Health & Medicine
What doesn’t kill you may make you live longer: research finds link between cell suicide and longevity
23 May 2014
Paralysed hand able to move again
22 May 2014
Measles - new inhibitor found effective in large animal model may help control local outbreaks
20 May 2014
Cancer's potential on-off switch
19 May 2014
Harvard researchers use herpes virus to fight brain tumours
19 May 2014
Researchers have developed a new way to fight brain tumours by trapping oncolytic virus-loaded stem cells in a gel and then applying it directly to the malignancy
BMJ may retract articles suggesting harmful side-effects from cholesterol-reducing statins
16 May 2014
Another kick in the butt for smokers: your kids may follow your example
14 May 2014
A new study has found that kids exposed to smoking parents are more likely to develop the fatal habit themselves
Alcohol kills more than Aids: WHO
13 May 2014
According to figures released by the World Health Organisation on Monday, alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and violence combined
Chemotherapy timing is key to success
By By Anne Trafton | 12 May 2014
Some wives may be nagging their husbands to death – literally!
12 May 2014
Those with a penchant for nagging their spouses, or arguing with their bosses or co-workers, had better take warning
Bone marrow-on-a-chip unveiled
12 May 2014
The device could be used to develop safe and effective strategies to prevent or treat radiation's lethal effects on bone marrow without resorting to animal testing
Bioprinting a 3D liver-like device to detoxify the blood
10 May 2014
The device, which is designed to be used outside the body , much like dialysis, uses nanoparticles to trap pore-forming toxins that can damage cellular membranes and are a key factor in illnesses that result from animal bites and stings, and bacterial infections
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation