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Can dogs identify Malaria by sniffing? Scientists in Britain think so
Scientists in Britain have been running experiments to train the animals to detect the disease, which kills around 430,000 people a year – most of them children in…
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INDIA
Scientists develop tool to check fake news on social media
Developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in the US, the tool uses a Platform Health Metric called the Iffy Quotient,…
INDIA
Scientists develop cell-sized robots to help detect diseases
The key to making such tiny devices, which the team calls “syncells” (short for synthetic cells), in large quantities lies in controlling…
INDIA
Drug cocktail that increases lifespan discovered, claim scientists
The study, published in the journal Developmental Cell, lays crucial groundwork for further research into designing drug combinations that produce the same…
SCIENCE
Scientists grow human esophagus in lab
Scientists working to bioengineer the entire human gastrointestinal system in a laboratory now report using pluripotent stem cells to grow human esophageal…
SCIENCE
What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists
Mammals are unique in many ways. We’re warm-blooded and agile in comparison with our reptilian relatives. But a new study, funded by…
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Scientists quantify the vast and valuable finds stored on museum shelves
Days after a fire tore through Brazil’s National Museum and destroyed specimens of irreplaceable heritage, a team of scientists has quantified the…