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Researchers rank various mask protection, modifications against coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): While wearing a face mask is an extremely essential measure to not only protect the wearer from expelling particles that might carry SARS-CoV-2, some people, though, still refuse to wear a mask. So, scientists researched the protectiveness of various kinds
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Biology, Engineering are creating 'Age of Living Machines': Susan Hockfiel
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 19 (ANI): From virus-based batteries, protein-based water filters to cancer-detecting nano-particles and cognitive bionic limbs, renowned neuroscientist Susan Hockfield, on Thursday spoke about the 'Age of Living Machines' that biology and engineering
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Study evaluates effectiveness of different face mask materials when coughi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): To determine what type of mask material is effective for trapping the ultrafine particles which may contain viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, a team of researchers tested t-shirts, socks, jeans, and vacuum bags in a novel study.
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Study measures effectiveness of different face mask materials when coughin
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): A team of researchers have tested everything from t-shirts and socks to jeans and vacuum bags to determine what type of mask material is most effective at trapping the ultrafine particles which may contain viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes
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Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with help of dust particl
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be reduced with the help of dust particles, a Delhi-based woman scientist has said in her research while noting that more testing is required in a controlled environment to see how things will work out on the groun
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COVID-19 infects majority of bad dreams: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): Scientists used artificial intelligence to help analyse the dream content of close to a thousand people and found that the novel coronavirus had infected more than half of the distressed dreams reported.
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Dark matter destruction ruled out in galactic center
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The detection more than a decade ago by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of an excess of high-energy radiation in the centre of the Milky Way convinced some physicists that they were seeing evidence of the annihilation of dark matter particles, but a t
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Scientists develop simple approach to visually evaluate mask effectiveness
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): Using inexpensive and widely available tools, scientists have developed a simple approach to visually evaluate how effectively different types of masks prevent the spread of droplets that could contain SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, according to a new study.
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Swedish Institute of Space Physics to return to Venus on Indian Space Miss
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 2 (ANI): On board the Indian Venus mission Shukrayaan-1, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) will explore Venus for the second time. IRF's satellite instrument Venusian Neutrals Analyzer (VNA) will study how the charged particles from the Sun interact with t
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Researchers shed new light on solar flares
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new combination of physical models.
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Bending the bridge between two galaxy clusters!
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pumm
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New study suggests new paths for catching signals of dark matter particles
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 5 (ANI): Dark matter has so far defied every type of detector designed to find it because of its huge gravitational footprint in space.
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