Bengaluru, Feb 15 (IANS) Leading online job portal Monster.com on Monday said the information technology (IT) sector continues to be the highest paying in India among Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) and manufacturing sectors….
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Not just good looks, children can inherit “grit” also like other personality traits from their parents, find researchers, adding that, however, “grit” alone will not get them good grades in schools….
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) Strong and effective leadership are vital for any workplace. Managers play a huge role in creating the best work environment, polishing the behaviour of employees, and also promoting their health…
Singapore, Feb 15 (IANS) Singapore recorded a six percent rise in the number of drug abusers arrested in 2015 compared to the previous year, with a 20 percent climb in the number of new drug…
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) Apraxia, a problem with speech programming, can lead to neurodegenerative disease – a condition that affects neurons in the human brain, a study says. Apraxia of speech can evolve into…
Sydney, Feb 15 (IANS) Australia’s New South Wales state is trialling a new shark detection system at Sydney’s famous Bondi beach, which is described as “facial recognition technology for marine life”. Called “Clever Buoy”, the…
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Researchers from University College London (UCL) have developed new hardware that can give internet users at home a much faster speed with high bandwidths. The new hardware can significantly cut the…
Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) By employing sophisticated scientific tools, a team of researchers has uncovered for the first time telling clues about the underlying surface shapes and colours of 15 mummy portraits created more than…
London, Feb 15 (IANS) Hypertensive women with physically demanding jobs are at nearly three times higher risk of ischaemic heart disease, a condition that affects blood supply to the heart, warns a study. The combination…
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IANS) A Pakistani paleontological team has claimed to have discovered a 1.1 million years old elephant tusk in Punjab province, the media reported on Monday. The team from Punjab University’s zoology department…
Beijing, Feb 15 (IANS) Chinese consumers spent some 1 trillion yuan ($184 billion) overseas in 2015 and purchased almost half of the world’s luxury products, the media reported on Monday. Chinese people spent a total…
Canberra, Feb 15 (IANS) Australia’s population is expected to surpass 24 million people in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) announced on Monday. Beidar Cho from the ABS said…
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) US researchers have found a new way to produce nanoscale wires, with diametres as small as 200 nanometres, or billionths of a metre, that can serve as tiny, tunable lasers….
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Indians tend to ignore or misread the early symptoms of cancer, which delays diagnosis and treatment until the problem has become less amenable to medication, said a group of oncologist…
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Sharks can regenerate their teeth through the network of genes, which may pave the way for the development of therapies to help humans with tooth loss, said researchers. Although humans possess…
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) A maritime vessel communication and navigational safety system may be effective not only in protecting people but also wildlife such as whales, walruses, and other wildlife species as well. The…
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) A depressed mother’s stress can pass on to infant before his or her life begins in many ways. But according to a new study, parenting strategies can combat the negative…
London, Feb 14 (IANS) A high dose of iron can trigger DNA damage within 10 minutes in the human body, says a study. “We already knew that iron could be damaging to cells in very…
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, from the MIT Media Lab have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibres with no need for lenses or…
Toronto, Feb 14 (IANS) Pointing to a potentially new direction for age-related cognitive care, scientists have found more evidence that ageing brains work differently than younger brains when performing the same memory task. The team…