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Gene behind unusual form of Cushing's syndrome identified during study
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): The gene responsible for the development of a food-dependent form of Cushing's Syndrome, a rare disease affecting both adrenal glands, has been successfully identified by a team of scientists in Montreal and Paris.
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Study explores hidden territory of human brain
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Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): Neuroscientists at Technische Universitat Dresden have discovered a novel, non-invasive imaging-based method to investigate the visual sensory thalamus, an important structure of the human brain and point of origin of visual difficulties in diseases such as
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Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets
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Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): Scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
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Scientists explain why warm milk can make people sleepy
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Research has found why drinking a glass of warm milk can make one sleepy.
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Study: Sunscreens with zinc oxide become toxic after couple of hours
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): According to a collaboration that included Oregon State University scientists, sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
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NASA, ULA launch Lucy mission to 'fossils' of planet formation
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Study finds sleep loss does not impact ability to assess emotional informa
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Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): A new study has shown loss of sleep does not interfere with our ability to evaluate emotional situations.
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Study finds sense of smell is our most rapid warning system
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Stockholm [Sweden], October 15 (ANI): Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have been able to study what happens in the brain when the central nervous system judges a smell to represent danger.
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Study confirms leprosy in wild chimpanzees
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Exeter [UK], October 14 (ANI): The findings of a new study have revealed that leprosy has been detected in wild chimpanzees for the first time.
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Living near oil, gas wells increases air pollution exposure
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Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers have observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for residents.
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Urban areas more likely to have precipitation-triggered landslides
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Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): According to a new study that could help improve landslide predictions and hazard and risk assessments, urban areas may be at greater risk for precipitation-triggered landslides than rural areas.
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Study identifies proteins that support photosynthesis in iron-deficient pl
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Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Researchers have identified how iron-deficient plants protect themselves from damaging light, according to a Dartmouth study.
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