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  An Indian frog to help fight flu? See what new research has revealed!

  Lifestyle | April 19, 2017 13:08 IST

  Frogs' skins were known to secrete "host defence peptides" that defend them against bacteria.

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  Brain games may not boost your memory: Study

  Lifestyle | April 18, 2017 18:56 IST

  If you thought brain games could make you smarter, think again. In a study, researchers at Florida State University in the US found no evidence that such games increase overall cognitive abilities.

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  5 shocking reasons why mosquitoes bite you more than others

  Lifestyle | March 15, 2017 17:22 IST

  If you’re getting bitten by these pesky creatures more often, then you are the ‘Chosen’ one. Here are the reasons why mosquitoes bite you more than others

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  Ancient Indians knew about tsunamis and protected themselves, claims research

  India | January 05, 2017 16:20 IST

  In a sign of Indians having a good understanding of natural calamities, especially the threats posed by the seas, thousands of years ago, scientists have found that ancient Indians not only understood tsunamis but also

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  Magnetic brain stimulation can activate 'forgotten' memories: Research

  World | December 02, 2016 16:36 IST

  Short-term ‘forgotten’ memories stored in the brain can be brought back with the help of a technique that uses magnets to stimulate the brain, researchers have found. The researchers conducted a series of experiments in

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  More women over 70 sexually active, claims study

  Lifestyle | November 10, 2016 9:59 IST

  A new study has claimed that older single women may be more sexually active than thought, even beyond the seventh decade of their life.

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  Future buildings could ‘sense’ internal damage after earthquake, says research

  October 20, 2016 16:34 IST

  Buildings of the future may well be able to foresee the harms after an occasion like a quake, thanks to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who have built a computational model that

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  Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice, claims new research

  Lifestyle | October 14, 2016 17:05 IST

  A recent research has found that a person contaminated with Zika is unlikely to get fever twice. According to the research, conducted by Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University

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  India shows second highest growth in science research: Report

  India | October 11, 2016 18:14 IST

  India is at the second position among countries with the highest increase in their contribution to high-quality scientific research, according to a new report which shows that the growth of research in the country is

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  People spending much time on Facebook are more likely to share personal information: Research

  October 06, 2016 23:56 IST

  People who are in a virtual world of social networking and spending more than three hours of time on Facebook have relaxed privacy attitudes and are more likely to share personal information as compared to

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  Other than a good job, friendly colleagues key to better health: Research

  Lifestyle | October 05, 2016 13:04 IST

  A new research has found that besides landing the right job, the relationships one shares with colleagues and within the social groups we form at the workplace may be linked to better health and lower burnout.

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  E-cigarettes can help smokers quit habit, say Indian researchers

  Lifestyle | October 04, 2016 18:37 IST

  Smoking, which can cause several ailments including cancer, can soon become a thing of the past. According to Indian researchers, e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking by providing them a significantly safer option.

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  Universe not directionally oriented, expanding uniformly in all directions, says research

  World | September 27, 2016 16:46 IST

  The universe is not spinning or moving in any particular direction, but is instead expanding equally in all directions, new research has concluded. On the basis of data collected from European Space Agency's Planck satellite,

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  Watching sad films increases pain tolerance and makes feel good: Study

  Life | September 22, 2016 10:20 IST

  A new research by Oxford scientists has shown that watching films that reduce you to tears may increase your threshold for pain and boost feel-good chemicals in the brain.

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  India ranks third after Mexico, China in remittances from US, claims research

  September 01, 2016 21:51 IST

  India has been ranked third after Mexico and China in remittances from US. India has received $ 11 billion (Rs. 74,000 crore) from the United States in 2015. Mexico tops the list as it

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  NASA makes its scientific research available online for free

  World | August 23, 2016 12:10 IST

  Keeping track of discoveries of new planets, stars or even galaxies is now set to get easier than ever. The U.S space agency NASA has said that it will soon make all of its publicly

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  Cloth masks provide no protection against air pollution, new research claims

  Lifestyle | August 21, 2016 10:33 IST

  Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have suggested that in order to reduce exposure to air pollution wearing inexpensive cloth masks could be of only a little help and give you a false sense

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  Despite growing taller, Indians way behind in world order: Study

  Lifestyle | August 14, 2016 11:57 IST

  A recent study has revealed that in the last 100 years between 1914 and 2014, the average height of Indian men increased by 3 cm to reach 165 cm (5 ft 5 inches) while women grew taller by 5 cm to become 153 cm (5 feet 1 inch).

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  Being lazy is a sign of high intelligence, suggests research

  Lifestyle | August 08, 2016 10:50 IST

  People who are lazy spend more time engaged in thought, which makes them more intelligent than their active counterparts, a new research suggests. According to researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University in the US ,

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  Black holes may be ‘back door’ to another world, claims study

  World | August 06, 2016 10:04 IST

  While physicists have been trying to unravel the mysteries of black holes for decades, a new study suggests that they may actually be ‘back doors’ to other parts of the universe.