Health & Medicine
New research could pave the way to safer treatments for arthritis
By By Gilead Amit | 05 Jul 2013
Shared brain disruption illustrates similarities between mental illnesses
By By Bill Hathaway | 05 Jul 2013
Bone marrow transplant busts HIV in two patients
04 Jul 2013
Doctors caution that it is too early to talk about a cure as the virus could return at any point
Nanoparticles, made to order — inside and out
04 Jul 2013
New research enables high-speed customization of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other uses. - Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
Prescription pain pills turn poison pills for stressed American women
04 Jul 2013
Deaths from painkillers in recent years have been increasing much faster among women, quintupling since 1999
Growth, not just size, boosts brain aneurysms' risk of bursting
By By Elaine Schmidt | 03 Jul 2013
Vaginal delivery raises risk of pelvic organ prolapse
By By Karen N. Peart | 03 Jul 2013
Brain-penetrating particle attacks deadly tumours
By By Eric Gershon | 02 Jul 2013
Hold the medicinal lettuce
29 Jun 2013
USC research IDs potential treatment for HIV-related lymphoma
By By Alison Trinidad | 29 Jun 2013
How cancer spreads: Metastatic tumor a hybrid of cancer cell and white blood cell
By By Helen Dodson | 27 Jun 2013
Sleep apnea and pre-eclampsia share a common warning sign
By By Bill Hathaway | 27 Jun 2013
Cartilage gene linked to bone cancers
27 Jun 2013
New way to improve antibiotic production
26 Jun 2013
New alternative to surgery lets doctors remove suspicious polyps, keep colon intact
By By Rachel Champeau | 26 Jun 2013
Managing ‘internal clocks’ of post-harvest vegetables for health
24 Jun 2013
Vegetables and fruits don’t die the moment they are harvested; they respond to their environment for days, light can be used to coax them to make more cancer-fighting antioxidants at certain times of day
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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