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21 Jun 2017

Obese patients have higher risk of infection after heart bypass surgery

A new study has found that patients with obesity have much higher risk of developing an infection soon after heart bypass surgery.

31 Jan 2017

Think bursting balloons is fun? It could cause permanent hearing loss!

Researchers have found that popping balloons can be louder than shotgun blasts and can lead to permanent hearing loss.

25 Oct 2016

Dinosaurs were social animals, not solo creatures

Dismissing a common perception that dinosaurs were solitary, vicious monsters, researchers have found evidence that just like most modern animals, these gigantic creatures too loved company and they lived and died together in groups.

20 Sep 2016

Early Earth was covered with oceanic crust surface

Reimink's study found the presence of well-preserved grains of the mineral zircon during fieldwork in an area roughly 300 km north of Yellowknife.

03 Jun 2016

Consume lots of fruits during pregnancy to have smart kids!

This is definitely a good health tip which all would-be-mothers should follow.

10 Apr 2016

Controlling 'bad cholesterol' may prevent tumour growth

One of the key factors for this process are proteins we all have that, in larger quantities, may cause a decrease in the amount of LDL receptors to excrete the cholesterol.

10 Feb 2016

New method to 'weld' neurons using lasers

Femtosecond laser pulses - each ultrashort pulse occurring every 10-15 seconds - were delivered to the meeting point of the two cells.

24 Jan 2016

Diamonds used to "probe" ancient Earth

While the diamonds of this study were found in 3 billion-year-old sedimentary rocks, diamond formation occurred much deeper, within Earth's mantle.

23 Jan 2016

Opioids don't guarantee improvement in physical function

Patients who were not prescribed any opioids had statistically lower disability and higher physical functioning scores, the findings showed.

06 Nov 2015

Boxing more dangerous than mixed martial arts

The researchers reviewed a decade's worth of data from medical examinations.

02 Nov 2015

Dinosaur fossil with preserved feathers, skin found

Although the preserved feathers are extremely crushed due to sediment compaction, scanning electron microscopy shows a three-dimensional keratin structure to the feathers on the tail and body.

22 Sep 2015

Scientists unveil `dimmer switch` for type-2 diabetes

Researchers have identified a 'dimmer switch' which could delay the onset of Type-2 diabetes.

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