New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Researchers have found that a protein, the levels of which can be easily monitored in routine blood tests, could serve as a new biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease that slowly destroys…
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) In the absence of dramatic new global energy strategy, the damaging climate of carbon emissions will grow and persist for millennia, projects new research. Rising global temperatures, ice field and…
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) Even as scientists are studying whether the object that fell from the sky into an engineering college compound in Vellore killing a person is a meteorite, a former senior official of…
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) A team led by engineers at University of California-San Diego has 3D-printed a tissue that closely mimics the human liver’s sophisticated structure and function. The new model can be used…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Amid the growing craze for Valentine’s Day celebrations, men end up spending more to pamper their loved one than women, reveals a survey. Giftease.com, an Indian gifting portal conducted the…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) If you are terrified after reading studies claiming that cell phone radiation is a menacing health hazard and can even cause brain cancer, nothing could be farther from the truth….
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) Web-based and phone-based tobacco cessation programmes can help people quit smoking, but certain personal characteristics may lead individuals to prefer one type of programme over the other, says a study….
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) US researchers have found a new sunscreen that guarantees no loss of vitamin D, rather allows the body to produce the essential vitamin, a deficiency or insufficiency of which causes…
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Scientists at a British university are developing a new wearable technology to help people who have had a stroke recover use of their arm and hand. A team of researchers at…
Tokyo, Feb 8 (IANS) Two Japanese firms have developed an intelligent undershirt that can be connected to a smartphone and provide data on the health of the person wearing it, the media reported on Monday….
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) People are more likely to misidentify a toy as a weapon after seeing a Black face than a White face even when the face in question is that of a…
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) A team of US researchers has built an energy-friendly chip that can perform powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tasks, enabling future mobile devices to implement “neural networks” modelled on the human…
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Researchers from Britain have identified the effect of honey used since ancient times for the treatment of several diseases, on pathogenic fungi that can cause devastating infections in vulnerable people. Researchers…
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS) An international team of biologists has discovered a new species of luminous fauna in the Red Sea. The research also showed that the localization of glow in certain parts of the…
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Spanish researchers have found that children whose mothers ate three to four servings of fish a week during pregnancy had higher IQ scores than those whose mothers ate less amount of…
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Far from helping alleviate poverty, the so called “green revolutions” aimed at increasing and modernising agricultural production could be making things worse for the poorest in African nations, suggests new research….
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Pregnant women who expressed a strong motivation to breastfeed were more likely to share the bed with their babies frequently, finds a new study. The study indicated that the mothers, who…
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) Cancer survivors of childhood brain tumours show significant deficits in intelligence, educational achievement and employment, even decades after treatment, reveals a new research. Survivors treated with a whole brain and…
By K.S.Jayaraman Bengaluru, Feb 8 (IANS) An Indian biotech company’s “breakthrough” claim that it has developed two “candidate vaccines” against the Zika virus – while being hailed as a ‘made in India’ product – has…
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) Have you got on-demand video streaming service Netflix connection yet? If not than get one fast as watching uninterrupted favourite TV programmes can not only help you find your soul…