Scientists redefine how human blood is made
Turning conventional wisdom on its head, a team of Canadian scientists has discovered a completely new view of how human blood is made.
Nov 06, 2015, 14:02 PM IST
Ancient 'magic' plant to help grow food in space
A team of Australian scientists has discovered a gene in a "magical" plant that will open the door for space-based food production, especially during deeper human missions, including to Mars.
Nov 04, 2015, 16:13 PM IST
Rajnath asks writers, scientists to come meet PM Modi, give suggestions, instead of returning awards
Singh also said that "returning awards is not the right thing".
Nov 01, 2015, 21:17 PM IST
RSS dubs protesting writers, scientists 'pseudo-secular', 'intolerant'
Describing the move of the writers, scientists, Bollywood artistes and others to return their awards as "pseudo-secular and intolerant", RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosbale on Friday dubbed their act as a "premeditated conspiracy" with an aim to "take the debate to other side".
Oct 30, 2015, 18:12 PM IST
New technology to let robots walk like humans do
Scientists have developed new technology that will enable legged robots to walk like humans do, an advance that could allow the machines to work in the armed forces, save lives as firefighters or do household chores.
Oct 29, 2015, 00:25 AM IST
Intolerance: Scientists urge President to initiate suitable action
Voicing concern over incidents of intolerance, a group of scientists has petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to initiate "suitable actions".
Oct 27, 2015, 14:41 PM IST
Learn how to grow food on Mars
Inspired by astronaut Mark Watney, a character played by Hollywood actor Matt Damon in the critically acclaimed movie "The Martian", scientists have published the first case study on how future astronauts can learn to farm on the Red Planet.
Oct 21, 2015, 15:48 PM IST
Asteroid showers caused mass extinctions on Earth
Mass extinctions which occurred over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists report.
Oct 21, 2015, 15:41 PM IST
Gut bacteria play key role in body's self-defense
Scientists have found that human gut bacteria regulate the levels of the body's main antioxidant, glutathione, which fights a host of diseases.
Oct 20, 2015, 10:39 AM IST
New test to predict relapse of testicular cancers
Scientists have developed a new test to identify patients who are at risk of suffering a relapse from testicular cancer.
Oct 17, 2015, 17:41 PM IST
Scientists create virtual rat brain
Scientists have created a virtual rat brain made up of 30,000 neurons, 55 layers of cells and 207 different neuron subtypes.
Oct 11, 2015, 20:44 PM IST
Five new genes linked to common brain cancer found
Scientists have discovered five new genetic variants associated with glioma - the most common form of brain cancer.
Oct 02, 2015, 17:06 PM IST
How binge drinking leads to alcohol addiction
A malfunctioning enzyme may be behind why people who love to binge drink on weekends or at parties are at a higher risk of alcohol addiction, scientists from Stanford University reported.
Oct 02, 2015, 16:33 PM IST
Now, stopping spread of cancer comes closer to reality
Scientists have discovered a new way to potentially trap cancer cells before they spread.
Oct 01, 2015, 15:07 PM IST
New system for human genome editing discovered
Scientists have identified a new CRISPR system for human genome editing with potential to increase power and precision of genome engineering.
Sep 27, 2015, 17:01 PM IST
Hunting out malware hidden in short Twitter URLs
A team of scientists, who are hunting for malware hidden in shortened URLs on Twitter, has created an intelligent system to stop and search malware links.
Sep 26, 2015, 17:23 PM IST
11-year cosmic search casts doubt on our black hole`s understanding
An 11-year cosmic search has lead to black hole rethink.
Sep 25, 2015, 13:08 PM IST
New stealth dark matter theory sheds light on universe's missing mass
A team of scientists has come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments.
Sep 25, 2015, 13:05 PM IST
`Living fossil`? Not quite as its genome is actively evolving!
A group of scientists has decoded the first lingulid brachiopod genome, from Lingula anatina collected at Amami Island, Japan to find that this so-called 'living fossil' is still evolving.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
UK scientists seek assent to genetically modify human embryos
Scientists in Britain have applied for permission to genetically modify human embryos as part of a research project that may shed light onto the earliest stages of human development and causes leading to miscarriage.
Sep 18, 2015, 21:45 PM IST
