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Oldest evidence of mobility on Earth discovered by scientists
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): A team of international scientists have discovered ancient fossils of the first ever organisms to exhibit movement.
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Mosquitoes can hear up to 10 metres away
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researchers at Cornell and Binghamton University now finds that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected.
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Decision-making in single-cell organisms
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 21 (ANI): According to a recent study, unicellular diatoms are able to adapt their behaviour to different external stimuli based on an evaluation of their own needs.
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Protective bacteria linked to how subsequent infections enter body: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 7 (ANI): A study of fruit flies shows that the benefits of protective bacteria, which safeguard organisms from further disease without causing harm, depend on how subsequent infections enter the body.
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Will we ever be able to regrow limbs?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug 6 (ANI): A team of researchers are studying the genetics of the lower organisms, which retain the ability to regenerate form and function of almost any tissue after injury, to find out how regenerative mechanisms might be activated in humans.
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Turns out, early animals responsible for first mass extinction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): Newly-discovered fossil evidence from Namibia supports the theory that the world's first mass extinction was caused by "ecosystem engineers" - newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to e
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Male hormone can turn back biological clock
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): A new study has found that sex hormones can reverse ageing by stimulating production of an enzyme naturally found in the human organism, Telomerase, which is the closest of all known substances to a "cellular elixir of youth."
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