London, Feb 25 (IANS) Children with autism who often suffer impairments in communication can develop their speech, gestures and a sense of rhythm and melody by listening to various speech sounds, says a study. The…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) Taking part in mentally stimulating activities such as reading books and magazines, playing games and using computers in the middle age may delay symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, says a study…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) Foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids are likely to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who are obese and in post-menopausal phase, suggests new research. The study revealed…
Toronto, Feb 25 (IANS) Tablets, smartphones and YouTube can go a long way in helping people with intellectual disability (ID) cope up with these challenges, say researchers from Concordia University in Montreal. By using these…
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) While high salt intake has been known to cause high blood pressure and other side effects, researchers have now found that a high-salt diet might also contribute to liver damage…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The IT hardware sector has the potential to generate four lakhs jobs in five years if the government provides requisite tax impetus to the manufacturing of notebook and desktop personal…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) The use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) — programmable robotic vehicles that can independently study the ocean and its inhabitants — can improve scientists’ understanding of the marine environment, says…
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Bacteria in the gut of disease-bearing insects — including the mosquito which carries the Zika virus — can be used as a Trojan horse to help control the insects’ population, reveals…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Researchers have developed a novel therapeutic approach that could lead to nanomedicines tailored to maintain cancer cells in a dormant state. In the study published in the journal ACS Nano,…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Challenging a popular theory that environmental causes led to the collapse of Cahokia, America’s first city, archaeologists have claimed that internal conflict by social, political, ethnic, and religious factions are…
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Adding a new dimension to the historic gravitational waves discovery, new research suggests that the two black holes in focus may have resided inside a single, massive star whose death generated…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) In-app advertising can put the personal information of millions of smartphone users at risk of being leaked between ad networks and mobile app developers, says a new study. The researchers…
The team behind a University of Washington project to create a Wi-Fi powered display with a small device that can turn radio waves in the air into usable power. Show, from left, are Computer Science…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) The world’s 33 major deltas are sinking and the vast majority of those have experienced flooding in recent years, primarily as a result of human activity, says a new study….
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may affect not only your child but also increases the chances in next three generations of developing alcoholism, warns a study conducted on rats. “Our findings…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) A form of natural sugar that triggers liver cells to clean up excess fat may help tackle nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFLD) in the near future, researchers have found after…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Those who score high on mindfulness — the ability of being aware of one’s present thoughts and feelings — are significantly more likely than people with low scores to have…
Singapore, Feb 24 (IANS) Researchers from a Singapore university have developed a microchip that allows new radar cameras commonly used in large satellites to be made a hundred times smaller than current ones. “We have…
London, Feb 24 (IANS) Researchers have discovered that copper has the properties to destroy the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – a bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. Frequently touched surfaces in busy areas…
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) The number of single women over the age of 30 is on the rise in Beijing. A survey of 1 percent of the population in 2015 by the Beijing Municipal Bureau…