Science

It’s all in the family? According to new research, fainting has a strong genetic predisposition. Researchers from the American Academy of Neurology ...

A top Indian space scientist today hailed NASA’s feat of robotic ‘Curiosity’ spacecraft successfully landing on Mars, terming the accomplishment ...

A teaspoon of honey to your kids before they go to bed can ease their cough symptoms and help them sleep more soundly, a new study has claimed. In a ...

NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ rover successfully landed today on Mars in a daring ‘skycrane manoeuvre’, beginning a two-year mission to probe if the Earth’s ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of swimming cricket, a cave catfish and a no-eyed harvestman from a cave in Venezuela. The creatures were ...

The composition of microbes in the gut which changes dramatically during pregnancy can be beneficial to pregnant women, a new study has claimed.

Are you dependent on Internet search engines for gathering health information? The results are mostly inaccurate and misleading, a new study has said.

The Mars mission should not have been a priority at this stage for India which, instead, ought to have devoted time and energy on getting its rocket ...

Children with healthy hearts and lungs have better grades, a new study has found. American researchers have found that physically fit boys and girls ...

With Olympics on in full swing, sports drinks makers are raking a fortune. However, a well-known science journal,  BMJ (formerly British Medical ...

In some good news for obese and overweight people, a new study has suggested that you can achieve long-term health benefits by shedding just 9 kgs, ...

Scientists have discovered a molecule that can be used to generate unlimited numbers of new heart cells from stem cells. US researchers examined a ...

It may seem like one of the futuristic James Bond gizmos, but it is for real. A new ‘nanodrone’ weighing just 198 gm, one of the smallest unmanned ...

Scientists have found a way to give white ‘bad’ fat some of the healthful characteristics of energy-burning brown ‘good’ fat to treat obesity and ...

Scientists have identified 30 proteins in the body that determine how cells react to an allergen and can give a clue to how allergic reactions occur.

Diacetyl, a food flavouring ingredient can intensify the damaging effects of an abnormal brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study by ...

Brain imaging can predict how intelligence varies from exceptionally smart humans to the average ones, a new research has said. “Our research shows ...

Australian Researchers are a step closer to developing a malaria vaccine after discovering the mystery behind immunity to the parasite. The scientists ...

Here are Olympics for the rest of us! According to a new research any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and mild ...

A very low cost indigenous surgical procedure, developed and manufactured by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has proved a boon to patients suffering ...

Five-month-old Ricky Kimber is taking part in a study that will help researchers understand how babies learn from others and give clues about ...

Patients taking a multiple sclerosis drug, interferon-beta, receive almost three times as much vitamin D from exposure to sun than those who do not ...

Higher levels of testosterone in elderly men can make existing prostate cancer cells to grow faster, a new study has warned. According to Researchers, ...

Ditch your diet and gym session and simply eat less to live a longer life, a leading scientist has claimed. Dr Michael Mosley, a presenter on BBC ...