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Ornithology
New bird species
A NEW species of bird has been described in north-eastern India and adjacent parts of China by a team of scientists from Sweden, China, the United Sta
Seismology
Small slips and big earthquakes
RESEARCHERS have identified a “slow slip” pattern of gradual deformation that begins just before moderate and major earthquakes, according to Naoki Uc
Mathematics
Largest known prime number
ON January 7, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project of the University of Central Missouri discovered the new largest known prime nu
Medical research
Yoga and risk of glaucoma
GLAUCOMA patients may experience increased eye pressure when performing several different head-down positions while practising yoga, according to a ne
Malaria
Drug resistance of malarial parasite
NEW findings from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health have confirmed that dihydroar
Polio
For safer vaccines in polio-free world
AS the world is approaching the goal of polio virus eradication, there are concerns among scientists about post-eradication manufacturing and stockpil
Physics
Breaking bonds to evaporate
At the molecular level, evaporation of water requires breaking at least one strong intermolecular bond between two water molecules at the interface. T
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