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Researchers find new functions for blood-brain barrier in neuron function
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): Researchers have made a surprising discovery linking Delta/Notch signalling in subperineurial glia (SPG) to the regulation of nerve ensheathment and neurotransmitter release at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ). SPG, the counterpart of the endothel
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Researchers find cheat meals associated with eating disorders
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], August 16 (ANI): Over the course of a year, more than half of men, women, and transgender or gender nonconforming participants engaged in at least one "cheat meal" -- the practice of deviating from one's established dietary practises to consume "prohibited" calorie dense me
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Can people with spinal injuries walk and run, researchers probe in new stu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 15 (ANI): An international research team has succeeded in recovering muscle movement in a model of paralysed mice organic through artificial nerves. The team was led by Prof. Tae-Woo Lee (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University,
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Scientists reveal using sound, bubbles make bandages stickier, durable
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], August 15 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that using ultrasound waves and bubbles, they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages. This discovery could pave the way for new advances in medical adhesives, particularly in situations where adhesives are difficult to
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Study reveals quick method for sculpting matter into complex shapes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [Scotland], August 15 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have revealed a novel technique for moulding materials into complicated patterns by using "twisted" light.
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Study suggests bioengineered cornea might restore sight to the blind
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers and entrepreneurs developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig's skin, which resembles the human cornea.
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Researchers discover use of sound, bubbles to make bandages stickier, long
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], August 14 (ANI): Researchers found out that utilising ultrasonic waves and bubbles, they can adjust the stickiness of adhesive bandages. This innovation could pave the way for further breakthroughs in medical adhesives, particularly in situations where adhesives are diffic
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Researchers warn Antarctica's ice shelves can melt at accelerated rate
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Researchers have warned that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually contribute to a more rapid sea level rise.
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Study reveals how bats communicate and work together for efficient foragin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): When prey is spread in an unpredictable way over the terrain, several animal species have developed social hunting methods. For the first time, researchers have shown that animals, in this case the common noctule bat, construct a mobile sensory network in or
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Ageing neutralizes sex differences in the brain, suggests study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Linkoping [Sweden], August 14 (ANI): A team of researchers from Linkoping University suggested that male and female fruit flies' brains become desexualized as they age. Both sexes endure age-related changes, however, the male brain gets more feminised than the female brain becomes masculine.
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Study reveals new molecule that inhibits drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Urinary tract infections are frequent, but treatment is becoming more challenging as the bacteria that cause them to become resistant to several drugs. In lab trials and in mice with pneumonia and urinary tract infections, researchers discovered a novel chem
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Do you know why thinking hard makes you feel tired? Study reveals
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered new evidence that explains why intense thinking causes people to feel mentally exhausted rather than drowsy.
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