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Study links genetics to childhood emotional, social and psychiatric proble
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 17 (ANI): In recent research, scientists have linked the emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents with higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression. The study implies that the genetics passed from parents may be linked w
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Earth-size, habitable-zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 16 (ANI): A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalysed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
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Simulating early ocean vents shows life's building blocks form under press
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Washington D.C.[USA], April 16 (ANI): Where did life first form on Earth? Some scientists think it could have been around hydrothermal vents that may have existed at the bottom of the ocean 4.5 billion years ago.
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PM Modi requests young Indian scientists to work towards coronavirus vacci
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New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday requested young scientists of the country to come forward and take the lead in developing a vaccine for novel coronavirus which has claimed over one lakhs lives worldwide.
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Scientists find structural protein that may be new marker of depression
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): A structural protein has been zeroed on by scientists as a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of depression, suggests a recent study.
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NASA wants you to play this game to help map world's coral reefs
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington, D.C [USA], April 10 (ANI): When at home, help NASA map coral reefs around the world. The US-based space agency is inviting video gamers and citizen scientists on virtual ocean research expeditions to understand the depleting ecosystems.
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In a first, NASA measures wind speed on a brown dwarf
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 10 (ANI): For the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) but not quite massive enough to become a star. To achieve the finding, they used a new method that
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Researchers reveal findings after peering into atmosphere of hottest plane
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 9 (ANI): After peering into the scalding atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter planet, researchers have reported the findings in a new study. In the study led by Jake Turner of Cornell University, a team of scientists digs deep into the transmission spectrum for th
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Study reveals nanotechnology to develop new treatment for endometriosis
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Washington D.C.[USA], April 7 (ANI): In a breakthrough study to find the treatment for endometriosis, a common gynaecological condition in women of childbearing age - scientists have developed a precise, nanotechnology-based treatment to alleviate the pain and fertility problems associated w
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FSL, Crime Branch teams visit Markaz Nizamuddin for investigation
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Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Teams of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) scientists and Delhi Police Crime Branch visited the Markaz Nizamuddin here on Sunday to carry out an investigation in connection with a congregation held here in which thousands of people took part between March 13 and
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COVID-19: IIT Kanpur researchers working on `virucidal coating' of surgica
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New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): A team of scientists from IIT Kanpur is working on developing a protective coating that would greatly help in making medicated masks and medical wear in fight against the novel coronavirus.
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Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 3 (ANI): Scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital period. It is the first gravitational wave source of its kind ever detec
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