130-Million-Year-Old Mosquito Fossil Rewrite the Bloodsucking History

130-Million-Year-Old Mosquito Fossil Rewrite the Bloodsucking History

A team of paleontologists describes the discovery of several mosquitoes in 125 million year old Lebanese amber. They represent a new species. Unexpectedly, the males appeared to have piercing proboscis armed with pointed mandibles and were probably bloodsucking like today’s females. An exceptional discovery Female mosquitoes, well known for their hematophagy (feeding on blood), are […]

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Efficiency & Innovation: Centralized Refrigeration in Food Processing

Efficiency & Innovation: Centralized Refrigeration in Food Processing

Refrigeration simply refers to mechanical processes that help in taking out the heat from a concerned physical space and thus lowering its temperature. In centralized refrigeration, the cooling is done at a particular centralized position and the cooled air/fluid is distributed. Refrigeration in an industrial setting encompasses a whole range of mechanical processes including pre-cooling, […]

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Endocrine therapy is effective against cancer: Study

Endocrine therapy is effective against cancer: Study

A study conducted on nearly 6,000 patients demonstrated the importance of endocrine treatment and a drug in treating breast cancer. Scientists from the Biosanitary Institute of Granada in southern Spain, led by Isabel Blancas Lopez Barajas and Sergio Granados, participated in this research. The results were published in the Annals of Oncology. They have been […]

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