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Study reveals older age and smoking most crucial risk factors for acquirin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Georgia [US], August 4 (ANI): The two most significant risk factors linked to a relative and absolute five-year chance of acquiring any cancer are older age and smoking, according to a recent major study conducted by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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Explosive neutron star merger captured for the first time in millimeter li
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Scientists have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The team also confirmed this flash of light to be one of the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts ever observed, le
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ICMR NIV Pune, VRDLs conduct approx 100 sample tests for Monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): A day after a 35-year-old man of African origin with no recent history of foreign travel tested positive for Monkeypox in Delhi thereby taking the total count to 8 in the country, a top scientist has said that Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Vir
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Scientists discover new technique to convert methane gas into liquid metha
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): According to new research, scientists have discovered a new technique of converting methane gas into methanol using light and dispersed transition metals such as copper.
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New panda fossils discovered, possibly last of its kind in Europe
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Lumbering through the forested wetlands of Bulgaria around six million years ago, a new species of panda has been uncovered by scientists who state it is currently the last known and 'most evolved' European giant panda.
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Scientists discover a new gene to protect plants from common diseases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene to protect plants from common diseases like fungi, bacteria and adverse environmental factors.
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Scientists identify a possible source for Pluto's moon Charon's red cap
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): Scientists combined data from NASA's New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. This first-ever description of Charon's dyn
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Scientists find robotic sensors may be able to improve prosthetics
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Paisley [Scotland], August 1 (ANI): A groundbreaking project to create advanced sensors for use in robotic systems has the potential to transform prosthetics and robotic limbs, according to a new study.
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Hunting gets easier for chimpanzees with communication: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): According to a new study by the University of Zurich and Tufts University, scientists have discovered that by making bark vocalizations, the wild apes catalyze group hunting, rendering this form of cooperative behaviour more effective
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Watch: R. Madhavan seeks Rajinikanth's blessing, touches his feet
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 31 (ANI): R. Madhavan recently met megastar Rajinikanth along with the former scientist Nambi Narayanan, days after the release of the former's film'Rocketry'.
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Scientists discover clip-on to detect Zika Virus via Smartphone
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 31 (ANI): According to a new study, scientists have developed an instrument that can be clipped onto a smartphone to rapidly test for Zika virus in a single droplet of blood.
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Kashmir University holds international conference to promote food industry
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 29 (ANI): Kashmir University and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists India (AFSTI), Mysore on Friday organized a three-day International conference on 'Interface between agriculture, food chemical and biological science with the aim to
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