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Climate change having uneven impact on world's arid regions
For the study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, researchers from University of Copenhagen in Denmark followed vegetation trends across the planet's driest areas using satellite imagery from recent decades.
Regions of brain where serotonin promotes patience identified
The study draws heavily on previous research, where the unit used a powerful technique called optogenetics -- using light to stimulate specific neurons in the brain -- to establish a causal link between serotonin and patience.
This galaxy surviving a black hole's feast
"We were surprised to see another oddball galaxy that defies current theories," said Kevin Cooke, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and lead author of this study.
Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease
According to the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience, degeneration of the optic nerves, Dominant optic atrophy (DOA) typically starts to cause symptoms in patients in their early adult years.
Space travel can adversely affect energy production in a cell
The results, published in the journal Cell, are based on studies of both mice and humans who have travelled into space reveal.
Pneumonia vaccine may reduce impact of Covid-19: Study
According to the researchers, rotavirus is severely contagious and the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children. It can even cause death in extreme cases.
NASA starts assembling Artemis moon mission rocket
Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight to test the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon in the Artemis programme.
Early birth linked to greater risk of hospital visits during childhood
Existing evidence suggests that the risk of illness associated with preterm birth declines as children grow up, but it remains unclear at what age this begins to happen and how these changes vary by week of gestational age at birth.
Stress in pregnancy may influence baby's brain development
The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that stress levels in mothers - measured by a hormone linked to anxiety and other health problems - is related to changes in areas of the infant brain associated with emotional development.
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites for cheaper Internet
This was SpaceX's 16th Starlink mission and the company has to date launched nearly 1,000 small satellites for its constellation.
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