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  This is how doctors can now predict whether coma patients will wake up in a year

  Lifestyle | July 17, 2016 18:26 IST

  Scientists have found a new measure which will not only help in measuring the level of awareness in a brain-injured person who is in coma, but also predict whether they will recover consciousness within a year.

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  Researchers set new record by making world's smallest microwave detector

  World | July 11, 2016 10:40 IST

  London: Researchers have now set a new world record by creating the world's smallest and most sensitive microwave detector. This new record has been made beating the previous record by fourteen-fold, an advance which

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  This is what Lord Shiva, Mona Lisa and Scarlett Johansson have in common, reveal Indian scientists

  India | July 11, 2016 9:56 IST

  Mumbai: In a recent study, two physicists Vijay Singh and Praveen Pathak from the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education in Mumbai have found out the connection between Lord Shiva, Mona Lisa, and Scarlett Johansson.

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  Saturn’s moon Titan can possibly support life, even without water: study

  World | July 11, 2016 7:28 IST

  A new study by scientists at Cornell University indicates that the chemical composition found on Saturn’s biggest moon Titan might breed life even without water.

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  Government to set up National Banana Research Centre in Bihar

  India | July 10, 2016 10:37 IST

  Hajipur: The National Research Centre for Banana would be set up at Goraul in Bihar’s Vaishali district, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday. As per reports, Singh, said that

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  Heart attack risk increases with traffic noise, claims research

  Lifestyle | July 09, 2016 13:36 IST

  Researchers have found that those living near the highway are at an increased risk of heart attack, as it goes up with the amount of traffic noise to which you are exposed.

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  Smartwatches, fitness trackers can give away your ATM PIN: Research

  Lifestyle | July 08, 2016 9:58 IST

  Washington: Wearable devices can give away your passwords, say scientists who, for the first time, used data from sensors in smartwatches and fitness trackers to crack private PINs with upto 90 per cent accuracy.

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  This new super-sensitive e-nose can smell pesticides, nerve gas in extremely low concentrations

  World | July 05, 2016 7:42 IST

  London: Researchers have now developed a super sensitive electronic nose which can detect pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations. According to the researchers from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium, this

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  Love eating? Here is how your obsession for food could affect your kids

  Lifestyle | July 04, 2016 19:15 IST

  A recent study has indicated that parents, particularly fathers, can play a vital role in preventing obesity in young adults.

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  Experts urged caution over "womb-scratching" technique to increase chances of successful birth

  Lifestyle | July 04, 2016 11:23 IST

  Washington: Scratching the inside of the womb before conceiving a baby could increase your chances of having an IVF baby, research suggests. But researchers have urged caution over the findings of the study, saying there

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  Drinking moderate amount of coffee can be beneficial: study

  Lifestyle | July 04, 2016 10:36 IST

  A team of researchers from Ulster University in the UK analysed a total of 1,277 studies from 1970 till date which were based on effect of coffee on human health.

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  Mystery of plane crashes might have just got revealed!

  World | July 02, 2016 12:08 IST

  New Delhi: Dense clouds of nearly undetectable ice crystals could be the reason behind plane crashes that have caused hundreds of deaths. The fatal "flour grain-sized" ice particles are formed at high altitudes, and can

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  Little to no association between butter and heart disease, says new research

  India | June 30, 2016 15:24 IST

  Massachusetts: Butter has little or no link to heart disease and may actually protect people from diabetes, according to anew research. Researchers said butter shouldn’t be “demonised” and they even suggest it was actually healthier than the white

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  This new framework can tell about future terrorist attacks, claim researchers

  World | June 30, 2016 14:27 IST

  New York: Researchers have now developed a new framework which can accurately predict future terrorist attacks by recognizing patterns in past attacks. According to the researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York by

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  'Cancerous tumours can be treated in just two hours with this new method'

  Lifestyle | June 29, 2016 11:00 IST

  Researchers have developed a new, non-invasive method that can kill up to 95 per cent of cancer cells in just two hours.

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  Beijing sinking by up to 11cm annually, warns a satellite study

  World | June 25, 2016 14:48 IST

  A new study using satellite imagery has revealed that parts of Beijing, especially its central business district, are sinking by up as much as 11 centimetres, or more than four inches each year.

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  Muhammad Ali's family didn't consider donating brain for research, says doctor

  World | June 07, 2016 11:46 IST

  Louisville: Muhammad Ali and his family never seriously considered donating the boxing great's brain for research, according to the doctor who treated him. "Not really," was Dr. Abe Lieberman's answer when he was asked Monday

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  Indus era at least 8,000 years old, not 5,500 years: IIT, ASI scientists

  India | May 29, 2016 21:02 IST

  A group of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has claimed that the Indus valley civilisation is at least 8,000 years old and not 5,500 years

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  Now your heartbeat will tell how long you are going to live

  Lifestyle | May 29, 2016 18:53 IST

  Scientists at Technical University of Munich have developed a new method of correlating heartbeat with life expectancy.

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  Important! Avoid making big decision when you are hungry

  Lifestyle | May 12, 2016 7:47 IST

  London: There is a hormone ghrelin which increases the apetite and is released before you eat food. This hormonone released has a negative effect on both decision making and impulse control. Researchers have found that