DS Group launches ‘Pulse Litchi’ with a tangy twist

Expands its popular Pass Pass Pulse range Udaipur:  Pass Pass Pulse added an exciting new flavour, Pulse Litchi to a line of successful variants like, Kachcha Aam, Guava, Orange and Pineapple. Pass Pass Pulse has retained its number one position in the Hard Boiled candy segment for two consecutive years, due to its unique and innovative combination … Read more

A switch to turn fragrances on and off

Salk Institute and Purdue University scientists have discovered the switch in plants that turns off production of terpenoids — carbon-rich compounds that play roles in plant physiology and are used by humans in everything from fragrances and flavorings to biofuels and pharmaceuticals. Plant terpenoids are found in nutritional supplements, natural insecticides, and drugs used to … Read more

Orphaned elephants have a tougher social life

Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence of how the impacts of poaching cascade through elephant societies. The research, part of a wider study by Save The Elephants and Colorado State University into the social impact of adult mortality on … Read more

Wireless communication breaks through water-air barrier

MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne devices. Today, underwater sensors cannot share data with those on land, as both use different wireless signals that only work in their respective mediums. Radio signals that travel through air die very rapidly in … Read more

Enigmatic African fossils rewrite story of when lemurs got to Madagascar

Discovered more than half a century ago in Kenya and sitting in museum storage ever since, the roughly 20-million-year-old fossil Propotto leakeyi was long classified as a fruit bat. Now, it’s helping researchers rethink the early evolution of lemurs, distant primate cousins of humans that today are only found on the island of Madagascar, some … Read more

Annual pap test a ‘thing of the past?’

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has released new recommendations on screening for cervical cancer. These latest recommendations continue the trend of decreasing participant burden by lengthening screening intervals, making the “annual Pap” a historical artifact. Since its introduction 75 years ago, exfoliative cytology commonly known as the Pap test has been the … Read more

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