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Scientists throw light on mechanism of evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study published by the University of Colorado showcased a nuanced explanation of the mechanism of evolution in various species.
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Study finds new cellular component important for sense of smell
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the neurons that our noses utilise to detect smell, scientists at Umea University in Sweden have found a previously unidentified cellular component called an organelle. The discovery may spur more studies into the COVID-19 symptom of poor smell perception.
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Topmost priority is to rescue everyone, scientists looking into 'sinking'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhami conducted a survey of the areas in the town where houses and other establishments, roads and fields have displayed cracks due to land subsidence. The chief minister also met with displaced families who were relocated after cracks were seen in their houses.
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High BP drug holds promise for treating PTSD: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
There is new evidence that a 50-year-old blood pressure drug could find a new purpose as a treatment to mitigate the often life-altering effects of increasingly prevalent PTSD, scientists say.
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Invasive rats impact reef fish behaviour: Study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered that invading rats on tropical islands are influencing the territorial behaviour of fish on adjacent coral reefs.
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Scientists shed light on brain's ability to perceive space expands like th
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Scientists have discovered that time spent exploring an environment causes neural representations to grow in surprising ways. This discovery provides valuable methods for analyzing data on neurocognitive disorders involving learning and memory, such as Alzheimer's disease.
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Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. Advances in neuro-imaging and molecular biology have only recently enabled scientists to study the living brain at a level of detail not previously achie
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Scientists delve into how evolution works
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The European mole can burrow through the soil with ease with its powerful digging shovels and the same applies to the Australian marsupial mole. Even though the two animal species live far apart, they have developed similar organs in the course of evolution.
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Uttarakhand: Team of scientists to find reasons for Joshimath land subside
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Uttarakhand government has formed a team of scientists to find out the reason behind the occurrence of land subsidence in Joshimath and the resultant damage reported to the houses.
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Scientists develop new method of refrigeration
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Before a winter storm, adding salt on a road alters when the ice will form. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have applied this basic concept to develop a new heating and cooling method.
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Scientists make breakthrough by sequencing endangered sharks' genomes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
It's a startling image that describes a milestone in conservation science for sharks. Professor Shivji, Professor Michael Stanhope and their collaborators have glanced back in history by sequencing to chromosome level the genomes (entire genetic blueprint) of great hammerhead and shortfin ma
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'Jumping genes' help fungus kill salamanders: Research
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A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same "jumping genes", scientists have discovered. Jumping genes, called transposons, can "copy and paste" themselves and impact the organism.
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