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Scientists show technology can save people from shark bites
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], March 31 (ANI): With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia - scientists say the use of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuries which could save the lives of up to 1063 Australians along the coastline over the
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Researchers study virus-cell interaction to understand COVID-19's high inf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
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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Scientists find why cold induces toothache, hypersensitivity and how to st
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): Scientists during a recent study found that Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin function to sense cold, which can trigger a toothache. They also found a way to block the pathway to cold-sensitive teeth.
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Scientists demonstrate how glial cells control scar formation in brain
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
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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Researchers find signals from muscle protect from dementia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 27 (ANI): Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study how do different parts of the body communicate and how signals sent from skeletal muscle affect the brain.
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Scientists use AI to map how the brain understands sentences
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): A new research involving neuroimaging and A.I., at the University of Rochester Medical Center, describes the complex network within the brain that comprehends the meaning of a spoken sentence.
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Russian scientists find new strain of South African COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists at the Russian Vector laboratory have found a new isolate of the South African COVID-19 variant, the press office for the Russian consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Wednesday.
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Cells burn more calories after just one bout of moderate aerobic exercise,
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): In a study testing the effects of exercise on overall metabolism, researchers at Oregon State University found that even a single session of moderate aerobic exercise makes a difference in the cells of otherwise sedentary people.
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Scientists deliberate on possibilities, challenges, scope of AI technologi
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Eminent scientists working in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from across the world deliberated on the possibilities, challenges, and scope of AI technologies bringing about breakthrough solutions in a range of sectors, like agriculture, energy, c
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Scientists discover ways to break down Polystyrene waste
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and their partners from Clemson University have discovered a green, low-energy process to break down polystyrene, a type of plastic that is widely used in foam packaging materials, disposable food
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Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 15 (ANI): During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China.
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Developing 'game-changing' test to diagnose Parkinson's
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): A team of scientists at The University of Manchester discovered in recent research that it is possible to identify Parkinson's based on compounds found on the surface of the skin.
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