Health & Medicine
Southern US diet ups risk of heart attack: Study
11 Aug 2015
US FDA approves first 3D printed pill
05 Aug 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first prescription drug made through 3D printing in the US
'Brain training' app may improve memory and daily functioning of people with schizophrenia
05 Aug 2015
Why don’t men live as long as women?
04 Aug 2015
A new study from University of Southern California reveals that vulnerability to heart disease is the biggest culprit behind a surge in higher death rates for men versus women during the 20th century
Brain-controlled prosthesis nearly as good as one-finger typing
03 Aug 2015
Years of work have yielded a technique that continuously corrects brain readings to give people with spinal cord injuries a more precise way to tap out commands by using a thought-controlled cursor. A pilot clinical trial for human use is underway
Low-nicotine cigarettes fail to sway smokers
03 Aug 2015
Low-nicotine cigarettes fail to sway smokers
03 Aug 2015
A cheaper, high-performance prosthetic knee
By By Jennifer Chu | 31 Jul 2015
Researchers at MIT have designed cheap prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion, which is currently being tested in India
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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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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