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Research demonstrates unique 'time compression' effect of virtual reality
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Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Psychology researchers at the University of California - Santa Cruz have found that playing games in virtual reality create an effect called "time compression," where the time goes by faster than you think.
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Study finds zapping nerves with ultrasound, lowers drug-resistant blood pr
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Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney produced a clinically meaningful drop in blood pressure in people whose hypertension did not respond to a triple cocktail of medications, as per a new study.
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Mammals can use their intestines to breathe: Study
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Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, according to a new study published in the journal Med.
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Researchers make new drug compound for stopping malaria
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London [UK], May 15 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis designed a drug-like compound that effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle. They are working to develop this compound into
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Study reveals short gratitude intervention can increase academic motivatio
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Kyoto [Japan], May 13 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers from Ritsumeikan University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, have explored a simple strategy to increase motivation in college students by nurturing a positive emotion: gratitude
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New brain research offers hope for Alzheimer's disease
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Arizona [US], May 13 (ANI): In a new study, researchers investigated tangles in the brain -- pathologies not only characteristic of Alzheimer's but other neurodegenerative conditions as well.
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Study uses eel-like protein to control brain
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Washington [US], May 12 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers looking to help people suffering from addiction, depression, and pain studied how certain brain neurons operate to see if they can be controlled.
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Studies find 'insufficient evidence' to support herbal, dietary supplement
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London [UK], May 9 (ANI): The first global review of complementary medicines (herbal and dietary supplements) for weight loss in 16 years -- combining 121 randomised placebo-controlled trials including nearly 10,000 adults -- suggests that their use cannot be justified on the basis of curren
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Researchers discover 18.5 million year old vine fossil as new species
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Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): An 18.5 million-year-old fossil found in Panama researchers at the Cornell University provides evidence of a new species and is the oldest reliable example of a climbing woody vine known as a liana from the soapberry family. The discovery sheds light on the evol
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New study examines social network's relation to binge drinking among adult
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Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): For some people, social gatherings can be a time to imbibe. And for some, that can turn into a time to overindulge. But how do your neighbourhood and your social network affect binge drinking?
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Damage to white matter linked to worse cognitive outcomes after brain inju
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Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): A new University of Iowa study challenges the idea that grey matter (the neurons that form the cerebral cortex) is more important than white matter (the myelin covered axons that physically connect neuronal regions) when it comes to cognitive health and function
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Study finds evidence points to answer why COVID-19 is so hard to treat
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Dublin [Ireland], May 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Trinity College Dublin showed that a comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has a unique infectious profile, which explains why it can be so hard to treat and why some people experien
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