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People with highly reactive emotions are drawn to cats for stress relief p
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A recent study found that people seek and take benefit from connection with cats. Researchers revealed The several factors shaped a positive response to a cat visitation program and how personality trait of emotionality played an important role.
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Reducing noise in operating room improves children's behaviour after surge
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Excessive noise in the operating room is a prominent complaint among patients and providers, especially during induction of and emergence from general anesthesia. A group of researchers has suggested that reducing noise in the OR can help improve child's behaviour after surgery.
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Research maps out environmental footprint of food
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) have mapped for the first time the environmental footprint of the production of all foods.
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Study looks inside brain during sleep to find out how memory is stored
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A study has looked deep inside the human brain to find out how memory is stored. Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Epilepsy Center collaborated to examine the electrical activity in the brains of five patients at the centre in response to sounds that were
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Research shows how stress affects brain
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
At one time or another, we've all felt paralyzed by a threat or danger. Researchers from the University of Iowa have determined the origin of that response to a threat. According to a recent study, a neural circuit connecting two distinct brain regions controls how animals, including humans,
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Study: Prescribed forest fire lowers tick population, pathogen transmissio
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For a recently published paper, the researchers reviewed the scientific literature on the effects of fire on forest composition and structure and its influence on ticks and their wildlife hosts.
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Ultrasound scan can diagnose prostate cancer: Research
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Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have found that a new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy in a clinical trial involving 370 men.
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Researchers show that plant water stress, not termites cause mysterious ci
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites were responsible, or plants were somehow self-organizing. Now, researchers from the University of Gottingen, benefitting from two exceptionally g
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Study: Children's physical health in schools linked to poor professional d
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A team of University of Cambridge researchers conducted a study to examine the training given to in-service teachers who are charged with implementing new physical education lessons, sports, active breaks and other programmes designed to promote physical activity in schools
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Research: Climate change is increasing frequency of fish mass die-offs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The paper, "Climate warming amplifies the frequency of fish mass mortality events across the north temperate lakes," compiled 526 documented cases of fish die-offs that occurred across Minnesota and Wisconsin lakes between 2003 and 2013. The researchers determined there were three main drive
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Study: Green eyeglasses helps to reduce pain-related anxiety in patients w
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Researchers say wearing special green spectacles for many hours a day decreases pain-related anxiety.
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Study finds learning how to learn can slow down rate of forgetfulness
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Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): Researchers have said that combining two strategies - spacing and retrieval practice - is key to success when trying to ace a test or pick up a new hobby.
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