Pre-historic cheese making discovered in Swiss Alps
The ceramic fragments were found at six sites in the ruins of stone buildings similar to those used by modern alpine dairy managers for cheese production during the summer months, suggesting that herders were making cheeses at higher altitudes some 3,000 years ago.
Apr 24, 2016, 23:10 PM IST
NASA gears up for NextGen supersonic X-planes
Called "New Aviation Horizons", NASA's renewed emphasis on X-planes was announced as part of the US budget for the fiscal year that begins from October 1 this year.
Apr 24, 2016, 21:27 PM IST
High-fructose diet can damage brain genes
However, the researchers discovered good news as well: An omega-3 fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) seems to reverse the harmful changes produced by fructose.
Apr 24, 2016, 20:49 PM IST
More than a million people using Facebook on 'dark web'
According to Facebook, the growth of Tor over the past few years has been "roughly" linear, noting that some 525,000 people who accessed the service via Tor in June 2015 rose to more than one million in April this year.
Apr 24, 2016, 00:06 AM IST
India to test reusable launch vehicle in June
"The winged vehicle, in the shape of an aircraft, is on way to Sriharikota for the maiden flight test in June from our spaceport there," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said at an Indian Air Force event here.
Apr 23, 2016, 23:30 PM IST
Novel method to track autism in boys identified
The team found that the brain scan data could be an effective indicator of the function of the circuit in younger children and older patients alike.
Apr 23, 2016, 23:07 PM IST
Twitter eyes Japan, Britain to push users' growth
The Yelp integration will give Twitter users in Japan and Britain an option of selecting places provided by Yelp when they tag a location in their tweets, technology website TechCrunch reported on Saturday.
Apr 23, 2016, 17:31 PM IST
Just one week of sleep loss can hamper 'good' cholesterol
According to University of Helsinki researchers, genes which participate in the regulation of cholesterol transport are less active in persons suffering from sleep loss than with those getting sufficient sleep.
Apr 23, 2016, 00:38 AM IST
Half of brain keeps awake during sleep in new places: Study
For example, after sleeping in a hotel room, people often feel as though they haven't slept well and remain groggy throughout the next morning. This is known as the 'first-night effect'.
Apr 22, 2016, 22:17 PM IST
Cyber criminals see India as lucrative destination
Recently, the country has definitely seen a decrease in the amount of spams and malicious activities but sadly, it continues to be on the third spot when it comes to cyber crimes like malware and phishing hosts and bots.
Apr 21, 2016, 22:25 PM IST
Harnessing community radio to spread skilling message
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), announced a competition to highlight how skill development has had a transformative impact on society.
Apr 20, 2016, 23:18 PM IST
Positive memories may help treat mental health problems
A team of researchers from University of Liverpool investigated individuals' emotional reactions using a social technique called social broad-minded affective coping (BMAC) technique -- an intervention that aims to elicit positive affect or emotion through the use of mental imagery of a positive memory.
Apr 20, 2016, 17:11 PM IST
Cartilage protein may lead to breast cancer development
Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) is a protein that has been found in cartilage -- a connective tissue found in many areas of the body including joints between bones of elbows, knees and ankles.
Apr 17, 2016, 18:30 PM IST
Indian-origin engineer develops technology to double Wi-Fi speed
Columbia University's Harish Krishnaswamy, an electrical engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras, has for the first time integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip to create the breakthrough system.
Apr 15, 2016, 22:50 PM IST
In a first, British hospital livestreams surgery in virtual reality
Carried out by the leading cancer surgeon Dr. Shafi Ahmed, the entire procedure was watched live by medical students from the hospital and Queen Mary University Hospital though Google Cardboard VR headsets and smartphones, London-based newspaper Evening Standard reported on Friday.
Apr 15, 2016, 20:43 PM IST
Scientists control heart cells with laser
"Right now, this result may be very useful for clinical studies of the mechanisms of the heart and in the future, we could potentially stop attacks of arrhythmia in patients at the touch of a button," said study co-author Konstantin Agladze from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
World's largest imaging project to shed light on major diseases
The $61 million project will transform the way scientists study a wide range of diseases, including dementia, arthritis, cancer, heart attacks and strokes, said Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC)
Apr 14, 2016, 21:34 PM IST
'Good' gut bacteria can help prevent cancer
In mice with more of the beneficial bacteria, the blood cell tumours took significantly longer to form.
Apr 14, 2016, 18:47 PM IST
Combined HIV, hepatitis C vaccination a possibility soon
An estimated 2.3 million people globally are co-infected with HIV and HCV. HCV is the leading cause of non-AIDS deaths in co-infected individuals.
Apr 13, 2016, 21:36 PM IST
Fertility treatments may up breast density, cancer risk
The findings showed that women with a history of infertility had higher absolute dense volume -- that is more dense, fibroglandular breast tissue -- than non-infertile women.
Apr 13, 2016, 21:30 PM IST
