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Study reveals experimental hearing implant succeeds in registering brain w
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has succeeded for the first time in measuring brain waves directly via a cochlear implant. These brainwaves indicate in an objective way how good or bad a person's hearing is.
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Alliance University confers degrees to over 4,500 students at its Convocat
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): Alliance University held its annual convocation virtually today. Dr C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister & Minister for Higher Education; IT & BT; and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka was the chief guest
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Study reveals differences between men's and women's brains
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Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): How different are men's and women's brains? The question has been explored for decades, but a new study by researchers at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science coalesced this wide-ranging research into a single mega-synthesis. And the answer is
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Coffee waste can boost forest recovery, claims study
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London [UK], March 29 (ANI): A new study by researchers at the British Ecological Society finds that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to speed up tropical forest recovery on post-agricultural land.
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Researchers study virus-cell interaction to understand COVID-19's high inf
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Pennsylvania [US], March 29 (ANI): Scientists from Lehigh University during a recent study identified a previously unknown interaction between receptors in human cells and the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This new information could help in the development of n
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Researchers discover new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's
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Arizona [US], March 28 (ANI): By examining the role that cholesterol plays in both Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes, researchers identified a small molecule that may help in regulating cholesterol levels in the brain.
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New Year resolutions given up by people within first month, finds study
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Joondalup [Australia], March 28 (ANI): While people cannot stop themselves to plan on new year resolutions, a new study found that within the first month, most of them end giving up on their resolutions.
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Study finds children prefer people who speak like them
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Brisbane [Australia], March 28 (ANI): Children prefer to befriend, listen to, and imitate people who speak similarly to them, suggest the findings of a study led by researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia.
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Correcting altered brain circuit may tackle coinciding obesity and depress
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Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have identified and characterised a novel neural circuit that mediates the reciprocal control of obesity and depression in mouse models and potential therapy.
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Scientists demonstrate how glial cells control scar formation in brain
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Berlin [Germany], March 28 (ANI): When the brain suffers injury or infection, glial cells surrounding the affected site act to preserve the brain's sensitive nerve cells and prevent excessive damage. A team of researchers from Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin has been able to demonstrate t
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Infectious disease outbreaks correlated to deforestation, forest conversio
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Washington [US], March 28 (ANI) A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science shows that deforestation, certain types of reforestation, and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease.
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Study: AI might prove helpful against asbestos-linked cancer
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Leicester [UK], March 28 (ANI): A new international genomics research led by the University of Leicester used artificial intelligence (AI) to study an aggressive form of cancer, which could be helpful in improving patient outcomes.
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