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Racing heart may alter decision-making brain circuits, study shows how
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): In an effort to understand how psychiatric disorders influence the brain's decision-making processes, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analysed the data from a previous study of non-human primates.
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New clues regarding formation of solar system discovered
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system was born.
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Existing drugs kill SARS-CoV2 in cells, claims study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers worldwide have been looking for ways to treat COVID-19. While the COVID-19 vaccines represent the best measure to prevent the disease, therapies for those who do get infected remain in short supply.
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Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new strategy that could offer much more precise control of prosthetic limbs. After inserting small magnetic beads into muscle tissue, they can accurately measure the length of a muscle
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Corals survive heat with bacterial help: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 14 (ANI): Treating corals with a probiotic cocktail of beneficial bacteria increases survival after a bleaching event, according to new research by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
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Research aims to use two CRISPR enzymes to diagnose COVID in 20 minutes
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], August 6 (ANI): A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is aiming to develop a diagnostic test that is much faster and easier to deploy than the RT-PCR test which is today's gold standard for detecting COVID-19.
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Scientists develop new method to detect impact of sea level rise
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], August 3 (ANI): University of Adelaide scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to analyse sulfur isotopes, which can be used to help investigate chemical changes in environments such as oceans, and freshwater rivers and lakes.
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Key habitat-building corals' future at risk due to rise in climate crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], July 24 (ANI): A recent study highlights an urgent need for coral reef management in the Atlantic as it discovered that the deficiency of stony coral species could have devastating ramifications for the marine environments they possess. Sao Paulo [Brazil], July 24 (ANI)
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Ocean microbes team up brilliantly to gather food when its scarce, researc
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): What's a hungry marine microbe to do when the pickings are slim? It must capture nutrients- nitrogen, phosphorus, or iron - to survive, yet in vast expanses of the ocean, nutrients are extremely scarce.
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Stem cells can use same method as plants, insects to protect against virus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a vital mechanism, previously thought to have disappeared as mammals evolved, that helps protect mammalian stem cells from RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus. The scientists suggest this could one day
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Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 6 (ANI): Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumour in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack the tumour.
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Researchers find how plants become good neighbours in times of stress
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 5 (ANI): The scientists at the John Innes and the University of Bristol have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady.
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