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Washington, Dec 19 : A new study has revealed that eating bilberries diminishes the adverse effects of a high-fat diet, as they were shown to have beneficial effects on both blood pressure and nutrition-derived inflammatory responses.

According to a recent study at the University of Eastern Finland, low-grade inflammation and elevated blood pressure are often associated with obesity-related diseases and the study focused on the health effects of bilberries on mice that were fed high-fat diet for a period of three months.

Washington, Dec 19 : A new study has demonstrated that our ancestors had evolved the ability to see the full-color spectrum of visible light, except for UV around 30 million years ago.

The scientists have finished a detailed and complete picture of the evolution of human color vision. PLOS Genetics published the final pieces of this picture: The process for how humans switched from ultraviolet (UV) vision to violet vision, or the ability to see blue light.

Washington, Dec 19 : A new study has revealed that some anti-inflammatory drugs have the potential to prevent the second most common type of skin cancer.

Scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute said that these drugs could be particularly beneficial to people at high risk of developing these cancers.

Dr Catherine Olsen said that this is the best evidence to date of the effect of NSAIDS on squamous cell skin cancer and clinicians can now take this into consideration when prescribing anti-inflammatory medication for their patients with other sun-induced skin tumours who may be at high risk of SCC.

Washington, Dec 19 : A new study has revealed that a fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface billions of zinc atoms in "zinc sparks," one wave after another.

Using cutting-edge technology they developed, including new high-energy X-ray imaging techniques, the team is the first to capture images of these molecular fireworks and pinpoint the origin of the zinc sparks: tiny zinc-rich packages just below the egg's surface.

Washington, Dec 19 : Rocket Internet's Easy Taxi has cancelled its plans of debuting in India, and announced that it is cutting back on businesses in Indonesia and Hong Kong.

According to Tech Crunch, Easy Taxi, a rival to taxi app businesses like Uber, confirmed that it is scaling down operations in Hong Kong and Indonesia in order to focus on other core markets.

The company said that it will continue to operate in these countries as long as it found the service levels acceptable, adding that it was providing support to its local partners.

New Delhi, Dec 19 : Aamir Khan's comedy-drama 'PK' has finally hit the theatres and is expected to break several box-office records.

People thronged theatres across India to watch the much awaited Bollywood comedy-drama as the movie is considered as the most anticipated Bollywood film of the year.

"I am anticipating that the film is good. I booked tickets for this show five days ago," said a viewer, Ajay Kumar, outside a theatre in India's northern Lucknow city.

Trailers and publicity stills released in the last few weeks have sparked a guessing game about the plot, with its green-eyed hero said to be an alien or an autistic savant.