New drug for prostate cancer found promising
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have created a new molecule for prostate cancer that has shown great efficacy when tested in mice.
Mar 22, 2016, 12:45 PM IST
Small birds have vision twice as fast as humans
Thought to be the fastest of any vertebrate animal, their remarkable vision system, allows them to see the world around them in slow motion.
Mar 19, 2016, 18:17 PM IST
After Ebola and Zika, this new virus is poised to infect humans: Study
According to a new study, a SARS-like virus found in Chinese horseshoe bats may be poised to infect humans.
Mar 15, 2016, 13:55 PM IST
China to import 100 Russian service robots by 2017
China is set to import 100 service robots from Russia by 2017, a media report said on Friday.
Mar 11, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
Watch: Why nasty mosquitoes bite some humans more than others
Mosquitoes can easily smell any human within 100 feet because they have excellent scent receptors so it entirely depends on how your smell.
Mar 07, 2016, 13:47 PM IST
NASA working on laser technology that could send humans to Mars in 3 days!
NASA scientists are currently working on a new laser technology that can take humans to Mars in flat three days.
Feb 22, 2016, 17:53 PM IST
Jawless fish brains more similar to humans than thought
The study showed that two elements of brain genoarchitecture - or gene-expression patterns - thought to be unique to jawed vertebrates are actually present in two jawless fish - the hagfish and lamprey, the only jawless fish alive today.
Feb 16, 2016, 13:18 PM IST
Mystery `hobbits` not humans like us: Study
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.
Feb 16, 2016, 04:02 AM IST
Humans responsible for spreading bee killing virus: Study
Researchers said that moving animals and plants around the world could have devastating consequences both for domestic animals and for wildlife.
Feb 07, 2016, 17:31 PM IST
Lungs main target organs of MERS, says patient's autopsy
Patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) often show signs of acute kidney failure but lungs are the main target organs of the new disease in humans, reveals a study of the first reported autopsy of a MERS patient.
Feb 07, 2016, 14:34 PM IST
DNA data uncovers unknown chapter of human history
This is remarkable because the M haplogroup is effectively absent in modern Europeans but is extremely common in modern Asian, Australasian, and Native American populations.
Feb 05, 2016, 17:55 PM IST
How rats respond to fear can fix stress disorder in humans
Female rats often respond to fear by "darting" where they start running around like crazy when they sense threat, new research has found, suggesting that the findings could lead to better treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans.
Jan 31, 2016, 15:33 PM IST
'Advanced diagnostics important to detect genital TB'
The role of advanced diagnostics in detecting genital tuberculosis, which is linked to infertility in humans, was extremely important, an expert said here on Thursday.
Jan 22, 2016, 00:02 AM IST
Animals' 'working memory' systems similar to humans: Study
In a study that could help advance drug development for Alzheimer's disease, researchers have found that a key aspect of human memory impaired in memory disorders exists in the type of pre-clinical animal models that influence major decisions about drug development.
Jan 16, 2016, 14:42 PM IST
Fish intake by would-be mom helps growth of baby`s brain
A recent study has found an explanation for the correlation between eating fish during pregnancy, and the health of the baby's brain.
Jan 15, 2016, 13:32 PM IST
Ancient people conquered the Arctic at least 45,000 years ago
The frozen carcass of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia with unmistakable signs of spear wounds is providing evidence that people inhabited Arctic regions thousands of years earlier than previously known.
Jan 15, 2016, 13:21 PM IST
Songbirds sing like humans: Study
A songbird's vocal muscles work like those of humans and singers, finds a new study.
Jan 13, 2016, 17:28 PM IST
Science behind XY and XX chromosomes in human being
A recent study has revealed the evolution of X chromosome and why it contains an unusual mixture of genes.
Jan 13, 2016, 15:00 PM IST
Could a cholesterol-lowering drug treat Parkinson's?
In their quest to find new treatments that could slow, stop or reverse Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological condition that affects movement and speech, researchers in Britain are set to investigate in humans the potential of a cholesterol-lowering drug in treating the disease.
Jan 11, 2016, 18:14 PM IST
Gene tweaking helped humans walk upright: Study
Researchers at Stanford University have identified a change in gene expression between humans and primates that may have helped give us an edge to walk upright.
Jan 09, 2016, 00:20 AM IST
