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Scientists achieve milestone of directly observing dusty ring around black
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to observ
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Game theory suggests moral behaviours pay off in long run
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Selfless behaviour and cooperation cannot be taken for granted. Mohammad Salahshour of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (now at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior), has used a game theory-based approach to show why it can be worthwhile for individuals to set self
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Researchers discover new drug to lower cholestrol
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After statins, the next leading class of medications for managing cholesterol are PCSK9 inhibitors. These highly effective agents help the body pull excess cholesterol from the blood, but unlike statins, which are available as oral agents, PCSK9 inhibitors can only be administered as shots,
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Study finds common mechanism tumours use to suppress immune responses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has revealed a single protein expressed at high levels by cancer cells across a broad range of malignancies that erects a multifaceted barrier to anti-cancer immune responses in mouse models of cancer and so shields tumours from immune detection and destruction
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China imposing forced inter-ethnic marriages on Uyghur women: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on evidence from Chinese state media and policy documents, government-sanctioned profiles and testimonials, and accounts from women in the diaspora.
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Research: Women with benign breast disease face higher risk of breast canc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The risk of breast cancer is almost doubled in women diagnosed with benign breast disease through screening, according to research presented at the 13th European Breast Cancer Conference.
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Research suggests Mars was once covered by 300 meter deep oceans
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mars is called the red planet. But once, it was actually blue and covered in water, bringing us closer to finding out if Mars had ever harboured life.
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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Study: Violent sexual predators use dating apps as hunting grounds
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Dating apps are fertile ground for predators in part because there are few means for potential victims to screen possible partners. Dating apps are now an entrenched part of American social life, but there's work to do to ensure users' safety. New research suggests that violent sexual predat
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New discovery gives hope to fight metastatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Cancer that splits and develops in new organs around the body becomes significantly more difficult to fight. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have shown that these metastatic cancers, that spread from the original, adapt their metabolism to the tissue in which t
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Study finds obesity significantly increased heart failure risk among women
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While women who enter menopause before age 45 are known to be at higher risk for heart failure, obesity significantly increased heart failure risk among women who experienced late menopause at age 55 or older, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Ass
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Mothers with young or several kids may engage in less intense physical exe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research on physical activity trends among British moms reveals that mothers with young children and mothers with multiple children may indulge in less moderate or strenuous physical exercise.
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