Washington, April 19 (IANS) While the world celebrated the detection of gravitational waves in September last year, less than half a second later, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope picked…
London, April 19 (IANS) Dinosaurs were already in a decline millions of years before the asteroid impact that finally caused their extinction, a new research revealed. Some scientists had previously thought that dinosaurs were flourishing…
New Delhi: Civil Defence volunteers stand on Delhi streets with placards urging people to follow odd-even traffic formula on April 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality showed good improvement…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Only 15 percent of people in India suffering from haemophilia — a genetic and life-threatening bleeding disorder — have been identified while the remaining still lay undiagnosed, health experts said…
New York, April 18 (IANS) Did you forget what it was you were about to say as the phone rang? According to the researchers, the same brain system that is involved in interrupting or stopping…
New York, April 18 (IANS) Children today are more stressed, experience less quality family time and have worse mental and emotional health than children in past generations, believe more than half of the US adults….
New York, April 18 (IANS) Application of sunscreen with a sun protection factor 30 (SPF30) prior to exposure to sunlight is likely to delay the onset of skin cancer, finds a new research. The study,…
London, April 18 (IANS) People who have suffered a heart attack tend to be more depressed but are less often prescribed anti-depressants than individuals who have not had a heart attack, finds new research. Stress…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) For those suffering from painful spinal fracture and fed up with medicines and bed rest, percutaneous vertebroplasty offers a promising remedy, said doctors. It’s available in a large number of…
Two happy women with teens New York, April 18 (IANS) Children raised in households with same-sex parents show no differences in outcomes of family relationships and child health as the kids of different-sex parents, a…
New York, April 18 (IANS) Does your toddler have a bigger appetite for desserts, even when he or she is not hungry? Beware, as according to a new study, kids who eat sweet, but not…
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) Chinese scientists said that they have successfully developed early-stage mouse embryos in space for the first time on a retrievable microgravity satellite set to return to Earth next week. The SJ-10…
Washington, April 18 (IANS) To celebrate the arrival of the first expandable habitat to the International Space Station (ISS) and the launch of the first commercial 3D printer to space, NASA and non-profit ASME Foundation…
London, April 17 (IANS) Cases of an antibiotic resistant sexually transmitted infection have been detected in London after initially being found only in the north, Public Health England (PHE) said on Sunday. Urging people to…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The spurt in the usage of steroids and muscle-building supplements is leading to several types of joints related ailments in youngsters, including Gout and Avascular Necrosis, according to orthopedecians. According…
New York, April 17 (IANS) While evaluating potential mates for a romantic relationship, women pay more heed to men’s negative qualities than positive ones, researchers found in a study. The study said even if a…
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim has recently established a supercomputer ‘Param Kanchenjunga’, which is said to be fastest among all 31 NITs, an official said. “It is aimed to…
(160416) — KUMAMOTO, April 16, 2016 (Xinhua) — Houses are destroyed by the earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan, April 16, 2016. At least 22 people have been confirmed dead after a 7.3-magnitude…
New York, April 17 (IANS) Scientists have identified a new mechanism in the human brain that plays a major role in regulating the “switch” between sleep and wakefulness. The researchers focused on a particular brain…
London, April 17 (IANS) Swedish researchers have identified a protein commonly found in connective tissue that contributes to the development as well as spread of breast cancer. Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) is a protein…