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"Words" matter in messages about food safety and freshness: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Changing the wording about expiration dates on perishable food items - which is currently unregulated and widely variable - could help reduce food waste, according to a new Cornell University-led study.
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Research: Magnetized dead star has solid surface
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study, published in the journal Science and led by researchers at the University of Padova, uses data from a NASA satellite, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), which was launched last December.
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Scientists unearth potential secret to viral resistance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a secret that may explain why some people are able to resist viral infections, having screened the immune systems of women exposed to hepatitis C (HCV) through contaminated anti-D transfusions given over 40 years ago in Ireland.
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Researchers look into how dissociative symptoms affect brain
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms - such as having an out-of-body experience or feeling emotionally numb--that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the symptoms persist for an extended period of time.
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Research: Congo peatlands could emit billions of tonnes of carbon in drier
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research published in Nature today reveals that the world's largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago.
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500 million-year-old fossils unearth answers to many evolutionary riddles
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like.
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Socio-economic factors shown to drive mangrove losses and gains
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research into the drivers of mangrove loss over the past 20 years has revealed that most of the degradation can be attributed to socio-economic and biophysical factors, with mangrove cover increasing in some areas. The University of Queensland-led study calculated the change in mangrove
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Scientists develop transistors that can help identify cancer cell markers
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Finding cancer-related indicators is a highly effective method for determining diagnosis, prognosis, and response to treatment. These markers may now be found in patient samples like blood and urine thanks to modern technology, offering a non-invasive way to monitor and assess patients.
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Research finds most mass school shootings not caused by mental illness
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A research team at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) examining 82 mass murders that occurred at least partially in academic settings throughout the world, found that most mass murderers and mass shooters did not have a severe menta
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New research show intermittent fasting can affect female hormones
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Intermittent fasting has been proven to be a successful weight loss method, some have expressed concern that it might harm women's reproductive hormones.
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IIT Roorkee to get new research centre for futuristic defence technology r
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The facility will be known as 'DRDO Industry Academia-Centre of Excellence' (DIA-CoE) at IIT Roorkee.
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Research shows being around birds is linked to lasting mental health benef
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New research from King's College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental wellbeing that can last up to eight hours.
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