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Pregnant Women Can Run and Exercise Regularly, Claim Experts

By Kanika Gupta - May 31, 2016 08:03 PM EDT

Exercising and running everyday can have wealth of positive effects on pregnant women. In fact, experts urge women to exercise more regularly, even during their pregnancy.

Climate Change Does Not Affect Antarctic Ocean Due To Deep, Old Water

By R. Siva Kumar - May 31, 2016 01:17 PM EDT

A new study shows that the Antarctic Ocean remains uninfluenced by climate change as well as global warming due to "deep, old water" that is continuously pulled up to the ocean's surface.

Why Antarctic Ocean hasn’t warmed when the rest of the world has?

By Zubera - May 31, 2016 08:59 AM EDT

Is the deep, old water the reason for the Antarctic Ocean hasn't warmed?

How Does Zika Virus Infect Placenta And Fetus?

By R. Siva Kumar - May 31, 2016 01:17 PM EDT

The Emory University School of Medicine experts find that the Zika virus can infect and replicate placental immune cells. However, the virus does not kill the cells.

Brains Of Schizophrenics Can Self-Heal And Reverse Their Illness

By R. Siva Kumar - May 31, 2016 01:20 PM EDT

Scientists found with the help of MRI scans that the brains of schizophrenics can repair themselves.

Coral Bleaching Has Damaged Over One-Third Of Corals In Parts Of Great Barrier Reef

By R. Siva Kumar - May 31, 2016 01:17 PM EDT

More than one-third of the corals in parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by coral bleaching, show new studies.

Skin Cancer Drug HA15 Has Been Developed

By R. Siva Kumar - May 31, 2016 01:17 PM EDT

A new skin cancer drug called HA15, reducing the viability of melanoma and acting as a protection against the sun has been developed by scientists.

Alzheimer's Disease Build Up May Stem From Body's Immune Response To Infection

By R. Siva Kumar - May 28, 2016 09:36 AM EDT

A new study shows that building up of amyloid-beta, which is a vital protein in Alzheimer's disease, may be due to the body's immune response to infection.

Mars Seems To Be Emerging From Ice Age That Ended 400,000 Years Ago

By R. Siva Kumar - May 28, 2016 09:36 AM EDT

Accumulated ice at Mars' poles, especially the north pole, suggests that it is emerging from an ice age that ended about 400,000 years ago.

Clouds And Aerosols Can Be Vital To Understand And Predict Climate Change

By R. Siva Kumar - May 28, 2016 09:35 AM EDT

Understanding aerosols, as well as the process of cloud formation, can help us to predict climate change effects better, says a new study.

About Half Of Antidepressant Prescriptions Are For Insomnia, Anxiety, Pain

By R. Siva Kumar - May 28, 2016 09:34 AM EDT

Antidepressants are being prescribed to address a number of problems apart from depression and include off-label uses.

Link Between Cellphone Radiation And Cancer In Rats Found

By R. Siva Kumar - May 28, 2016 09:34 AM EDT

Cellphone radiation may lead to tumor growth in rats over a long period of time, says a new study.

Hawaii Is Eyeing GMO Mosquitoes To Save Birds From Extinction

By Dipannita - May 27, 2016 09:47 AM EDT

A number of scientists from around the world have been proposed to use genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes to keep the transmission of dengue, Zika and other-mosquito-borne illnesses in control. However, this idea was first proposed years ago by officials in Hawaii, but for a different purpose altogether.

Engineers Take First Step Toward Flexible, Wearable, Tricorder-like Device

By Dipannita - May 27, 2016 09:47 AM EDT

Ever thought of a device that can track human body's electric and biochemical signals at the same time? Well, the device has already been created by a team of engineers at the University of San Diego.

Scientists Finally Decode Arctic And Antarctic Sea Ice Change Mystery

By Dipannita - May 27, 2016 09:48 AM EDT

A collaboration between NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has finally revealed why there is a difference between the sea ice change of Arctic and Antarctic.

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