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Scientists develop 'valves' in DNA to shape biological information flows
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [England], January 23 (ANI): The microbial DNA continues to amaze and encourage scientists to research for the unlimited discoveries it can offer. Scientists at the University of Bristol have developed new biological parts that are able to shape the flow of cellular processes along D
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New research reveals oxygen ions in Jupiter's innermost radiation belts
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Berlin [Germany], January 23 (ANI): NASA ended its Galileo mission to Jupiter, on September 21, 2003, nearly 20 years ago. Now, scientists from Germany have unlocked a new secret from the mission's extensive data sets.
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Scientists identify new genus and species of legume, now mysteriously exti
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Oregon [US], January 22 (ANI): Researchers have described a new legume tree from flowers embedded in several lumps of amber, recovered from deep within an amber mine in the mountains of the Dominican Republic.
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Haunted-house experience reveals interesting insights on the body's reacti
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California (US), January 21 (ANI) : Scientists have struggled to study the effects of genuine threats on people's mental and physical state because of ethical and practical constraints of human lab experiments.
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Researchers pinpoint how Zika virus evades cell's antiviral response
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Evanston (Illinois) [US], January 19 (ANI): In a new study of the Zika virus, Northwestern University scientists have discovered a key mechanism used by the virus to evade the antiviral response of the cell it is attacking. This finding contributed to a better understanding of how viruses in
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Fastest DNA sequencing technique helps undiagnosed patients find answers i
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Stanford (California) [US], January 19 (ANI): A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours -- a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.
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Prominent citizens urge Kerala CM to shelve SilverLine project
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 18 (ANI): Forty prominent citizens urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to freeze the proposed semi high-speed SilverLine railway project. The signatories include scientists and environmentalists.
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Scientists find potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for lung cance
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Beijing [China], January 18 (ANI): Chinese scientists recently reported the key role of histone acetylation-regulated long noncoding RNA termed as lysosome cell death regulator (LCDR) in tumour survival, providing a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for lung cancer.
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Motion of some stars holds clue of dark matter shape in barred galaxies
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New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Dark matter forms the skeleton on which galaxies form, evolve, and merge. Scientists investigating how the shape of dark matter halo affects the motion of stars in stellar bars (found at the centre of some galaxies) have found that out-of-plane bending ev
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Research finds gigantic planet hidden in plain sight
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Riverside (California) [US], January 17 (ANI): A UC Riverside astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing tools.
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Study finds that gut can sense the difference between real sugar and artif
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Durham (North Carolina) [US], January 17 (ANI): A new research study, led by Diego Bohorquez, an associate professor of medicine and neurobiology in the Duke University School of Medicine shed light on the cells in one's intestines that could distinguish between two sweet solutions and commu
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Exercise performed at different times of the day has different effects: Sc
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Copenhagen [Denmark], January 16 (ANI): To gain a better understanding of why the timing of exercise produces different effects, an international team of scientists carried out the most comprehensive study to date of exercise performed at different times of the day.
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