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Patients with noncancerous brain tumors affecting hearing may benefit from
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Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): The findings of a recent study indicated that the blood pressure drug losartan can benefit patients suffering from neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). It's a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas or noncancerous tumours along the nerves in t
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Safer high-energy density batteries can be made by preventing oxygen relea
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Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): To pave the way for more robust and safer high-energy-density batteries, during a recent study, researchers produced fresh insights about the release of oxygen in lithium-ion batteries.
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Melting ice sheets can be monitored using solar radio signals: Study
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Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun that could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribute to sea-level rise has been found by researchers at Stanford University.
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Study finds bats are kings of small talk
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Ohio [US], July 17 (ANI): During a new study, researchers from the University of Cincinnati found that conversations between bats might actually be light on substance.
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Fungal growth in plants can be inhibited by modified yeast
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California [US], July 16 (ANI): About 70-80 per cent of crop losses due to microbial diseases are caused by fungi. Fungicides are key weapons in agriculture's arsenal, but they pose environmental risks. Over time, fungi also develop a resistance to fungicides, leading growers on an endless q
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Earth's climate control system got changed due to arrival of land plants:
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London [UK], July 16 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study led by researchers at UCL and Yale, the arrival of plants on the land about 400 million years ago might have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate.
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Study explores whether total number of living vertebrates' species can be
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New York [US], July 15 (ANI): During a recent study, professors in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences explored whether or not the scientific community will ever be able to settle on a 'total number' of living vertebrates' species, which might help with species preservation by
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Study finds redundant modular network supports proper brain communication
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Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): Recall a phone number or directions just recited and your brain will be actively communicating across many regions. It is thought that working memory relies on interactions between these regions, but how these brain areas interact and properly represent memory
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Researchers discover new approach to fight metastatic melanoma
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Madrid [Spain], July 13 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers found that combining BRAF oncogene inhibitors and chemotherapy is a very effective strategy for fighting metastatic melanoma, which is the leading cause of death from skin cancer around the globe.
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Sunflower oil properties can be predicted by genetic analysis
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Moscow [Russia], July 12 (ANI): During a new study, Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the University of Southern California performed a genetic analysis of a Russian sunflower collection.
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Study develops novel gene therapy method to help children with neurologica
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Ohio [US], July 12 (ANI): Researchers recently developed a novel method of gene therapy that can help children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency. This deficiency causes severe physical and developmental disabilities.
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Study identifies protein that appears to prevent tumour cells from spreadi
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Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers identified a specialised protein that appears to help prevent tumour cells from entering the bloodstream and spreading to other parts of the body.
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