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Social deficits, seizures in autism type linked to overactive brain circui
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A genetic variant of autism and schizophrenia that causes social deficits and seizures in mice and people has been linked to a cause, according to researchers from Northwestern Medicine.
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Microelectronics give researchers a remote control for biological robots
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The hybrid "eBiobots" are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics, said researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University and collaborating institutions. They described their centimeter-scale biological machines in the journal
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Smart necklace to help you stop smoking: Looks like jewellery, but it's tr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A necklace that could help you quit smoking is on the way. Northwestern Medicine researchers created a smart neck-worn gadget that looks like a lapis blue pendant and detects smoking significantly more reliably than prior systems. It accomplishes this by collecting heat signatures from therm
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Earthquake death toll across Turkey-Syria crosses 34,000
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue.
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Delhi HC directs joint inspection of Rohingya detention centre over allege
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi High Court recently ordered a joint inspection of the Rohingya detention centre 'Seva Kendra' in Northwest Delhi by officials of the Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO), central government and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) over the alleged lack of basic amen
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Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll crosses 24,000
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The confirmed death toll from the deadliest quake in the region in two decades stood at more than 24,000 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria four days after it hit.
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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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Cold wave "unlikely" in North West India this week: IMD
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After heavy rain on Sunday in many north Indian states, the weather department on Monday said that a mercury drop by two to three degrees Celsius is expected in Delhi-NCR.
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Manipur: Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 hits Bishnupur district
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As per the readings from the center, an earthquake measuring 4.8 occurred northwest of Bisnhupur at 7:12 PM (local time).
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3.8 magnitude earthquake hits Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred 23km north-northwest of Pithoragarh, on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
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Northwest Pak's Mehsud belt saw no polio campaign for past six months: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Shahzad Baig said that 99 per cent of women in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan have not been included in the polio teams.
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Militants behead teenager in northwest Pakistan on spying charge
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The militant group 'Ittehadul Mujahideen-i-Khurasan' had left a dagger and a handwritten chit in Pashto language along the body, carrying a message that Raheedullah was found guilty of spying for army and counter-terrorism department, Dawn reported.
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