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Vernon Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey's father, passes away at the age of 89
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's father and a former Metro Nashville Council member, died Friday after a brief illness at the age of 89.
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'Summer Scars' wins top prize at record-setting Neuchatel Festival
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): "Summer Scars," a seaside tale of fraternal love cast in a woozy glow and cut with shocking spikes of violence, won top honours at this year's Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, claiming the Narcisse Award for best feature film, as well as $10
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Prominent former Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso dies
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Jigme Gyatso, a prominent former political prisoner, died on July 2, according to the Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
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Electrical stimulation improves arm control in paralyzed monkeys
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Pre-clinical experiments suggest that electrical stimulation of surviving nerves of the upper spinal cord damaged by severe injury will allow individuals with limited arm function to partially regain lost movement.
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Research: Human-like robots may be perceived as having mental states
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to new research, when robots appear to engage with people and display human-like emotions, people may perceive them as capable of 'thinking,' or acting on their own beliefs and desires rather than their programs.
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Scientists discover cancer triggers that could spur targeted drug therapie
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.
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Long human lifespan is due in part to contributions of older adults
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to the long-standing canon in evolutionary biology, natural selection is cruelly selfish, favouring traits that help promote reproductive success. This usually means that the so-called "force" of selection is well equipped to remove harmful mutations
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Research: Brain ripples may help bind information across human cortex
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Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories.
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US imposes visa ban on 28 Cuban officials over crackdown on July 2021 prot
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): The United States has introduced visa restrictions on 28 Cuban officials, including Cuban government employees and high-ranking members of the Cuban Communist Party, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday.
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Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children
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Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): According to a new study at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children highlighting the gaps in health care for the most common chronic pediatric illness.
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US Homeland Security officers face 'Chinese spying' charges
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A grand jury in the United States has indicted five people for 'stalking, harassing, and spying' on behalf of China in connection with a scheme to silence critics of the Chinese government.
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Twitter tests CoTweets feature which allows users to co-author tweets
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A new 'CoTweets' feature is currently being tested with the help of Twitter users. The CoTweets feature allows two accounts to tweet together and tag each other in a single tweet.
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