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Trees are biggest methane 'vents' in wetland areas: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems - with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded.
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Researchers find diabetes medication that may revolutionize heart failure
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Norwich [UK], December 6 (ANI): A study conducted by the University of East Anglia has found a diabetes medication that is the first to help people with heart failure and could revolutionize its treatment.
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Researchers track neurons that make humans social
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 6 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of Geneva studied the neurobiological mechanisms to find that the motivation to indulge in social interactions is the activation of dopaminergic neurons.
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Researchers develop chewing gum to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], December 6 (ANI): A team of researchers has developed a chewing gum that is laced with a plant-grown protein serving as a "trap" for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and could reduce its transmission.
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Scientists explain why neurons consume so much energy even when at rest
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have recently found why the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and, puzzlingly, it remains a fuel-guzzler even when its neurons are not firing signals called neurotransmitters to each other.
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Listening to favourite music improves brain plasticity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 6 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Unity Health Toronto have demonstrated that repeated listening to personally meaningful music induces beneficial brain plasticity in patients with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease.
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Researchers discover cone snail's venom might treat Diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Hampshire [US], December 5 (ANI): The cone snail is capable of spewing potent insulin-like venom that can paralyse its prey.
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Research finds new insights to fight against soft drinks consumption
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], December 5 (ANI): Flinders University psychology researchers, as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery project, have found potential individual responses and 'mechanisms' to combat the increase in the consumption of soft drinks.
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Study finds three factors why people inform themselves or not
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], December 5 (ANI): UCL researchers recently found that people choose whether to seek information or avoid it, regarding their health, finances and personality based on how they think it will make them feel, how useful it is and if it relates to things that matter to them.
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Researchers say viral evolution among animals might reveal COVID-19's futu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that when animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise.
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Study finds damaged telomeres in elders might increase SARS-CoV-2 suscepti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], December 4 (ANI): The expression of the cell receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ACE2 which is essential for mediating cell entry of the virus, increases in the lungs of ageing mice and humans, according to a group of Italian and American researchers led by Fabrizio d'Ad
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Study finds maternal depression linked to child anxiety, depressive sympto
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Researchers have found a bi-directional relationship where a mother's mental health symptoms impacted the child's mental health symptoms and vice versa.
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