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    Earwax Can Indicate Parkinson’s Disease, Preliminary Study Finds

    Earwax Can Indicate Parkinson’s Disease, Preliminary Study Finds

    Scientists identified volatile organic compounds in earwax that were significantly enriched in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Image credit:Xing Chen In 2012, Joy Milnea Scottish retired nurse, asked Beasts than tath of the University of Edinburgh a surprising question during his public talk: She was curious if people with Parkinson’s disease smell different. In the time…

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    Astronomers detect life’s building blocks around a young star

    Astronomers detect life’s building blocks around a young star

    Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic molecules – including the first tentative detection of ethylene glycol and glycolonitrile – in the protoplanetary disc of the outbursting protostar V883 Orionis. These compounds are considered precursors…

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    A note on the issue: It takes a village to create art

    A note on the issue: It takes a village to create art

    We examine the impact of Impressionism on Indian artists, who fused it with indigenous ideas and modernism to create a unique style /news/opinion/impressionism-indian-art-heeramandi-kinara-capital-abhinav-bindra-111714185939033.html 111714185939033 story Artists are often considered isolated iconoclasts but contrary to popular belief, they’re quite a sociable bunch. Artists V. Viswanathan and S.G. Vasudev, as well as the late sculptor S. Nandagopal,…

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