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Can body painting be a protective measure against blood-sucking insects? Bodypainting is widespread in African, Australian, and Papua New Guinean indigenous communities. The…

Around 750 million people do not get their dietary protein requirement through their daily diet. Several such protein supplements are available in the market. To combat this issue,…

Have you heard about flesh-eating bacteria? Well, there are a group of bacteria known as group A Streptococcus. They usually cause ‘strep throat’ or streptococcal pharyngitis and…

Diabetes has been affecting several irrespective of geography. Despite diabetes being so common very little is known about the pathological changes arising in vascular tissues of…

Addiction to alcohol is a major issue among several. People have to visit rehabilitation centers regularly to quit drinking permanently. Researchers have come up with an…

We ask people to go for public transportation instead of private transports in order to reduce air pollution. Another advantage of using public transport might be its role in…

Babies are often rocked to sleep, just so that they do not cry. But did you know that rocking can even improve the sleep and memory? According to two studies published in Current…

We have always known that the bacteria causing any gum disease would be residing in the mouth. However, a group of researchers at a biotech company have come with a different…

We know air pollution may be the cause of several diseases. But retarded intellectual development was never one of those. However, according to a study published in the Journal of…

Both viruses and bacteria are menaces to the living world. What if one could be used to kill the other? The scientists of Pittsburgh University have recently discovered one such…