By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 18 (IANS) Traces of cadmium, a chemical found in car batteries and used in the nuclear fission processes, are showing up in edible saltwater oysters in Goa, a tourism-oriented coastal…
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Researchers have identified autoantibodies – immune proteins found in the blood that fight one’s own proteins – that can potentially detect lung cancer early by distinguishing between smokers with or…
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Offering a target for developing new therapies to address sleep disorders, researchers have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of this gene called neuromedin U (Nmu),…
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Before early modern humans migrated out of Africa to spread across the world, they started having sex with the Neanderthals some 100,000 years ago and not 47,000-65,000 years ago as…
London, Feb 18 (IANS) Mothers who smoke, respiratory infections and the date you were born all contribute to determine how fast your lungs are ageing, says a new study. The research revealed three factors that…
Helsinki, Feb 18 (IANS) An international team has constructed the first-ever model to observe how near-Earth objects (NFOs) or asteroids destroy when they reach closer to the Sun, leaving dazzling meteor showers for sky gazers…
London, Feb 18 (IANS) More than 352,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in Britain each year, which is a 12 percent increase in the rate since the mid-1990s, according to the figures released on Wednesday…
Washington, Feb 17 (AP) The January figures are in, and Earth’s string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A new non-surgical, painless medical procedure which reduces fat from the body within a day or two was launched here on Wednesday. According to doctors, under the procedure termed BTL…
London, Feb 17 (IANS) Mice that spent their free time on a running wheel were better able to shrink tumour size by nearly 50 percent as compared to their less active counterparts, a study shows….
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid all the rush to find a balanced diet that can keep one healthy, prevent from early ageing and kiss lifestyle-induced diseases a goodbye, modern calorie-counters in India have discovered…
Seoul, Feb 17 (IANS) A team of South Korean researchers has developed, for the first time, a new type of multi-layered photoelectrode that boosts the ability to split water through sunlight to produce hydrogen. The…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) With the use of synthetic opioid “designer drugs” on the rise, scientists have developed a vaccine to curb addiction and even prevent fatal overdoses. In preclinical tests, the vaccine was…
London, Feb 17 (IANS) If you feel your girlfriend often manipulates her way to win the situation, partly blame evolution for such behaviour and seek proper guidance. According to a recent study, young women with…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) An Indian-origin chemist from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has developed new high-performing materials for cells that harness sunlight to split carbon dioxide and water into useable fuels…
Toronto, Feb 17 (IANS) Prematurely born babies who get bullied by their peers are at an increased risk of developing mental health problems as adults including depression and anxiety, warns a study. Children born at…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) A common ancestor of apes and humans evolved in Africa — not Eurasia — two million years earlier than previously thought, new fossil analysis of the species Chororapithecus abyssinicus has…
Beijing, Feb 17 (IANS) The number of plastic bags consumed in China’s stores and supermarkets decreased by one-third in 2015 from that in 2007, a year before the government imposed restrictions on the use of…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Tobacco products were cheaper than essential food items in India, says a new study. “The current excise and Value Added Tax (VAT) rates are insufficient to increase the prices of…
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Cyber thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers are selling your information for millions of dollars, a team of researchers has warned. Thomas J Holt, Michigan State University criminologist…