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Neuroscience

A configuration of electrical synapses that filter sensory information

Pranjal Malewar

How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better decisions?

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Science

New plant stem cells research reveals how plants grow stronger

Ashwini Sakharkar

We shouldn't ignore the potential of stem cells in plants.

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Health

Are eggs good for us? Scientists tackled the debate in a new way

Pranjal Malewar

A comprehensive picture of health benefits of eggs.

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Health

Adding 3,000 daily steps reduces blood pressure in older people

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Three thousand daily steps cut blood pressure in sedentary seniors with hypertension: e-health study.

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Invention

Scientists have created a strong material with very low density

Amit Malewar

Strong as Glass.

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Health

Perfect tracking is not needed to achieve significant weight loss

Dr. Prajakta Banik

The importance of food tracking for weight loss.

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Space

Supercomputer simulations to crack the mystery of massive black holes and quasars

Amit Malewar

A discovery that provides new insight into how galaxies evolve.

Earth's early microbes relied on arsenic to exist
Science

Earth’s early microbes relied on arsenic to exist

Amit Malewar

The findings give a strong sense of the early conditions of Earth.

These new stem cells with the ability to generate new bone
Science

These new stem cells have the ability to generate new bone

Amit Malewar

Bone remodeling and regeneration are dependent on resident stem/progenitor cells with the capability to replenish mature osteoblasts and repair the skeleton. Until now, it has...

An illustration showing interactions between components of the AH10-7 compound (yellow), an immune system antigen-presenting cell (gray), and an invariant natural killer T cell (green and blue) that spark activation of iNKT cells in 'humanized' mice. (Image courtesy of Jose Gascon/UConn)
Health

Scientists identified a new compound that helps activate cancer-fighting T Cells

Amit Malewar

Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are intense weapons our body's resistant frameworks rely on to battle contamination and battle illnesses like growth, different...

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