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New mRNA vaccine fights brain cancer in children by triggering attack from within

May 9, 2024 admin

Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don’t respond to traditional treatments because many chemotherapies are unable to penetrate the protective barrier around the brain. Other treatments like radiation and surgery can leave patients with lifelong debilitating side effects. As a result, brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related…

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Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump

May 9, 2024 admin

Spring is go time for climbers who hope to summit Mount Everest, Earth’s highest peak above sea level. Hundreds of mountaineers from around the world travel to Asia in April and May, headed for base camps in Nepal and Tibet. But jagged peaks won’t be the only thing they see. Especially on Everest’s more heavily…

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The price of Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala corset look? Guts, lungs, heart

May 9, 2024 admin

Kim Kardashian has served up controversial Met Gala looks for over a decade. Every year, her waist seems to shrink further in ever tightening corsets. Her outfit by Maison Margiela Artisanal for the Met Gala 2024 was no exception. At this event, though, the corsetry was so extreme that viewers seemed more concerned by Kardashian’s…

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Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago

May 9, 2024 admin

Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. The Sahara desert expanded and grasslands, forests and lakes favoured by humans disappeared. Humans were forced to retreat to the mountains, the oases, and the Nile valley and delta. As a relatively large and dispersed population was squeezed into smaller and more…

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Sci-Five: The Hindu Science Quiz: On Bioluminescence

May 9, 2024 admin

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Bioluminescence This image from video provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in April 2024 shows bioluminescence in the shaggy bamboo coral Isidella tentaculum filmed in the ocean by a remotely operated vehicle. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | What kind of reaction causes bioluminescence? Physical…

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Byju’s slashes course fees by 30-40%, ups sales incentives by 50-100%

May 9, 2024 admin

Byju’s has announced change in sales strategy. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Edtech firm Think and Learn – owner of Byju’s brand – has slashed course subscription fees by 30-40% and hiked sales incentives by 50-100%, according to sources. Byju’s Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran, who has started handling the company’s daily operations, in a meeting…

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U.S. restorationist solves 60-million-year-old dinosaur fossil ‘puzzles’

May 9, 2024 admin

Before a T. rex can tower over museum visitors or a Triceratops can show off its huge horns, dinosaur fossils must first be painstakingly reconstructed — cleaned, fit together and even painted. For U.S. restorationist Lauren McClain, the process is like putting together a giant 3D puzzle. Ms. McClain’s job begins at her home workshop…

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Ajit Doval Discusses Critical Tech, Global Issues With UK Counterpart Tim Barrow

May 9, 2024 admin

They also discussed bilateral issues and regional and global matters of mutual interest. New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met with his United Kingdom counterpart, Tim Barrow, on Thursday for the India-UK Strategic Dialogue. During this meeting, the two top sides held discussions on the “Technology and Security Initiative, which will be a…

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Amid Haryana Crisis, 4 MLAs Of Dushyant Chautala Meet BJP’s ML Khattar

May 9, 2024 admin

Chandigarh:: Dushyant Chautala, the friend-turned-foe of the BJP who is out to fell the government, should guard his flock, sources have indicated. As efforts are on to bring a no-confidence motion against the Nayab Singh Saini government after three Independent MLAs pulled support off the BJP, a handful of Mr Chautala’s MLAs met the former…

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Rupee settles on flat note, higher by 2 paise at 83.50 against U.S. dollar

May 9, 2024 admin

The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled for the day on a flat note, higher by 2 paise at 83.50 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on May 09, on weak domestic markets and a strong American currency. Forex traders said massive foreign fund outflows dented investors’ sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange market,…

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