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  Twitter blocks several researchers amid Russia-Ukraine war

  World | February 24, 2022 14:03 IST

  Several researchers sharing Russia-Ukraine information found their Twitter accounts unexpectedly suspended today.

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  Research finds aspirin use linked with increased risk of heart failure

  Health | November 24, 2021 10:49 IST

  The investigators assessed the association between aspirin use and incident heart failure after adjusting for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, heart rate, blood cholesterol, creatinine, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, beta-blockers and lipid-lowering drugs.   

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  Stem cell researchers find key building block to make mini-kidneys

  News | June 20, 2021 10:41 IST

  During recent research, a team of scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney.

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  Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats: Report

  Science | June 13, 2021 8:21 IST

  Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.

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  Research shows marijuana THC stays in breast milk for six weeks

  Lifestyle | March 16, 2021 7:24 IST

  Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado have found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of marijuana, stays in breast milk for up to six weeks, further supporting the recommendations to abstain from marijuana use during pregnancy and while a mother is breastfeeding.

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  Study discovers specific area of brain prompting desire to overeat

  Lifestyle | February 15, 2021 8:07 IST

  A study led by the 10-member team of researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso discovered a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food.

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  Are you good at maths? You are more likely to intend to quit smoking

  Lifestyle | July 15, 2020 18:55 IST

  The will to quit smoking is high among people who are better at maths, according to a recent study.

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  Researchers analyse genomic determinants of coronavirus pathogenicity

  Lifestyle | June 12, 2020 12:03 IST

  A recent analysis led by a team of researchers found crucial genomic features that are unique to SARS-CoV -2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and two other deadly coronaviruses, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.

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  Repetitive negative thinking linked to dementia risk

  Lifestyle | June 09, 2020 8:24 IST

  Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study. In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer's and Dementia, researchers found 'repetitive negative thinking.

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  Republishing, recycling own academic work will amount to 'self plagiarism': UGC tells researchers

  Education | April 23, 2020 13:12 IST

  Re-publishing or re-cycling one's own academic work will amount to "self plagiarism", the University Grants Commission (UGC) has said, warning academicians and researchers against the practice.

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  Researchers uncover key details how bacteria causing typhoid fever identifies host's immune cells

  News | February 27, 2020 7:52 IST

  In a breakthrough study, researchers have uncovered key details as to how the Salmonella bacteria that cause typhoid fever, identify a host's immune cells and deliver toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread.

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  Study links genetics to cannabis dependence in adolescent females

  Lifestyle | February 14, 2020 14:33 IST

  A study conducted on mice by a team of researchers has identified important implications for understanding the influence of genetics on cannabis dependence in adolescent females.

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  Beetle trapped in amber provides earliest evidence of insect pollination

  Science | November 12, 2019 12:31 IST

  The first known instance of an insect pollinating a flower happened 99 million years ago, according to a study which pushes the earliest documented instance of the process back by at least 50 million years than previously thought

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  Onus on scientists to fight climate change: M Venkaiah Naidu

  India | June 03, 2019 17:10 IST

  Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it was imperative of scientists and researchers to address issues of global warming, consequent extreme weather and drought cycles that could affect the lives of the people, plants and animals.

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  Chemicals in detergents may up the risk of birth defects

  Lifestyle | June 18, 2017 17:04 IST

  These chemicals exposure also resulted in birth defects same as the defects as found in humans -- spina bifida and anencephaly.

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  Researchers discover hot hydrogen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere

  World | December 08, 2016 16:40 IST

  The presence of hot atomic hydrogen (H) atoms has been found in an upper layer of Earth's climate known as thermosphere by a group of researchers from University of Illinois. This finding significantly changes current

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  Researchers find new blood test to identify alcohol disorders in foetus

  Lifestyle | November 10, 2016 22:46 IST

  In order to spot the foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), researchers, including one of Indian origin, have identified a blood test that will help in finding how severely a newborn can be affected by alcohol

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  Fossils of leaves reveal how Antarctic ice softened 23 million years ago

  World | October 20, 2016 16:44 IST

  The fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand have indicated just how Antarctic ice melted 23 million years ago, a scientist revealed on Thursday. The leaf fossils found at Foulden Maar,

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  GPS days to be over! Researchers develop next gen navigation system

  October 14, 2016 21:20 IST

  A reliable and accurate navigation system developed by a group of specialists that uses existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, as opposed to the Global Positioning System (GPS), could soon change the way

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  US researchers develop world’s smallest transistor ever

  October 07, 2016 18:18 IST

  In a landmark achievement that could go a long way in the advancement of computing technology, a research team led by US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created the world’s smallest transistor