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Study finds hundreds of new mammal species waiting to be found
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small-bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles.
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Study explores mice robustly learn to suppress their innate escape respons
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 3 (ANI): According to neuroscientists, who examined the flexibility of the behaviour of escape amongst mice, a recent study at Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, indicated that escape responses can be robustly suppressed by the rodent.
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Research finds rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronav
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], November 19 (ANI): According to a new research, ancestral rodents possibly have been infected with SARS-like coronaviruses repeatedly, which has made them form a resistance towards the pathogens. This means that they are likely to be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like corona
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Study targets mouse's own cells to treat pneumonia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents.
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Educational institute in Indore declares 'no vehicle zone' on campus in ef
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): In an effort to save the lives of squirrels, the administration of the Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technological Sciences (SGSITS) in Indore has declared 'no vehicle zone' in an area that usually has high traffic leading to deaths of these
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Animal study looks at anxiety differences between females, males
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine recently examined how biological factors impact anxiety disorders. The team studied male and female rodent models to better understand sex differences in biological responses related to anxiety.
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Mammals can use their intestines to breathe: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, according to a new study published in the journal Med.
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Scientists develop better way to block viruses causing respiratory infecti
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy by engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
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High sugar consumption effects child's brain development, study suggests
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): New research led by the University of Georgia has shown in a rodent model that daily consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages during adolescence impairs performance on a learning and memory task during adulthood. The group further showed that changes in the b
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UK's chief mouser Larry celebrates 10 years at No 10 Downing Street
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): Larry, who is the United Kingdom's chief mouser, on Monday (local time) celebrated 10 years at No. 10 Downing Street, having served three Prime Ministers. He was brought in here to clean up an infestation of rodents.
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Lakshadweep Administration implements project Barn Owls to fight rodent me
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Sunday said that the Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration successfully implemented the Project Barn Owls with the support of the Kerala Forest Department to manage the menace of the rodents
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Man charged with weaponising rodents to avail free hotel rooms
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Utah [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A man from Utah in the United States has been charged with scoring free lodgings by pulling off the ingenious trick of releasing rodents in rooms at three different hotels.
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