Science & Health

First gene therapy for rare blindness gets US FDA nod

In a first, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a novel gene therapy to treat children and adult patients with an inherited form of vision loss that may result in blindness.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Arthritis drug may be helpful in treating skin cancer

Common anti-rheumatic drug can be helpful in treating skin cancer, new research has shown.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

US woman gives birth to healthy child from 24-year-old frozen embryo

A couple gave birth to a girl child born from a 24-year-old frozen embryo.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Helping strangers can improve self-esteem, boost confidence in teenagers: study

Lending a helping hand to people who weren't close could help teenagers improve their self-esteem and confidence, claimed new research.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

NASA aims to send probe to nearby exoplanet by 2069

The details of the mission concept was presented by Anthony Freeman of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the 2017 American Geophysical Union conference in New Orleans.

Dec 20, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Why women above 80 years suddenly turn happy?

According to the NHS study, women are more unhappy than men after their mid-80s, while men who are usually happy until they reach 80s tend to turn unhappy later.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Depression

Elon Musk dream closer to reality as Hyperloop One passenger pod peaches 192 mph on latest test run

Virgin Hyperloop One tested successfully, 1000-kmph travel possible by 2021

Virgin Hyperloop One is a high speed travelling experience and aims to transport people to distant locations in a very short period of time and the company is aiming to reach a speed goal of 670 mph (1000 km/hr) by 2021.

Dec 20, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Life inside rocks? New fossil discovery pushes life on Earth to 3.5 billion years

Recently some researchers have published a study regarding recently found fossils and it shows that life had existed on Earth since way before we had expected

Dec 20, 2017

By Poulami Nag

Humble fungi created oxygen-rich environment on Earth: Study

A recent research has found that the Humble fungi has played crucial role in formation of Oxygen-rich environment in Earth by mining phosphorus for powering photosynthesis in plants.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Dragon brings Christmas gift for ISS astronauts including beer-making ingredients

SpaceX's Dragon capsule, which was launched using the company's recycled Falcon 9 rocket has succesfully brought the supplies for the crew members to the ISS

Dec 20, 2017

By Poulami Nag

Spacex

New England, Vermont sitting on hot air balloon? Magma to reach surface anyday, says study

Geologists have observed a mass of warm rock under New England, likely to rise to the surface like a hot air balloon any day.

Dec 19, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Sperm is the future of cancer treatment: Researchers

Researchers said that the sperm cells were fitted with iron "hats" to help control the medicine through magnetism.

Dec 19, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

December 21 Winter Solstice will be worst day of 2017, say astrologers

Astrologers have stated that December 21, also known as the Winter Solstice, will the worst day of 2017 and it is written in the stars.

Dec 19, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Interstellar object Oumuamua may contain water from alien planet

New study has suggested that water might have been trapped under the thick carbon-rich coating on its surface.

Dec 19, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Monkey-deer sexual act in Japan's forest triggers serious questions

The video is reportedly shot in Meiji Memorial Forest, Japan, and it features young female macaques engaging in sexual acts with a male sika deer

Dec 19, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Science & Health

First gene therapy for rare blindness gets US FDA nod

Arthritis drug may be helpful in treating skin cancer

US woman gives birth to healthy child from 24-year-old frozen embryo

Helping strangers can improve self-esteem, boost confidence in teenagers: study

NASA aims to send probe to nearby exoplanet by 2069

Why women above 80 years suddenly turn happy?

Virgin Hyperloop One tested successfully, 1000-kmph travel possible by 2021

Life inside rocks? New fossil discovery pushes life on Earth to 3.5 billion years

Humble fungi created oxygen-rich environment on Earth: Study

Dragon brings Christmas gift for ISS astronauts including beer-making ingredients

New England, Vermont sitting on hot air balloon? Magma to reach surface anyday, says study

Sperm is the future of cancer treatment: Researchers

December 21 Winter Solstice will be worst day of 2017, say astrologers

Interstellar object Oumuamua may contain water from alien planet

Monkey-deer sexual act in Japan's forest triggers serious questions

Frozen Secret: Thousands of 'Alien-Like' Icefish Nests Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

Frozen Secret: Thousands of 'Alien-Like' Icefish Nests Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet

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