Science & Health

High fiber diet fights hypertension, type-2 diabetes

According to a study, food rich in high fiber can help fight type-2 diabetes and hypertension, which are strong risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Oct 5, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Diabetes

Leading cancer center stops administering Zantac after carcinogen finding

A cancer centre in the US joins several other countries, including France and Canada, in stopping the use of Zantac in patients.

Oct 5, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Artificial eye to correct the blurry images

This new app can detect an eye disease before doctors

A new app -- White Eye Detector -- can identify eye disease, particularly Leukocoria, before the doctors diagnose it in children as young as 12 days old.

Oct 5, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Scientists engineer E. Coli to produce magic mushroom hallucinogen

Scientists have used bacterium E. Coli to produce on a mass scale psilocybin, a psychoactive chemical found in magic mushroom, and can potentially treat addiction and depression.

Oct 4, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Depression

Both parents' drinking habits affect future child's health

A study claims that drinking as well as smoking habits of aspiring parents affect their baby's heart health.

Oct 4, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Using the Event Horizon Telescope, scientists obtained an image of the black hole at the center of galaxy M87, outlined by emission from hot gas swirling around it under the influence of strong gravity near its event horizon.

Astronomers planning to film Milky Way's black hole as it devours stars and planets

Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope are planning a new project that involves filming Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

Oct 4, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space Milky way Universe

Ten-fold increase in people taking HIV treatment in South Africa: What it means?

A Lancet report suggests the number of adolescents taking treatment for HIV infection increased by ten times in South Africa, owing to ART program.

Oct 4, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Artist's rendering of asteroids and space dust

NASA's plan to destroy killer asteroids may backfire, sending nuked chunks to Earth, warns scientist

A scientist warned that NASA plan to blow up an approaching asteroid could be very dangerous for Earth.

Oct 4, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Asteroid

Mass grave of the Black Death period, identified in the “16 rue des Trente Six Ponts” archaeological site in Toulouse, France.

Ancient DNA trace reveals Black Death bacteria may have originated in Russia

Not only Europe, but the Black Death had also struck China, India, Persia, Syria and Egypt in the early 1340s.

Oct 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

NASA spots two asteroids heading toward Earth on Saturday; Will they just fly-by or ...

NASA's asteroid tracking system has detected two near-Earth objects that are expected to fly past Earth on Saturday.

Oct 4, 2019

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa

Mysterious red glowing object in Chile's skies makes geologists rush to find elusive meteorite residue

After the news came about the bizarre glowing objects in the sky above Chile, government officials denied the possibility that those objects were meteorites.

Oct 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Asteroid Space

NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by Saturn's icy moon Enceladus on Oct. 14, 2015, capturing this stunning image of the moon's north pole. A companion view from the wide-angle camera (PIA20010) shows a zoomed out view of the same region for context.

NASA discovers organic compounds dissolved in water in Saturn's moon Enceladus

The discovery of organic compounds dissolved in water in Enceladus could revolutionize human journey to find alien life

Oct 3, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars is a suicidal mission, warns top scientist

Earlier, Elon Musk had revealed that the future government that will be set up on Mars will be based on direct democracy

Oct 3, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Elon musk Nasa

Cooked food wins over raw food in battle for weight loss

According to a study, cooked veggies altered the microorganisms in the gut and influenced the health aspects in humans as well as mice, leading to weight loss.

Oct 3, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Singapore smog crisis: Singapore and Indonesia to hold emergency meeting to discuss solutions

Medical masks may harm individuals than protecting them from pollution, says new study

Medical masks used by individuals for protection from air pollution can do more harm than good, says a report.

Oct 3, 2019

By Priya Yadav

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Science & Health

High fiber diet fights hypertension, type-2 diabetes

Leading cancer center stops administering Zantac after carcinogen finding

This new app can detect an eye disease before doctors

Scientists engineer E. Coli to produce magic mushroom hallucinogen

Both parents' drinking habits affect future child's health

Astronomers planning to film Milky Way's black hole as it devours stars and planets

Ten-fold increase in people taking HIV treatment in South Africa: What it means?

NASA's plan to destroy killer asteroids may backfire, sending nuked chunks to Earth, warns scientist

Ancient DNA trace reveals Black Death bacteria may have originated in Russia

NASA spots two asteroids heading toward Earth on Saturday; Will they just fly-by or ...

Mysterious red glowing object in Chile's skies makes geologists rush to find elusive meteorite residue

NASA discovers organic compounds dissolved in water in Saturn's moon Enceladus

Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars is a suicidal mission, warns top scientist

Cooked food wins over raw food in battle for weight loss

Medical masks may harm individuals than protecting them from pollution, says new study

Three Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting a Single Binary Star—Could Life Exist?

Three Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting a Single Binary Star—Could Life Exist?

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