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How does Venus fly trap snap shut? Scientists reveal the secret!
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], February 20 (ANI): Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches its prey (chiefly insects and arachnids) with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves. How this happens is a question that has often plagued people. Now, scientists
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Scientists who treated HIV infected patient with special stem-cell transpl
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Denver (Colorado) [US], February 20 (ANI): HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) a virus that attacks the body's immune system has been known to have no cure. However, a patient living with HIV who received a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukaemia has been free of the
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Does mental speed hardly change over a lifespan? Study suggests so!
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], February 20 (ANI): Psychologists at Heidelberg University have come to the conclusion that mental speed, that is, the speed at which issues requiring rapid decision-making are dealt with, does not change substantially over decades. Under the leadership of Dr Mischa von
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Researchers identify sudden evolutionary change in flowers
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], February 20 (ANI): Evolution is defined as the change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and relies on the process of natural selection. A recent study by researchers has identified an unexpected evolutionary change.
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First evidence indicating respiratory infection in dinosaurs discovered
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 150 million years ago.
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Adam Driver's '65' gets new release date
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver's upcoming sci-fi action-thriller film '65' has got a new release date.
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Scientists develop model for better diagnosis, treatment of osteoarthritis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rochester (New York) [US], February 19 (ANI): Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting millions of people worldwide. Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology and Cornell University teamed up to explore cartilage tissue's unique properties with the hopes of impr
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Transient blood pressure rise linked to learning in brain: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], February 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that minor rises in blood pressure due to short-term stressors can be linked to a brain area that controls conscious and learned motor skills.
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Samajwadi Party leader Ahmed Hasan passes away, UP Assembly speaker expres
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Samajwadi Party senior leader Ahmed Hasan passed away on Saturday in Lucknow's Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences.
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Science exhibition cum seminar organised for students in J-K's Anantnag
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Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 19 (ANI): A science exhibition cum seminar was organised by the district administration in collaboration with the Indian Army for students here.
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COVID surge has settled but can't lower our guards, says NITI Aayog's VK P
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): VK Paul, Member-Health, NITI Aayog on Friday advised all the citizens not to lower the guard against the COVID-19 pandemic as the current surge has settled and added that the government has invited other vaccine manufacturers to collaborate with scien
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Flies possess more sophisticated cognitive abilities than known: Study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Diego's Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM) have found that common flies (Drosophila melanogaster) have more advanced capabilities of attention, working memory and awareness than previously believed.
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