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Mobile health intervention leads to improved lifestyle-related behaviour that prevents secondary stroke, finds SPRINT India trial

Done across 31 stroke centres, including 13 government hospitals in India, the study has been published in Lancet Global Health

Viral nutrition: new study reveals microbes nourished by consuming viruses

Vasudevan Mukunth

The open access movement, to make academic papers accessible for all

Vasudevan Mukunth

The illusion of being faster than light: how black holes are formed through the merging of neutron stars

Shubashree Desikan

Scientists propose new DNA-based nomenclature system for single-celled organisms

Priyali Prakash

The scientific and medical community recognising the problem is the first step in addressing the concerns of women.

Studying menstrual disturbances post COVID-19 vaccination

Brain networks and nicotine addiction

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There are various ramifications to hunger, and an important part of it is micronutrient malnutrition.

Engineering tomatoes to produce vitamin D

Shubashree Desikan

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Eugene Parker 1927-2022

Physicist Eugene Parker, who theorized the existence of solar wind, dies aged 94

Building family trees is very popular with many people and now with science we are able to take this process back thousands of years.

The largest and deepest probe into the human family tree

Shubashree Desikan

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Best from science journals: Physics of foam

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Best from science journals: What makes us sneeze?

In this Friday, March 9, 2012 photo, an aurora borealis swirls in the sky over the Yukon River village of Ruby, Alaska

Best from science journals: Decoding northern lights

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Best from science journals: When the Sahara was green

Best from science journals: How memories are strengthened during sleep

The warped shape of the stellar disk of the Milky Way galaxy, determined by mapping the distribution of young stars called Cepheids with distances set out in light years, is seen in this illustration released on August 1, 2019.

Best from science journals: Alien radioactive element

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Best from science journals: Tiny injectable chips

Illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover at work within the Jezero Crater on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Best from science journals: Icy clouds on Mars

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Best from science journals: Is the Red Sea an ocean?

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Best from science journals: Monkey–human embryos

On the right is a microscope objective used to observe and analyse the light emerging from the resonator. Credit: Gregor Hübl/University of Bonn

Best from science journals: A new state of light

Study led by University of Ottawa student finds video games can be a new tool on surgical tray for medical students

Calling all medical students: Here’s how Fortnite and Zelda can up your surgical game

Divya Kala Bhavani