioural issues in childhood and adolescence.
Read More
COVID-19 vaccines prior to infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study in California prisons found recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but Infection risk remains high. Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in California prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to an analysis b
Read More
Infants prescribed antacids have increased risk of fractures during childh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research found infants prescribed antacids to manage acid reflux, or spitting up, under age 1 had more bone fractures later in childhood.
Read More
Scientists come up with new method to locate gene activity and proteins ac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumour at unprecedented resolution, according to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and the New York Genome Center.
Read More
Self-assembling proteins can store cellular 'memories': Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT engineers have now coaxed cells to inscribe the history of these events in a long protein chain that can be imaged using a light microscope.
Read More
Biodiversity of bee population critical for ecosystems: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered.
Read More
Mirror image molecules reveal drought stress in forests
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As with pinene, many monoterpenes occur in two mirror-image forms: (+) alpha-pinene and (-) alpha-pinene. Plants can release both forms of these volatile molecules directly after biosynthesis or from storage pools in leaves. Because the two chiral or enantiomeric forms have identical physica
Read More
Not Women, men take more financial risks after positive fortune-telling!
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In three new studies, men who were presented with a positive versus a neutral or negative fortune telling outcome were subsequently more inclined to take financial risks; this link was significantly less pronounced for women. Xiaoyue Tan of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and
Read More
Scientists find out if flu shot reduces risk of stroke
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Getting an annual flu shot may be associated with a lower risk of stroke, according to a study published in the American Academy of Neurology, receiving an annual flu shot may reduce the risk of stroke.
Read More
Climate data can help model spread of Covid-19: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Covid-19 transmission can be more accurately modelled by incorporating meteorological factors, with ultraviolet (UV) radiation as the main driver, according to a new study.
Read More
Glass frogs achieve pack red blood cells in mirror-coated liver: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research shows that glass frogs known for their highly transparent undersides and muscles perform their "disappearing acts" by stowing away nearly all of their red blood cells into their uniquely reflective livers.
Read More
Cellular messengers improve cancer therapy: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nano-sized membrane bubbles known as extracellular vesicles activate the immune system in mice and seem to render their tumours sensitive to a type of immunotherapy drug called a checkpoint inhibitor. This is according to a new study published in Cancer Immunology Research by researchers at
Read More