Science & Health

Deja Vu 6 years after? Massive earthquake, Tsunami 'may hit' Japan, say experts

The scientists in Japan have warned the public and government officials that a mega-earthquake triggering a massive Tsunami a-la 2011 may hit Japan again any time

Dec 21, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Artificial womb to gene therapy, top advances made in health sector in 2017

Advancement in technologies including gene therapy, gene editing technology, development of artificial wombs and digital pills in 2017 are capable of making significant changes in the health sector.

Dec 21, 2017

By IANS

Tobacco product retailers seek roll back of 85% pictorial warnings

Over 1,000 retailers of tobacco products on Thursday protested outside the Union Health Ministry office here, demanding reduction in the size of the graphical health warnings on cigarette packets.

Dec 21, 2017

By IANS

NASA develops new instruments for detecting alien life

NASA has developed new spectroscopic instruments to study the biological activities in other planets to find alien life.

Dec 21, 2017

By IANS

Nasa

Two sides of dark matter? Scientists unfold the age-old mystery

Researchers unfold the mystery surrounding the nature of the dark matter whose particles have two states of energy like the atoms which are separated by 3.5 keV energy band, visible and invisible.

Dec 21, 2017

By Rahul K R

Drone aerial shot of the ancient Turkish ruins on Dongoin shiree. (North at the top.) Segments of the inscriptions and sarcophagus excavated from the hole at the center of the ruins can be seen. (September 2016)

Archaeologists discover strangely arranged monument in Asia, including sarcophagus

Ruins of a unique monument surrounded by 14 large stone pillars, each covered in Turkic Runic inscriptions and arranged in a square have been found.

Dec 20, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology

Mexican police officer stands guard over nesting sea turtles

Nest of globally endangered turtle species spotted in Cambodia

A nest of the globally endangered Asian giant softshell turtle was found on a sandbar on the Mekong river in Cambodia, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Diabetes Resource Centre opens in Nee Soon to raise awareness among residents

Social isolation might lead to diabetes: Study

Men and women who are not active socially and remain isolated can be affected by diabetes than individuals with larger social networks, a study has found.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Diabetes

NASA would send spacecraft to Alpha Centuari by 2069

NASA would look for signs of life in the Alpha Centauri by sending spacecraft to the system by 2069 .

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Nasa

Cosmic rays can determine climate on Earth, says study

A recent study found that the climate on Earth is controlled by the cosmic rays that comes from the exploding stars and the magnetic activities of the Sun.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

Russian astronaut lashes out at flat-earth believers

Sergey Ryazansky said that the flat earth theory is all about space trolling, and there is nothing more to it

Dec 20, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

14 patients infected with HIV, hepatitis B in China hospital due to negligence, authorities punish hospital staff

Gold nanoparticles could help combat all deadly viruses

Researchers have developed gold nanoparticles that can potentially "trick" viruses into thinking they are invading a human cell and then destroy them.

Dec 20, 2017

By IANS

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