Health & Medicine
Guys: get married for the sake of your bones, but wait until you're 25
22 Jan 2014
Among men who first married prior to turning 25, the researchers found a significant reduction in spine bone strength for each year they were married before that age
Dirty Chinese air spreading diseases across Pacific to US: study
22 Jan 2014
Polluted air from China is blowing across the Pacific Ocean in large quantities and contributing to smog in the United States, according to new research by a team of Chinese and American scientists
Drug strategy blocks a leading driver of cancer
By By Jeffrey Norris | 20 Jan 2014
Google develops glucose monitoring contacts
18 Jan 2014
Indian fairness creams, lipsticks high on lethal heavy metals: study
17 Jan 2014
Mercury is present in 44 per cent of the fairness creams and other cosmetics sold in India, although the use of the toxic metal in such products has been banned in India and across the world
How the immune system fights off malaria
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 15 Jan 2014
The parasites that cause malaria are exquisitely adapted to the various hosts they infect — so studying the disease in mice doesn’t necessarily reveal information that could lead to drugs effective against human disease
New research opens door to Alzheimer’s test
14 Jan 2014
Google Glass used in foot surgery in Jaipur
13 Jan 2014
Bacterial food web may be key to cystic fibrosis
By By Anne Ju | 13 Jan 2014
New clues to how bacteria evade antibiotics
11 Jan 2014
8 million lives saved since surgeon general’s tobacco warning 50 years ago
By By Michael Greenwood | 09 Jan 2014
Stem cell scientists first to track joint cartilage development in humans
By By Shaun Mason | 06 Jan 2014
Genetic link to Type 2 diabetes found
03 Jan 2014
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
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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.
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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
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