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Scientists discover how insects play keystone role in ecosystems
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
We need to stop thinking of insects as 'creepy crawlies' and recognize their keystone role in the ecosystems.
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Study sheds light on new clues into a serious neurodegenerative disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, in part because scientists still don't understand how exactly dementia
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Study reveals how naturally occurring compound kills major drug resistant
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists analysing the effects of an organic compound on drug resistance bacteria have discovered how it can inhibit and kill a germ that causes serious illness or in some cases death.
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Scientists discover why some people are mosquito magnets
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
It's impossible to hide from a female mosquito, she will hunt down any member of the human species by tracking our CO2 exhalations, body heat, and body odor. But some of us are distinct "mosquito magnets" who get more than our fair share of bites. Blood type, blood sugar level, consuming gar
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PM Modi names INS Vikrant in high-grade steel manufacturing, highlights PP
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Prime Minister said that the scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed the special steel used in the aircraft carrier. Indian companies produced thousands of metric tons of steel. And INS Vikrant was completely ready with indigenous capability and te
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Research: Plant processes could be important in predicting drought develop
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Based on new analyses of satellite data, scientists have found that hydrologic conditions that increase flash drought risk occur more often than current models predict. The research also shows that incorporating how plants change soil structures can improve Earth system models.
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Scientists attempt to alleviate nightmares by manipulating emotions in dre
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Nightmares, those fearful memories that re-emerge in dreams, can sometimes become regular occurrences, visiting people multiple times a week for months on end.
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Scientists manipulate emotions in dreams in attempt to ease nightmares
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In therapy, dreamers may be coached to rehearse positive versions of their most frequent nightmares, but in a study of such patients published in the journal Current Biology, researchers in Switzerland take this a step further. They found that also playing a sound--one associated with a posi
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Scientists find new treatment methods for the new Lassa virus fever
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study from scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology gives researchers a guide to neutralizing Lassa virus using a trio of rare antibodies isolated from survivors of Lassa virus infection.
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Researchers using magnetic bacteria to fight tumors
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists around the world are researching how anti-cancer drugs can most efficiently reach the tumors they target.
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New drug to fight complicated UTIs found effective
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant infections.
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UP CM witnesses partial solar eclipse with telescopes, special glasses
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In addition to observing the celestial event with telescopes and special glasses, he took information from scientists about the eclipse's frequency, timing and planets.
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