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Study proposes profitable ways to repurpose industrial waste
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists have taken the first step at estimating the best large-scale uses for food processing waste, first analyzing its contents and, based on those findings, proposing production opportunities ranging from sustainable fuels, biogas and electricity to useful chemicals and organic fertili
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Study reveals traffic pollution affects brain function
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study undertaken by scientists at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, average levels of traffic pollution can harm human brain function in a matter of hours.
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Is oxytocin the new "love hormone"? Find out here
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Removing the Oxytocin Receptor Does Not Interfere with Monogamy or Giving Birth. Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at UC San Francisco and Stanford Medicine shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may n
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AI technology creates new proteins from scratch: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists have developed an AI system capable of creating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory experiments, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even though their artificially created amino acid sequences differed widely from any known natural protein.
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'Friend or foe' bacteria kill algal hosts when coexisting is no longer ben
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, where they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them. The results are published today in eLife.
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Study finds most US children use potentially toxic makeup products
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A study by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Earthjustice found that most children in the United States use makeup and body products that may contain carcinogens and other toxic chemicals.
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Study reveals influence of krill availability on humpback whale pregnancie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists show reduced krill supplies lead to fewer pregnancies in humpback whales, a finding that could have major implications for industrial krill fishing. Data from Antarctica show more humpback whales get pregnant after years with abundant krill than after years when krill were less pl
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iNCOVACC is a testimony to innovative zeal of our scientists: Mansukh Mand
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mandaviya unveiled the Inncovacc- the first India-made nasal Covid-19 vaccine today in the presence of Union Minister of State (IC) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh.
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Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures: Climate tipping elements connected
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists have now discovered that changes in the South American ecosystem can trigger changes in the vicinity of the Himalayas.
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Skills of underwater robots can be improved by studying fish sensory organ
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behaviour which could be employed on underwater robots.
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Scientists explain how chronic stress activates behavioural problems like
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
It's clear that chronic stress can impact our behaviour, leading to problems like depression, reduced interest in things that previously brought us pleasure, and even PTSD.
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New study reveals how cells prevent dangerous extra DNA copies
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine, a protein that prepares DNA for replication also keeps the replication process under control. The study, which was published in the journal Molecular Cell on January 5, explains a long-standing enigma among scientists.
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