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Study reveals how placebo can reduce feelings of guilt |
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Basel | January 12, 2023 9:31:50 PM IST |
| During interactions with others, people don't always behave impeccably. We frequently feel bad once we realise this has unintentionally caused harm to someone. We are motivated to take remedial action, like apologising or owning up, by this unsettling emo ... read.. |
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution |
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Washington | January 12, 2023 3:32:03 PM IST |
| Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After ... read.. |
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Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered |
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Washington | January 11, 2023 12:32:58 PM IST |
| Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. Th ... read.. |
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NASA's retired Compton mission reveals superheavy neutron stars |
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Washington | January 10, 2023 3:31:54 PM IST |
| Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly before it collapsed into a black hole. This fleeting, m ... read.. |
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Research details wide diversity of galaxies in the early universe |
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Washington | January 10, 2023 12:03:43 PM IST |
| New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed that the structures of galaxies in the early universe were much more diverse and mature than previously known. Scientists compared images of hundreds of galaxies taken by JWST for the Cosmi ... read.. |
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Study reveals impact of toxicants on river inhabitants |
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Shanghai | January 9, 2023 3:33:15 PM IST |
| When developing environmental policies to mitigate the effects of river pollution, it is critical to consider the specific risks that different pollutants pose to different species. However, rigorously testing the effects of toxicants on entire groups of ... read.. |
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Study details impact of prairie dog plague die-off on other species |
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Washington | January 8, 2023 10:01:44 PM IST |
| A study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, maybe the first to specifically examine the multispecies impacts of a wide-scale plague outbreak, which reduced the area covered by prairie dog colonies from nearly 25,000 acres to o ... read.. |
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Researchers discover toxic process involving 'jumping genes' |
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Washington | January 8, 2023 9:02:45 PM IST |
| Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) on Sunday reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear p ... read.. |
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Study finds new trigger of brain inflammation in Alzheimer's disease |
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San Antonio | January 8, 2023 8:32:41 PM IST |
| Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) discovered that an inflammatory trigger similar to that found in viral infections is higher in Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a ... read.. |
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Sight aids brains in recognizing voices: Study |
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Washington | January 8, 2023 4:02:16 PM IST |
| Participants were asked to identify US presidents who discovered that human brains use the same centre that lights up when the speaker's face is presented to recognise a famous voice as part of a neuroscience study. ... read.. |
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Scientists throw light on mechanism of evolution |
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Washington | January 8, 2023 3:32:39 PM IST |
| The European mole, like the Australian marsupial mole, can easily burrow through the soil with its powerful digging shovels. Despite the fact that the two animal species live thousands of miles apart, they have evolved similar organs. ... read.. |
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Study finds new cellular component important for sense of smell |
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Stockholm | January 8, 2023 1:02:24 PM IST |
| In the neurons that our noses utilise to detect smell, scientists at Umea University in Sweden have found a previously unidentified cellular component called an organelle. The discovery may spur more studies into the COVID-19 symptom of poor smell percept ... read.. |
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Scars can be repaired with hair follicle transplants: Study |
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London | January 7, 2023 10:01:39 PM IST |
| According to a new study, skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after being treated with hair follicle transplants. Scarred skin generates new cells and blood vessels, remodelled collagen to reestablish healthy patterns, and even expressed g ... read.. |
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Study: Revealing roles of dementia proteins in normal memory |
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Washington | January 7, 2023 12:01:47 AM IST |
| New research has revealed how the tau protein, a critical element in the formation of Alzheimer's disease, is also involved in normal learning processes in the healthy brain, potentially providing a focal point for future drug therapies. ... read.. |
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Research explains how climate change can impact Indian Ocean dipole |
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Washington | January 6, 2023 10:04:10 PM IST |
| Researchers now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause seawater temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or cooler than the temperatures on the other, a phenomenon that can lead to sometimes de ... read.. |
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James Webb telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe |
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Washington | January 6, 2023 8:02:31 PM IST |
| NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars, elongated features of stars stretching from the centres of galaxies into their outer disks, at a time when the universe was a mere 25 per cent of its present ag ... read.. |
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Scars can be repaired by using transplanted hair follicles |
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London | January 6, 2023 7:31:55 PM IST |
| Skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after being treated with hair follicle transplants, according to a new study. Scarred skin grew new cells and blood vessels, remodelled collagen to restore healthy patterns, and even expressed genes foun ... read.. |
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Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain |
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New York | January 6, 2023 5:03:16 PM IST |
| The human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets, from the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures. Neuroimaging and molecular biology advances have only recently enabled scientists to study the living brain at previ ... read.. |
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Hydropower planning in Amazon more efficient with AI: Study |
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New York | January 6, 2023 4:31:43 PM IST |
| An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time how artificial intelligence can be used to develop sustainable hydropower across the entire Amazon basin, which stretches across South America. ... read.. |
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Impact of prairie dog plague diminished on others: Study |
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Los Angeles | January 6, 2023 4:31:37 PM IST |
| They discovered that the decline in prairie dogs, combined with unusually high precipitation in 2018, resulted in dramatic ecosystem changes. According to the researchers, the findings highlight the serious conservation challenges posed by boom-and-bust d ... read.. |
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Wave Growth Theory valid in space: Research |
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Nagoya | January 6, 2023 4:03:36 PM IST |
| When most people imagine outer space, they imagine it as a perfect vacuum. This impression is incorrect, because the vacuum is filled with charged particles. The density of charged particles in deep space is so low that they rarely collide with each other ... read.. |
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Research sheds light on sugar's role in common kidney disease |
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Washington | January 6, 2023 7:31:56 AM IST |
| A study of kidney organoids in a novel lab environment might have downstream implications for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an incurable condition that affects more than 12 million people worldwide. ... read.. |
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Scientists delve into how evolution works |
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Washington | January 6, 2023 5:34:57 AM IST |
| The European mole can burrow through the soil with ease with its powerful digging shovels and the same applies to the Australian marsupial mole. Even though the two animal species live far apart, they have developed similar organs in the course of evoluti ... read.. |
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Scientists develop new method of refrigeration |
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Washington | January 5, 2023 7:31:06 AM IST |
| Before a winter storm, adding salt on a road alters when the ice will form. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have applied this basic concept to develop a new heating and cooling method. ... read.. |
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Up to 35 new fish species found in Bolivian National Park |
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La Paz | January 4, 2023 10:33:40 PM IST |
| According to a study done as part of the Identidad Madidi expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the number of fish species recorded in Madidi National Park and Natural Integrated Management Area (PNANMI), Bolivia, has doubled to a staggerin ... read.. |
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Scientists make breakthrough by sequencing endangered sharks' genomes |
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Geneva | January 4, 2023 10:33:36 PM IST |
| It's a startling picture that encapsulates a turning point in shark conservation research. The genomes of great hammerhead and shortfin mako sharks, which include their full genetic code, have been sequenced to the chromosome level by Professor Shivji, Pr ... read.. |
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Study finds voice, face recognition are linked to brain center |
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Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) | January 4, 2023 1:02:54 PM IST |
| Human brains use the same centre that lights up when the speaker's face is shown to recognise a famous voice, according to a clever neuroscience study in which participants were asked to identify U.S. presidents. ... read.. |
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Study finds brains rely on sight to identify a voice |
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Washington | January 4, 2023 4:31:13 AM IST |
| A neuroscience study where participants were asked to identify U.S. presidents has found that to recognize a famous voice, human brains use the same center that lights up when the speaker's face is presented. ... read.. |
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Scientists discover new role of small RNAs in Salmonella infections |
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Washington | January 3, 2023 10:31:05 PM IST |
| Salmonella is a food-borne pathogen that infects millions of people each year. These bacteria rely on a complex network of genes and gene products to sense environmental conditions. Researchers investigated the role of small RNAs in helping Salmonella exp ... read.. |
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Air pollution linked to trajectory of stroke: Study |
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Washington | January 3, 2023 10:04:37 PM IST |
| Air pollution has been widely associated with an increased risk of stroke. A new study looks at the role of air pollution on the trajectory of stroke, including cardiovascular events after first stroke and death. The study is published in the September 28 ... read.. |
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Rhinos dispersed across South, Central Asia via Tibet: Study |
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Beijing | January 2, 2023 11:32:49 PM IST |
| The giant rhino, Paraceratherium, was the largest land mammal that ever lived and was found primarily in Asia, particularly in China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan. However, it was long unknown how this genus spread across Asia. A recent discovery ha ... read.. |
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Mirror image molecules reveal drought stress in forests |
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Mainz | January 2, 2023 8:31:55 PM IST |
| Similar to pinene, several monoterpenes may be found in (+) alpha-pinene and (-) alpha-pinene, which are mirror images of one another. Both of these volatile compounds can be released by plants either immediately upon biosynthesis or from storage pools in ... read.. |
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Climate data can help model spread of Covid-19: Research |
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San Francisco | January 2, 2023 8:03:22 PM IST |
| According to a new study by a group of researchers from the Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI), at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Transvalor S.A., France, Covid-19 transmission can be more precisely modelled by including meteorol ... read.. |
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Study finds how high-energy X-rays trace destruction in bone samples |
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Berlin | January 2, 2023 7:02:14 PM IST |
| Researchers revealed that it has long been known that X-rays damage living tissue beyond a certain dose, as a result, there are clear medical indications for X-rays to limit radiation exposure. Researchers rely on increasingly powerful X-ray sources in ba ... read.. |
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Research reveals how fatty acids are absorbed by singular cells |
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California | January 2, 2023 12:01:17 AM IST |
| A new method developed by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and the University of California, Riverside allows researchers to show how fatty acids are absorbed by single cells, providing new insights into cancer biology. ... read.. |
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Study: Lymphoma cell metabolism might provide new cancer target |
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Washington | January 1, 2023 5:01:48 AM IST |
| Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell ... read.. |
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