New York, Feb 23 (IANS) A new study provides useful insight into the behaviour of stem cell-derived heart muscle cells which have interested researchers for many years as a potential replacement for damaged cardiac tissue…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) When Cecil the Lion was killed last year by an American trophy hunter in Zimbabwe, it caused a global outcry. Now, researchers from universities of Southern Denmark and Oxford have calculated…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Far from being solitary animals, as they have been historically seen, sharks can actually form complex social network that are typically seen in mammals but rarely observed in fish, new…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Eating a moderate amount of almonds daily right from the childhood days can drastically improve health later in life, a study has found. “If a parent is able to incorporate…
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Inspired by the CubeSats technology where cube-shaped satellites are set to help scientists study the Earth’s atmosphere like never before, the US space agency has selected four new projects to be…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Working hard to shed those extra kilos? Take heart as according to a new study, losing as little as five percent of your body weight is enough to reap significant…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Reducing US climate emissions enough to avoid a two degree Celsius increase in global warming could prevent up to 175,000 pollution-related premature deaths nationwide by 2030, new research has estimated….
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) People who frequently relocate for work, school or simply to “wipe the slate clean” are more likely to develop an attitude that just as the material objects like furniture and…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Huge, armoured mammals that went extinct in the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age likely originated less than 35 million years ago from ancestors within lineages leading directly…
London, Feb 23 (IANS) Children whose parents suffer from anxiety and or depression during pregnancy or early in the child’s life are most likely to become fussy eaters, finds new research. The results showed that…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina may provide a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women, a large clinical trial in four…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) A team of chemists and engineers has discovered that concentrated light, heat and high pressures can drive the one-step conversion of carbon dioxide and water directly into useable liquid hydrocarbon…
Dried plums New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Including dried plums in the diet may prevent bone damage due to radiation exposures either in space or here on Earth, new research has found. “Bone loss caused…
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) The graphic images like cancerous lungs and lips may not deter smokers to quit smoking, rather for many of them these images are perceived as a threat to their freedom,…
Madrid, Feb 23 (IANS) Smartphones will be used for 50 percent of all mobile connections worldwide by the end of 2016, according to a prediction made by GSMA Intelligence. GSMA Intelligence is part of GSMA,…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure is higher in India than China, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has said. “China’s…
Simulation results of breaking waves during run-up; shown are the spatial surface elevation (top), the interior horizontal velocity (middle) and the interior vertical velocity (bottom) at t≈ 60 s. Breaking nodes are indicated by circles…
The microfluidic tool has been tested with Ebola. It requires no bulky equipment, and is thus ideally suited for use in remote regions. Credit: Alban Kakulya London, Feb 22 (IANS) Researchers have developed a low-cost…
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) For humans to arrive at the Red Planet with the available technology, it will approximately take five months to touch down on the Martian surface. NASA researchers are now working…
Tokyo, Feb 22 (IANS) Homosexuality may not be completely genetically programmed and environment or how one is reared can play a very important role in shaping or even changing one’s sexuality, suggests new research. While…