Health & Medicine
Mucus is retained in cystic fibrosis patients’ cells, leads to potentially deadly infections
24 Feb 2015
Quick test for Ebola
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 24 Feb 2015
Existing diagnostic tests take at least a day or two to yield results, preventing health care workers from quickly determining whether a patient needs immediate treatment and isolation. Now, a simple paper strip can diagnose Ebola and other fevers within 10 minutes
New study points to possible carcinogen in soda
23 Feb 2015
High pollution cutting lifespan of Indians by 3.2 years: Study
21 Feb 2015
Half of India's population could increase its lifespan by 3.2 years, if air quality met the national safety standards
Is there value to mammography plus ultrasound?
16 Feb 2015
Early Retina Cell Changes in Glaucoma Identified
14 Feb 2015
Personalised medicine to manage drug therapy
11 Feb 2015
Genetically engineered antibodies show enhanced HIV-fighting abilities
09 Feb 2015
Researchers have developed antibody-based molecules that are more than 100 times better than our bodies' own defences at binding to and neutralising HIV
Now, smart phones to diagnose HIV and syphilis
09 Feb 2015
New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant
07 Feb 2015
A new preservation system that pumps cooled, oxygen-rich fluid into donor livers keeps the organs in excellent condition forup to nine hours before transplantation, and also leads to dramatically better liver function and increases survival, shows research on pigs
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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
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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
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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