Search For "research"
Research: Plant processes could be important in predicting drought develop
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Based on new analyses of satellite data, scientists have found that hydrologic conditions that increase flash drought risk occur more often than current models predict. The research also shows that incorporating how plants change soil structures can improve Earth system models.
Read More
IIT Jammu honours acclaimed tribal researcher Dr Javed Rahi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Indian Institute of Technology Jammu has conferred an award on eminent tribal researcher Dr. Javed Rahi for his outstanding services in the promotion and development of the language, literature, and culture of the Gujjar Bakarwal tribes
Read More
Over one million deaths in Africa linked to air pollution exposure: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Nearly all the African continent faces some of the most severe health impacts in the world caused by air pollution, with several countries experiencing some of the highest levels of air pollution in the world, according to a new report published by the U.S.-based research organization Health
Read More
Researchers discover largest known fresh meteorite strike on Mars
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have helped discover the largest fresh meteorite impact craters on Mars since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began scouring the planet for them 16 years ago, one of which contained ice at the lowest altitude ever observed.
Read More
According to research, hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Dicamba drift" - the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere - can result in unintentional damage to neighbouring plants.
Read More
Research: Presence of ancient viral DNA in human genome protects against i
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Viral DNA in human genomes, embedded there from ancient infections, serve as antivirals that protect human cells against certain present-day viruses, according to new research.
Read More
New research sheds light on how genes turn on and off
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Using CRISPR techniques, the researchers removed parts of the yeast transcription machinery to systematically examine their role in regulating genes. Yeast and humans have mostly the same molecular machinery to regulate their genes, so yeast provides an excellent model for understanding gene
Read More
Scientists manipulate emotions in dreams in attempt to ease nightmares
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions of their most frequent nightmares, but in a study of such patients published in the journal Current Biology, researchers in Switzerland take this a step further. They found that also playing a sound--one associated with a posi
Read More
Study finds actors suppress their sense of self while playing new characte
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The research, published in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, suggests that when actors take on a new character, they may be able to suppress their everyday self - implying that theatre training may have a big impact on the fundamental mechanisms of the human brain.
Read More
Study finds how men, women reacts to reduced physical activity, increased
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that only in men sedentary lifestyle and high sugar intake cause decreased insulin-stimulated leg blood flow.
Read More
Simplilearn and S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research join hands
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Simplilearn, a global digital skills training provider, announced its partnership with Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, for a Professional certificate program in Brand
Read More
This 22-year-old becomes First Indian and Youngest ever Garwood Fellow at
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI/PNN): Yashraj Bhardwaj, Co-Founder of Petonic Infotech, becomes first Indian and Youngest ever Garwood Innovation Fellow in history of University of California Berkeley.Although this prestigious honor is normally given to those with a PhD, Yashraj is the on
Read More