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Scientists one step closer to understanding how water ‘lubricates’ proteins

Washington, Nov 15 : Researchers from Ohio State University have reported using ultra-fast light pulses to reveal how water molecules link up with proteins and enable them to move and function.

Stems cells from menstrual blood help treat damaged womb tissue

Washington, Nov 15 : A scientist in Wichita, Kansas, has claimed that he has identified a new type of stem cell that can be reproducibly isolated from menstrual blood collected from healthy female

North America ‘overwhelmed’ by human-caused emissions

Washington, Nov 15 : The first “State of the Carbon Cycle Report” for North America has revealed that the continent’s carbon budget is increasingly overwhelmed by human-caused emissions.

Lecture search engine to aid students on the anvil

Washington, Nov 15 : Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a web-based technology that enables users to search hundreds of MIT lectures

Local bars, not liquor stores, linked to binge drinking

Washington, Nov 15: A new study has revealed that bars and nightclubs, but not liquor stores, are associated with excessive alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking in adults who live nearby

Brian implant may help restore speech

Washington, November 15: US neuroscientists are hoping to restore speech to a man who has been paralysed for eight years, and is unable to communicate other than through eye movements, with the hel

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