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Study unravels key behind bat’s superpowers

The genetic basis of bats’ superpowers.

Humanoid chewing robot could help assess medicated chewing gum

Robot jaws show medicated chewing gum could be the future.

Maltreatment in childhood increases the higher risk of a heart attack in women

The evidence of sex differences in the association of childhood abuse and CVH.

Not all saber-tooths were fearsome predators

Saber-toothed mammals, now all extinct, were cats or "cat-like" forms with enlarged, blade-like upper canines, proposed as specialists in taking large prey. During the...

How water in the deep Earth triggers earthquakes and tsunamis?

Oceanic lithosphere carries volatiles, notably water, into the mantle through subduction at convergent plate boundaries. This subducted water exercises control on the production of...

Scientists see-through glass frogs’ translucent camouflage

Glass frog (family Centrolenidae), any of a group of tree frogs found in the New World tropics, some species of which have transparent bellies...

New study aimed to identify markers that could predict COVID-19 outcome

The UK has been hit very hard in this wave of COVID-19. There is a dire need to distinguish why a few patients with...

People are more likely to choose non-alcoholic drinks if more of those drinks are available

A new study by the University of Bristol aimed to determine the impact of increasing the absolute and relative availability of non-alcoholic compared to...

Prolonged use of synthetic corticosteroid drugs increases adrenal gland inflammation

Synthetic glucocorticoids are broadly endorsed for the treatment of various provocative and autoimmune diseases, and they can likewise influence how the adrenal gland produces...

Drinking during pregnancy linked to offspring depression

Past studies have suggested that babies exposed to alcohol in the womb have a higher risk of a variety of adverse outcomes. Other studies...

Antimicrobial insect wings hold clues for improved medical implants

Some insects, for example, dragonflies, have evolved nanoprotrusions on their wings that burst bacterias on contact. This has propelled the structure of antibacterial implant...

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