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Study explores how children learn languages faster
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania], July 2 (ANI): Children at a younger age learn languages at a much faster pace than teens or older people. The explanation for this learning advantage doesn't come from the differences between children and adults, but rather from the differences in the way that peop
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Researchers find rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [US], May 7 (ANI): An international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia. The research was published in
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International study links brain thinning to psychosis
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): Subtle differences in the shape of the brain that are present in adolescence are associated with the development of psychosis, according to an international team led by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Maastricht University
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Biden unveils USD 2 trillion package to overhaul American physical infrast
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): US President Joe Biden unveiled a USD 2 trillion package to upgrade and overhaul American physical infrastructure on Wednesday (local time).
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Study links reduced physical activity to COVID-19 induced depression
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], February 11 (ANI): A multi-institutional team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and University of California, San Diego found that 61 per cent of surveyed university students were at risk of clinical depression, a value twice the rat
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Increased social media use linked to developing depression, research finds
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Young adults who increased their use of social media were significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, according to a new national study authored by Dr Brian Primack, dean of the College of Education and Health Professions and profess
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Emotion vocabulary reflect state of well-being, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [USA], September 13 (ANI): Vocabulary that one uses to describe their emotions can be used as an indicator to know the mental, physical, and overall well-being, according to recent research.
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Emotion vocabulary may help reflect state of well-being, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [USA], September 11 (ANI): Vocabulary that one uses to describe their emotions can help in indicating the mental, physical, and overall well-being, according to new research.
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Indian health-tech pioneer develops the world's first digital vaccine cand
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 31 (ANI/Digpu): In the global race against time for a COVID-19 vaccine, this could be a game-changing scientific breakthrough. Indian serial entrepreneur and investor, Bhargav Sri Prakash, Founder & CEO of health tech pioneer, FriendsLearn have expanded a longstand
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Study unveils an automated method for making communications more polite
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [USA], July 4 (ANI): Researchers have developed an automated method for making communications more polite. Specifically, the method takes nonpolite directives or requests -- those that use either impolite or neutral language -- and restructures them or adds words to make them mor
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Researchers develop an automated method for making communications more pol
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [USA], June 30 (ANI): In a tense time when a pandemic rage, politicians wrangle for votes and protesters demand racial justice, a little politeness and courtesy go a long way. Now, researchers have developed an automated method for making communications more polite.
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Pittsburgh: Coronavirus researcher killed in murder-suicide
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): A University of Pittsburgh professor, who was close to making "very significant findings" about Covid-19, according to his colleagues, was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend, the police said.
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