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Researchers solve puzzles surrounding parasite immunity and development
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Research led by a University of Maryland team has identified the first inter-species, signalling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal trigger the immunity and development of a parasite.
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Amid development and climate change, forests can help manage water: Resear
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Ants' behaviour does not change as temperature rises: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a recent study, researchers at North Carolina State University discovered that ants did not modify their behaviour in response to rising temperatures and remained in suboptimal microhabitats even when ideal ones were there. The discovery shows that ants may be unable to change their behav
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Study shows machine learning can predict development of brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have created a computational model that can better predict the formation of deadly brain tumours.
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Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Centre of Competence in Res
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Effects of resistance training in older adults explored by researchers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A protein response that develops at the cellular level as a result of ageing causes low-grade inflammation and a balance between oxidants and antioxidants, which is the root of many diseases.
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Researchers reveal women shows higher risk of developing cancer in both br
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study led by the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, women who have cancer in one breast may be more likely to develop cancer in the opposite breast if they carry specific genetic changes that predispose them to develop breast cancer.
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Researchers find loneliness linked with unhealthful diets, physical inacti
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Transitioning to a new environment, as many college freshmen do, can increase feelings of loneliness, and according to the National College Health Assessment, feelings of loneliness in college students have increased dramatically in the last decade.
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Researchers using cancer cells as logic gates to determine what makes them
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cancer cells migrate through the body for multiple reasons; some are simply following the flow of a fluid, while others are actively following specific chemical trails. So how do you determine which cells are moving and why? Purdue University researchers have reverse-engineered a cellular si
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Dollar stores are growing as food retailers in US: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Tufts University researchers have found that dollar stores are now the fastest-growing food retailers in the contiguous United States--and have doubled their share in rural areas. Households with more purchases at dollar stores also tend to be lower-income and headed by people of colour. The
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Researchers uncover 92 fossil nests belonging to some of India's largest d
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published January 18, 2022, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Harsha Dhiman of the University of Delhi, New Delhi and colleagues.
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Researchers cover thousands of years to understand elusive origins of Blac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The plague was the largest pandemic and biggest mortality event in human history.
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