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Health & Fitness
Holding breath may increase risk of getting COVID-19 Infection
New Delhi (India Science Wire): High demand for information on COVID pandemic, its toll on healthcare systems and lives, and the many unanswered questions about a virus that was discovered only in December 2019 have created the breeding ground for myths and fake news. ‘The ability to hold the breath for a minute is a sign of a COVID-free body’,…
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Science
Researchers discover a universal phenomenon that may help connect dissimilar fields
New Delhi : Ever observed the flock of pigeons taking off in a jiffy? Suddenly they take-off helter-skelter but within a flash, they are in a formation. The sudden emergence of spontaneous order is called self-organisation. While the random flight is periodic, the emergence of formation is harmonic. In the self-organisation, individual components organise their collective behaviour to create global…
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