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Manipal Academy of Higher Education to host International Conference on Ph
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Manipal (Karnataka) [India], June 2: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) will be organizing an international conference on Physical Education and Sport Science (ICPESS) 2023 from 14th to 16th December 2023. ICPESS is being organised under the aegis of the National Association of Physi
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Cutting boards can produce microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the researchers, cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards can generate tens of millions of microparticles every year. A toxicity test, however, revealed that polyethene or wood microparticles emitted during chopping had no significant influence on mouse cell viability.
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Liver dialysis device proved safe, effective for treating severe liver fai
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
When compared to patients receiving standard of care, the DIALIVE device, developed by researchers at UCL's Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, was found to be safe and associated with significant improvement in the severity of symptoms
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New nerve insights may help heal certain types of blindness, paralysis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Adult nerve cells cannot rebuild their connections, therefore nerve injuries might induce blindness or paralysis. A team of UConn School of Medicine researchers recently reported in Development that everyone has at least a tiny number of nerve cells that may be induced to grow, possibly rest
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Reduced emissions during the epidemic exacerbated climate change: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found that the Covid epidemic shutdowns in South Asia significantly lowered the number of short-lived cooling particles in the air while having no effect on the concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases. Researchers were, therefore, able to show how lower air pollution emissio
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Study finds gut microbiome changes associated with precancerous colon poly
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers at Mass General Brigham have connected specific types of gut bacteria to the growth of precancerous colon polyps in a recent study.
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Researchers give more insight into association between autoimmunity, schiz
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Autoantibodies, or immune system-produced proteins that may function against one's own body, have been linked to reports of schizophrenia. A minority of schizophrenia patients had autoantibodies that targeted neurexin 1, a "synaptic adhesion protein," according to a study published last mont
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Study finds how cutting breakfast carbs benefit people with Type 2 diabete
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
People with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) may be able to better control their blood sugar levels by making a small adjustment to the first meal of the day, according to an international team of researchers led by UBC Okanagan academics.
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Mitigating risk of extinction from AI should be global priority: AI indust
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," read the statement published by the Center for AI Safety.
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Active ionisation of air noise reduction: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers developed a novel idea, which they refer to as the active "plasmacoustic metalayer," which can be tuned to reduce noise.
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Study finds ways to advance goals of equity and justice in climate action
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found that equity and justice are frequently listed as objectives in municipal climate action plans, but discussion of these ideas is mainly rhetorical. How planners can bridge the gap and confront the current state of climate change and social injustice is described in a new stu
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Researchers discover how junk food may harm deep sleep
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Uppsala University researchers examined how junk food impacts sleep in a new study. In random order, healthy volunteers consumed an unhealthy and a healthier diet. The quality of the participants' deep sleep had decreased after the unhealthy diet, compared to those who had followed the healt
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