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Scientists use new techniques to identify lakes and reservoirs worldwide
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Minneapolis [St. Paul], July 19 (ANI): A group of researchers have come out with the first-of-its-kind comprehensive global dataset of the Earth's lakes and reservoirs which demonstrates how they have changed over the past 30+ years.
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Scientists reveal new evidence of key mechanism in Alzheimer's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): Rutgers scientists have found more clear-cut evidence of how the destructive proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease attack human brain cells and destroy surrounding tissue.
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'Junk' DNA may cause cancer by preventing DNA replication, say scientists
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 19 (ANI): Non-coding 'junk' DNA, far from being innocuous and inactive, has been discovered by scientists to potentially contribute to the development of cancer.
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Scientists reveal vitamin B6 supplements may reduce anxiety and depression
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
England [UK], July 19 (ANI): According to a recent study, using high-dose vitamin B6 pills will lessen anxiety and depressive symptoms.
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Scientists create dog-sized robot to study how animals learn to walk
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Stuttgart [Germany], July 18 (ANI): The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart conducted a study to discover how animals learn to walk and learn from stumbling. They created a four-legged, dog-sized robot to assist them in figuring out the details.
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Study suggests mindful meditation can be beneficial in relieving pain
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): In a recent study, scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine examined how mindfulness affected both brain activity and perception of pain. This research has been published in a journal called 'PAIN'.
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Scientists develop wireless activation of specific brain circuits in fruit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): According to a recent study, a group of researchers developed wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in just one second.
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Study finds cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The function of a particular domain of proteins crucial to the biology of plants and microbes has now been conclusively connected to a human cancer trigger, the knowledge that had escaped scientists for decades, according to researchers from the US Department
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Brain inflammation may link Alzheimer's risk, sleep disturbance
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Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that brain inflammation may link Alzheimer's disease risk with sleep disturbance, which may aid early detection and prevention efforts by identifying novel treatment targets at preclinical stages.
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Scientists develop new mechanism to inactivate COVID-19 virus, block entry
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Scientists of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in collaboration with researchers from the CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology developed a novel mechanism to inactivate COVID (SARS-CoV-2) virus by blocking their entry to cells and reducing infection
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Scientists discover reliable, stable, and environmentally beneficial therm
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Sapporo [Japan], July 12 (ANI): A barium cobalt oxide thermoelectric converter that is reproducibly stable and effective at temperatures as high as 600°C has been created by a team under the direction of Professor Hiromichi Ohta at the Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkai
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Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, scientists discovered something surprising about the asteroid's surface wasn't smooth like many were expecting but was covered in large boulders. Now, a team of physicists think they know why.
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