New York, March 9 (IANS) Anti-depressants which are commonly used to treat anxiety, pain and other disorders, can weaken bone growth and may play a role in dental implant failure, says a study. A team…
New York, March 9 (IANS) While the negative effects of excessive video gaming have been widely reported, a new research has found that playing video games is associated with high overall school competence and less…
London, March 9 (IANS) In a first, a 15-year-old girl diagnosed with paralysis-causing myelitis was found to be infected by Zika virus, French researchers have reported. “This case strengths the hypothesis regarding the neurotropic nature…
New York, March 9 (IANS) Do you get irritated from your spouse snoring every night? According to a team of US researchers, dentists see more into patient’s mouth than physicians and can tell sleep-related disorder…
New York, March 9 (IANS) Parents may please take note that overweight and obese kids may be more impatient than their peers while crossing the road, and compromise their own safety to expedite the…
Seoul, March 9 (IANS) A team of South Korean researchers has developed a novel fuel cell that can let drones fly for more than an hour and can lead to smartphones batteries that need charge…
New York, March 9 (IANS) A team of US researchers has revealed the global spread of an ancient group of retroviruses that affected about 28 of 50 modern mammals’ ancestors some 15 to 30 million…
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) Women’s priorities have changed with independence, positiveness and respect replacing the urge to find a life partner, according to a survey in China. Female respondents gave the highest rating, 4.53 out…
Sydney, March 9 (IANS) Humans have triggered the past record-breaking hot years experienced on the Earth since 1930s, says a study that suggests that without human-induced climate change, recent hot summers and years would not…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) Microscopic dust particles found in meteoritic material on the Earth may be particles that were likely formed in stellar explosions that occurred long before the creation of the Sun, researchers report….
New York, March 9 (IANS) Shedding new light on how differently men and women experience pain, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found that women are 1.38 times more likely than men to report neck…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) To slow down a spacecraft as it descends and lands on a distant planet on deeper space mission including Mars, NASA engineers are testing inflatable heat shield technology at the US…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Glaucoma is causing blindness among 1.3 lakh Indians every year and the major reason behind it is the absence of early symptoms, say doctors. According to the medical statistics, hardly…
London, March 8 (IANS) In a world’s first, a team of Swiss scientists has enabled an amputee feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his…
New York, March 8 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that the largest source of the fuel that cancer cells use to proliferate is amino acids which make up proteins, and not glucose, as earlier believed. Cancer…
Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence London, March 8 (IANS) Researchers have designed an online crossword-solving application based on artificial intelligence that could make machines better at understanding language. The system, which is freely available online, uses artificial…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Here comes an app that will help you chat with a specialised doctor through paid online video chat from the comfort of your home or office. The app called SeeDoc…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) As the news about Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova admitting to take a banned drug meldonium which led to her failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January…
London, March 8 (IANS) Playing “brain-training” video games may help improve some mental abilities of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system that can lead to weakness, muscle stiffness and…
Toronto, March 8 (IANS) Educating teenagers about the harmful effects of drinking caffeinated beverages is the only way to curb heavy consumption and lower potential health risks in them, finds a study. “By developing more…