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Study: Shift workers can't all adjust to night shift
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Scientists have challenged the widespread belief that shift workers adjust to the night shift, using data drawn from wearable tech.
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Elon Musk's Tesla sells 75 per cent of its Bitcoin holdings
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): Elon Musk's electric car firm Tesla has offloaded 75 per cent of its Bitcoin holdings.
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iQOO 9T to be launched on August 2 in India
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): The iQOO 9T is expected to arrive in India on August 2.
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MENA countries emerge as next focus of Chinese ambitions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): The Middle East and North African countries (MENA) have become the next focus of Chinese ambitions as the communist nation signed several agreements with these countries in 2022 and ensured high-profile diplomatic visits to these nations.
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Size of mammal ancestors' ear canals reveal when warm-bloodedness evolved
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Warm-bloodedness is a key mammal trait, but it's been a mystery when our ancestors evolved it. A new study points to an unlikely source for telling a fossil animal's body temperature: the size of tiny structures in their inner ears. The fluid in our ears beco
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US weekly jobless claims hit new eight-month high amid economic slowdown
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Initial jobless claims in the United States last week rose to 251,000, hitting a fresh eight-month high and indicating the labour market might be cooling, the US Labor Department reported on Thursday.
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Female voices with higher pitch have younger-looking faces
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Psychologists and biologists have investigated whether voice pitch can influence how female faces are evaluated. To conclude, a higher voice does indeed influence how the corresponding face is evaluated. However, this does not apply to all ratings.
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Paper wasps create an abstract concept of 'same' and 'different'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): In a series of studies over more than 20 years, evolutionary biologists have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social distinctions about others.
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Engineers create new tools enabling more individualised cell therapies
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): A team has developed a new tool to predict and customize the rate of DNA editing, paving the way for more personalized, efficient genetic and cell therapies for diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
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Peptide 'fingerprint' enables earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure. This is the result of minute deviations in the chemical composition of th
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Male and female gut microbiomes respond to antibiotics differently
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings could have implications for using the drugs in humans to treat or prevent bacterial infection.
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Christopher Nolan unveils first poster of upcoming thriller 'Oppenheimer'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Hollywood ace director, Christopher Nolan, on Thursday, unveiled the first poster of his upcoming film 'Oppenheimer' starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh in the lead roles.
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