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Twitter blocks several researchers amid Russia-Ukraine war
World | Feb 24, 2022, 02:03 PM ISTSeveral researchers sharing Russia-Ukraine information found their Twitter accounts unexpectedly suspended today.
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Research finds aspirin use linked with increased risk of heart failure
Health | Nov 24, 2021, 10:49 AM ISTThe investigators assessed the association between aspirin use and incident heart failure after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, heart rate, blood cholesterol, creatinine, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, beta-blockers and lipid-lowering drugs.
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Stem cell researchers find key building block to make mini-kidneys
News | Jun 20, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTDuring recent research, a team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney.
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Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats: Report
Science | Jun 13, 2021, 08:21 AM ISTChinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.
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Research shows marijuana THC stays in breast milk for six weeks
Lifestyle | Mar 16, 2021, 07:24 AM ISTResearchers at Children's Hospital Colorado have found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of marijuana, stays in breast milk for up to six weeks, further supporting the recommendations to abstain from marijuana use during pregnancy and while a mother is breastfeeding.
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Study discovers specific area of brain prompting desire to overeat
Lifestyle | Feb 15, 2021, 08:07 AM ISTA study led by the 10-member team of researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso discovered a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food.
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Are you good at maths? You are more likely to intend to quit smoking
Lifestyle | Jul 15, 2020, 06:55 PM ISTThe will to quit smoking is high among people who are better at maths, according to a recent study.
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Researchers analyse genomic determinants of coronavirus pathogenicity
Lifestyle | Jun 12, 2020, 12:03 PM ISTA recent analysis led by a team of researchers found crucial genomic features that are unique to SARS-CoV -2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and two other deadly coronaviruses, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
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Repetitive negative thinking linked to dementia risk
Lifestyle | Jun 09, 2020, 08:24 AM ISTPersistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study. In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer's and Dementia, researchers found 'repetitive negative thinking.
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Republishing, recycling own academic work will amount to 'self plagiarism': UGC tells researchers
Education | Apr 23, 2020, 01:12 PM ISTRe-publishing or re-cycling one's own academic work will amount to "self plagiarism", the University Grants Commission (UGC) has said, warning academicians and researchers against the practice.
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Researchers uncover key details how bacteria causing typhoid fever identifies host's immune cells
News | Feb 27, 2020, 07:52 AM ISTIn a breakthrough study, researchers have uncovered key details as to how the Salmonella bacteria that cause typhoid fever, identify a host's immune cells and deliver toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread.
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Study links genetics to cannabis dependence in adolescent females
Lifestyle | Feb 14, 2020, 02:33 PM ISTA study conducted on mice by a team of researchers has identified important implications for understanding the influence of genetics on cannabis dependence in adolescent females.
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Beetle trapped in amber provides earliest evidence of insect pollination
Science | Nov 12, 2019, 12:31 PM ISTThe first known instance of an insect pollinating a flower happened 99 million years ago, according to a study which pushes the earliest documented instance of the process back by at least 50 million years than previously thought
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Onus on scientists to fight climate change: M Venkaiah Naidu
India | Jun 03, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTVice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it was imperative of scientists and researchers to address issues of global warming, consequent extreme weather and drought cycles that could affect the lives of the people, plants and animals.
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Chemicals in detergents may up the risk of birth defects
Lifestyle | Jun 18, 2017, 05:04 PM ISTThese chemicals exposure also resulted in birth defects same as the defects as found in humans -- spina bifida and anencephaly.
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Researchers discover hot hydrogen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere
World | Dec 08, 2016, 04:40 PM ISTThe presence of hot atomic hydrogen (H) atoms has been found in an upper layer of Earth's climate known as thermosphere by a group of researchers from University of Illinois. This finding significantly changes current
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Researchers find new blood test to identify alcohol disorders in foetus
Lifestyle | Nov 10, 2016, 10:46 PM ISTIn order to spot the foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), researchers, including one of Indian origin, have identified a blood test that will help in finding how severely a newborn can be affected by alcohol
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Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago
World | Oct 20, 2016, 04:44 PM ISTThe fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand have indicated just how Antarctic ice melted 23 million years ago, a scientist revealed on Thursday. The leaf fossils found at Foulden Maar,
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GPS days to be over! Researchers develop next gen navigation system
Oct 14, 2016, 09:20 PM ISTA reliable and accurate navigation system developed by a group of specialists that uses existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, as opposed to the Global Positioning System (GPS), could soon change the way
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US researchers develop world’s smallest transistor ever
Oct 07, 2016, 06:18 PM ISTIn a landmark achievement that could go a long way in the advancement of computing technology, a research team led by US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created the world’s smallest transistor