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Heart surgery survival chances more in children with high blood pressure g
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that children with a genetic makeup that predicts high blood pressure as adults are more likely to survive congenital heart defect repair surgery.
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New research finds brain circuit that triggers execution of planned moveme
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Florida [US], March 16 (ANI): Research led by scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has found how cues in our environment can trigger planned movement.
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Study finds large impact of controlling humidity on greenhouse gas emissio
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Colorado [US], March 16 (ANI): According to an analysis done by scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Xerox PARC, greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioners are expected to climb as economic growth has driven efforts to control both temperature and humidity.
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Microbes, minerals might have triggered Earth's oxygenation: Study
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Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): There was barely any oxygen in the air for the first 2 billion years of Earth's history and though some microbes were photosynthesizing by the latter part of this period, accumulation of oxygen had not reached levels that would impact the global biosphere.
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Study suggests climate tipping may not always be disastrous
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Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): The findings of a recent mathematical analysis, of tipping in large, spatially heterogeneous systems, which natural systems like ice sheets, lakes, and forests often are, suggest that the consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much subtler an
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Human-induced climate change can cause widespread disruption in nature, sa
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 14 (ANI): A new study by scientists found that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least abl
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Extent of pharmaceutical pollution is contaminating world's rivers, finds
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Heslington [United Kingdom], March 14 (ANI): A new study led by the University of York's Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry has found that pharmaceutical pollution is contaminating the world's rivers to a greater extent.
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Researchers find role of communication defects in psychotic disorders
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): Dysfunctions in these communication pathways in brain areas have a lot of chances to be correlated with the onset of schizophrenia. Recent research has demonstrated this phenomenon in human beings.
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Researchers find how brain makes memories
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Los Angeles (California) [US], March 13 (ANI): We form innumerable memories as we grow up, yet we still remember, at times, even insignificant things very clearly... but how?
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Study finds how stress can damage movement centres in brain
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Bonn [Germany], March 13 (ANI): According to the conclusion of a recent study at the University of Bonn, stress seems to have a negative effect on the learning of movements.
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Meteorites that helped form earth may have formed in outer solar system, s
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 13 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology suggested that these asteroidal materials might have formed very far out in the early Solar System then been transported into the inner Solar System by ch
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Research finds childhood trauma, genetics associated with increased risk o
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Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): New research from the Healthy Nevada Project found an association between genetics, obesity, and childhood trauma, linking social health determinants, genetics, and disease.
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