People who eat at least 10 grammes of nuts or peanuts daily have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than those who don’t consume nuts or peanuts, a new study has claimed.
The reduction in mortality was strongest…
An Indian charity and a French NGO 1001 Fontaines developed a new plant that treats the water in a man made pond in the village of Madusudankati in eastern India.
The villagers suffered illnesses from drinking contaminated ground water for…
By Ananya Mukherjee
A village in southwest Morocco has found a way to avoid long, arduous treks for water and is now harvesting fog for water on a large scale.
The Berber communities are using a fog harvesting technique…
A new test that identifies changes in cell metabolism through urine samples may detect breast cancer early, scientists say.
Researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany have developed a method that involves determining the concentration…
In an article-“On Tuesday, the world gets a ‘leap’ second. Are we all gonna die?”-by Rachel Feltman has written about NASA’s finding that June 20,the earth will get a ‘bonus’ second before 8 p.m.
Though…
Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the key working tissue or cortex of the brain from which they were derived, an advance that may lead to personalised medicine.
Strikingly, these “organoids”…
More than 6.68 lakh household population in India depends on begging to earn their daily livelihood, according to government’s Socio-Economic Caste Census.
Despite India’s rapid economic growth in recent years, poverty and begging…
Researchers in Melbourne have found bitter taste receptors in the human heart. These receptors are the same as those found in the nose and the mouth. It was found that the heart was unable to contract when a bitter tasting substance was introduced.
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Researchers at the National Taiwan University are using onions to help design artificial muscles. These newly developed artificial muscles have been found to be more versatile than the “super strong” muscles developed by researchers in…
The recent disaster in Nepal which has been a serious tragedy for the lives of mankind is on the brim. A lot of people have perished under the rubbles.Side by side, it has also helped the development of some high graded technological devices in order…