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Researchers evaluate how masks disrupt facial perception
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beer-Sheva [Israel], December 21 (ANI): The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and York University in Canada reveals the impact of this predicame
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Research reveals how brain distinguishes speech from noise
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Washington (US), December 21 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers provided the first physiological evidence that a foundational center of the brain influences how sound is processed by identifying a previously unknown neural circuit.
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COVID-19: Heart disease related avoidable deaths caused due to lower hospi
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London [UK], December 21 (ANI): A new study led by UCL researchers has found out that during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, lower rates of hospital attendance for urgent heart problems may have contributed towards avoidable deaths in England.
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Study sheds new light on how brain distinguishes speech from noise
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Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system - a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons - strongly influences sound processing in an important auditory regi
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Study finds how COVID-19 hastens stroke risk
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], December 20 (ANI): A recent study led by researchers from University of California- Los Angeles Health Sciences (UCLA) determined the running fluid spiked with a COVID-19-like protein through a 3D-printed model to explain how the virus increases the risk of str
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Zika virus affects eye development of infant during pregnancy, new study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
California [US], December 20 (ANI): With a continuous study on Zika virus, the researchers from the University of California found various new facts about the cause and effects of the virus to an infant.
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Study finds postpartum care fails to provide key services to women
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Massachusetts [US], December 19 (ANI): According to a study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers, most women are receiving fewer than half the services recommended during their comprehensive postpartum medical checkup.
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Study finds mental health gets strained by disaster
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Delaware [US], December 19 (ANI): A team of researchers including the University of Delaware's Jennifer Horney, founding director of the epidemiology program in the College of Health Sciences, examined the impact of 281 natural disasters on suicide rates during a 12-year span.
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China's social safety programme being used to suppress dissent, says US re
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Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): China's social safety net programme, known as dibao, is increasingly being used as a tool to suppress dissent in the country, according to research from a US-based social scientist.
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New study uses machine intelligence to hasten brain mapping
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Okinawa [Japan], December 19 (ANI): Researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University have discovered a new way to use machine intelligence for accelerating brain mapping technique.
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In fiction sad and meaningful deaths are more likely to be remembered, stu
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Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have found that though in fiction people might cheer the death of an evil villain, the only deaths that they do remember are the ones which they perceive as sad and meaningful endings of the character they love.
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Researchers discover brain pattern that could improve mental health disord
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Washington [US], December 17 (ANI): A pattern in how the brain breaks down tryptophan, a common amino acid consumed through food, was discovered by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
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