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Top 7 Spiritual Benefits Of Salt

Salt is always connected with the spirituality in many traditions as it represents energy, balance, cleansing, purity, and protection. Salt is generally known for its purifying and transforming qualities. Salt is considered as a powerful…

How cells habituate | ScienceDaily

A dog learns to sit on command, a person hears and eventually tunes out the hum of a washing machine while reading … The capacity to learn and adapt is central to evolution and, indeed, survival. Habituation -- adaptation's less-glamorous…

Dieting: Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered

Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics. Anyone who has ever tried to get rid of a few extra kilos knows the frustration: the weight drops…

Tiny worm makes for big evolutionary discovery

Everyone has a past. That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa. Until recently, details about this group's most distant past have been elusive. But…

New oral drug to calm abdominal pain

University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions. Associate Professor Markus…

When hepatitis E viruses attack nerve cells

Hepatitis E viruses (HEV) typically cause liver infections. They can, however, also infect other organs and cause neurological disorders. Little is yet known about how this process works. In a first, a research team headed by Michelle Jagst…

Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations

Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, the urgency for effective restoration…