Health & Medicine
A new method for picking the ‘right’ egg in IVF
By By Karen N. Peart | 02 Jun 2012
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Zinc helps lower risk of treatment failure in children: study
31 May 2012
Results of the first study to assess the efficacy of zinc given in addition to standard antibiotic therapy for probable serious bacterial infections such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis showed that children given zinc were 40 per cent less likely to experience treatment failure
Cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
By David Chandler, MIT News Office | 30 May 2012
Using robots for less invasive surgery
29 May 2012
Powerful new approach to attack flu virus
28 May 2012
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Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
26 May 2012
Getting a shot at the doctor’s office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future.
Stopping drug-induced liver injury
25 May 2012
Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections
By By Scott LaFee | 25 May 2012
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New technology measures biomarker by bouncing laser light off skin
24 May 2012
Scientists at the Yale School of Public Health are testing a new technology that measures a biomarker by simply bouncing blue laser light off the skin and gets results in about a minute
No new neurons in the human olfactory bulb
24 May 2012
Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot
21 May 2012
Fighting back against milk and food allergies
21 May 2012
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Prosthetic retina offers simple solution to restoring sight
18 May 2012
A device which could restore sight to patients with one of the most common causes of blindness in the developed world is being developed in an international partnership
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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!
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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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