New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy put their children at the risk of impairment in kidney blood flow in adulthood and heightened neurological problems caused by a stroke, warns a…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Adults who smoke marijuana — the most commonly used psychoactive drug or medicine — are five times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder (AUD) — alcohol abuse or…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Focusing on “equal work and equal pay”, a new research calls for actions to ensure equal wages for equally-performing or -skilled scientists, especially females who earn about 14 percent less than…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Archaeologists have excavated a 12,000-year-old village in the Jordan Valley that sheds light on the historical shift from foraging to agriculture. Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visited the…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) Exposure to highly polluted air for three-to-eight weeks may lead to an increase in weight, breathing problems and metabolic dysfunctions, showed a recent study. “Since chronic inflammation is recognized as…
Tokyo, Feb 21 (IANS) A Japanese researcher has found a new species of parasite plant on the subtropical Japanese island of Yakushima and named it Sciaphila yakushimensis after its place of discovery. Suetsugu Kenji, a…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A detailed investigation of all Chinese specimens of Pareiasaurs — the “ugliest fossil reptiles” — shows that there are similarities between Chinese fossils and those found in other parts of the…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Ensure proper sleep if you want to boost your memory as brain activity during sleep sorts through several experiences we encounter every day and retains only important information in memory pockets,…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Union Budget for the next fiscal (2016-17), to be presented on February 29 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, should earmark enough funds for investing in infrastructure that will drive…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) The US researchers have found that antibiotics — a powerful drug that fights bacterial infection — may be linked to a serious disruption in brain function, called delirium, and other…
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Commonly used chemotherapy toxins can impair the childhood cancer survivors’ eye motor skills — the eyes’ ability to follow moving objects, new research has found. “We observed that most of these…
This is an artist’s conception of binary star system TYC-2505-672-1. Photo: Jeremy Teaford, Vanderbilt University Attachments area Preview attachment stars.jpg New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Imagine living on a world where, every 69 years, the…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Stress incurred during a six-second delay in video streaming is equivalent to the anxiety of taking a math test or watching a horror movie alone, a report by Swedish communication…
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Exposure to sexual violence may alter the female brain and reduce maternal behaviour needed to care for offspring, a new study suggests. The researchers discovered that pre-pubescent female rodents paired…
(151225) — SHANGHAI, Dec. 25, 2015 (Xinhua) — Light rail trains run in heavy smog in east China’s Shanghai, Dec. 25, 2015. A yellow alarm has been issued to alert smog and air pollution by…
Beijing, Feb 20 (IANS) An international team of scientists says the unusual dinosaur tracks found in northern China might have been by the four-legged sauropod dinosaurs. Previous studies of such track ways have suggested that…
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) A team of US researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, has developed a simple blood test that can accurately diagnose active tuberculosis (TB) – a disease that globally infects 9.6 million…
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Eating fresh avocados every day can significantly change lipid profiles and improve cholesterol levels, reveals a study conducted at the University of the Pacific at Stockton in California. According to…
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Researchers have identified a new group of powerful Ebola-fighting antibodies from the blood of a survivor of the 2014 outbreak of the deadly disease. Because these are human antibodies, not…
(Photo credit FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP/Getty Images) New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Potatoes tend to be well-liked by kids and can be a good source of potassium and dietary fiber for children aged one-three years, a study…