New York, March 16 (IANS) In settings where traditional microscope is not available, smartphones can be used as microscopes to detect skin cancer with a reasonable accuracy, new research has found. “Doctors in some remote…
Washington, March 16 (IANS) NASA’s John H Glenn Research Centre is going to light a “large scale fire” in space as part of an experiment that seeks to understand how fire spreads in a micro-gravity…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The requirement to print pictorial health warnings on 50 percent of the two sides of the packs of tobacco products is “excessive” and will adversely impact tobacco farming and industry,…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Drug and narcotics-related offences are on the rise in the country, with 1,699 deaths reported in 2014, parliament was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Shining a new ray of hope for patients in need of heart transplants, researchers have developed a self-regulating cardiac patch that not only replaces diseased organic tissue but also ensures…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Researchers have created a synthetic painless patch filled with natural beta cells that can secrete doses of insulin to control blood sugar levels on demand. The patch could provide relief…
London, March 15 (IANS) If your spouse wants you to quit smoking, do it quickly and impress her as abruptly kicking the butt is more likely to lead to lasting abstinence compared to refraining from…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Inspired by nature, researchers have looked at the fish’s retinal structure to design a contact lens that can adjust its focus and help treat a common eye disorder. Making the…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Researchers from Harvard University have developed a technique that can quickly change the opacity of a window, turning it cloudy, clear or somewhere in between with the flick of a…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Environmental intervention can increase a child’s general intelligence, but the effects are unlikely to be permanent, new research has found. The findings suggest that intelligence can adapt to meet increased…
New York, March 15 (IANS) A combination treatment consisting of the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin and an experimental targeted agent may shut down one of the most common and lethal forms of lung cancer, says…
London, March 15 (IANS) A drug prescribed for patients affected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is likely to prevent skin cancer developing resistance at the initial stages, suggests a new study. The experiment carried…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Adolescents, especially young women, who grow up and live in poor neighbourhoods are more likely to become or remain obese in adulthood than their peers who live in more affluent…
New York, March 15 (IANS) A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is working on a new social robot that is helping students learn through personalised interactions. A team led by…
London, March 15 (IANS) Overweight women using oral birth pills are likely to have an increased risk of a rare type of stroke, suggests a study. The results showed that women who are obese (a…
Tokyo, March 15 (IANS) Japanese electronics giant Toshiba in collaboration with Osaka University has developed a sensor that detects infectious viruses in five minutes, the media reported on Tuesday. Faster diagnosis will help not only…
New York, March 15 (IANS) A team of US researchers has found that medical students, especially who are young, single and under high debt are twice as likely to abuse alcohol than their peers who…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Forget the toxic material lithium as researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with an alternative system for generating electricity which harnesses heat and uses no…
New York, March 15 (IANS) Rising temperatures worldwide are changing not only weather systems, but — just as importantly — the distribution of water around the globe, thereby affecting the availability of potable water, says…
New York, March 15 (IANS) A new air data probe by NASA may improve the investigation to control and lessen the noise of sonic booms so that the US federal regulators allow commercial supersonic flights…