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Scientists discover new kind of synapse in neurons' tiny hairs
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new kind of synapse in the tiny hairs on the surface of neurons. The commonly overlooked protrusions called primary cilia contain special junctions that act as a shortcut for sending signals quickly and directly to the cell's n
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Deep brain stimulation shows promise against binge eating disorder
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 30 (ANI): A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating disorder (BED), accordi
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After jet aircraft creates 'wake-turbulence', IndiGo's flight reports engi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): In a rare occurrence, an Airbus A320 operated by IndiGo was flying over the Guwahati to Mumbai route on Monday at roughly 36,000 feet when the captain noticed an Engine 1 stall warning signal that quickly vanished.
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IndiGo's flight reports engine stalls warning mid-air as big jet creates '
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): In a rare occurrence, an Airbus A320 operated by IndiGo was flying over the Guwahati to Mumbai route on Monday at roughly 36,000 feet when the captain noticed an Engine 1 stall warning signal that quickly vanished.
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Sensex slumps 861 points; IT stocks crash amid weak global cues
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 29 (ANI): The Indian stock market's key indices, Sensex and Nifty, crashed by around 1.5 per cent on Monday dragged by heavy selling in IT stocks after the US Federal Reserve signalled aggressive rate hikes.
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Heroes of Diversity - Sharing Stories to Create a Better World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI/ATK): Eastern India's biggest brand conference, BrandEdge, hosted by the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI), was recently held at ITC Sonar Bangla on August 17, 2022. In the presence of many esteemed dignitaries from the communication sector across the
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Research reveals that women dislike communality compliments at work
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to new Cornell University research, women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women's virtues and are seen as important for workplace advancement.
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Michelle Bachelet signals delay in report on human rights abuses in China'
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Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
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Samir Kamat appointed as new DRDO chief, incumbent Satheesh Reddy becomes
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New Delhi (India), August 25 (ANI): In what is being seen as a signal for the beginning of new fast pace reforms, the Government on Thursday appointed Samir Kamat as the new chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
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Brain cells with same 'birthdate' are more likely to wire together into co
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Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Brain cells with the same 'birthdate' are more likely to wire together into cooperative signalling circuits that carry out many functions, including the storage of memories, a new study finds.
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Pakistan: Ruling coalition sends mixed signals on arresting Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Lambasting at Imran Khan for threatening judiciary and a top cop of Pakistan,Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that government is least interested in wasting time to put the PTI Chief behind the bars but law will
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Do you know brain gathers threat cues and turns them into fear? Study reve
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Salk Institute researchers have found that a biochemical pathway that combines potentially dangerous sights, sounds, and odours into a single message: Be afraid. CGRP is a protein that permits neurons in two distinct sections of the brain to combine dangerou
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