Health & Medicine
Cancer biologists find DNA-damaging toxins in common plant-based foods
06 Apr 2013
Liquid smoke, black and green teas and coffee produced levels of cell DNA damage comparable to chemo drugs
Stem cells enable personalised treatment for bleeding disorder
By By Eliot Barford | 05 Apr 2013
Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients
Smoke-free workplaces linked to smoke-free homes in India
By By Sam Wong | 02 Apr 2013
Adults in India are substantially more likely to abstain from smoking at home if they are prohibited from smoking at work, a new study has found.
Device keeps human liver alive outside body
28 Mar 2013
Hunger-spiking neurons could help control autoimmune diseases
By By Karen N Peart | 26 Mar 2013
Anti-nausea drug kills brain tumour cells
25 Mar 2013
World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway
23 Mar 2013
The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.
World’s biggest study of food allergies gets underway
23 Mar 2013
The world's biggest ever study of allergies, spearheaded by Britain's University of Manchester, officially got underway on Friday, 22 March 2013.
Researchers spot molecular control switch for preterm lung disorders
By By Karen N. Peart | 22 Mar 2013
Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find
By By Rob Jordan | 22 Mar 2013
Researchers create tomatoes that mimic actions of good cholesterol
By By Rachel Champeau | 22 Mar 2013
Pixels guide the way for visually impaired
21 Mar 2013
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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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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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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