Health & Medicine
Nylon fibres made to flex like muscles
29 Nov 2016
MIT engineers find a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibres
Vestibular function declines starting at age 40
29 Nov 2016
First caesarean where mother survived dates back to 1337
28 Nov 2016
The first birth by caesarean section where both the mother and child survived may have taken place in 1337 in Prague, researchers claim
‘Diet’ colas may actually stop you from losing weight: study
26 Nov 2016
In what will come as a shock to those who consume ‘diet’ labelled fizzy drinks hoping to avoid weight gain, a study has such drinks actually stop you losing weight rather than help you
Upward mobility boosts immunity in monkeys
25 Nov 2016
As in humans, in rhesus monkeys the chronic stress of life at the bottom of the ladder can alter the immune system even in the absence of other risk factors, shows a new study
US surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy calls drug addiction crisis a "moral test for America"
19 Nov 2016
Pioneering heart surgeon Denton Cooley dies at 96
19 Nov 2016
Dr Denton Cooley’s contributions to heart surgery are beyond question, but he got into controversy when he used an artificial heart developed by a former colleague without permission and before it had been approved for use in humans
ATM keyboards riddled with bacteria, finds study
18 Nov 2016
Last-line antibiotics are failing
18 Nov 2016
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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
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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