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Artificial intelligence

22 Jul 2019

AI predicts long-term mortality from chest X-ray data

The findings of this study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, could help to identify patients most likely to benefit from screening and preventive medicine for heart disease, lung cancer and other conditions.

05 Jan 2019

Here's why exercise won't make you lose weight

About 10 per cent of the calories are burned digesting the food one eats, which means roughly 10 per cent to 30 per cent are lost through physical activity.

13 Jul 2017

Scientists encode, replay movie encoded in bacterial DNA

Harvard scientists have encoded and played back a primitive movie in the DNA of living bacterial cells, an advance that may lead to "molecular recorders" which will help observe brain cells in real time.

19 Dec 2016

'Grave concerns' about Donald Trump's mental stability: Top US professors

Donald Trump outstripped Hitler on factors including social influence and fearlessness, while the Nazi dictator scored higher on cold-heartedness and Machiavellian egocentricity - which describes a lack of empathy and sense of detachment from others for the sake of achieving one's own goals.

06 Oct 2016

Scientists create better blood sugar test for diabetes

US researchers have developed a more precise method for estimating average blood sugar levels that can cut diagnostic errors by more than 50 percent compared to the current widely used but sometimes inaccurate test.

20 Dec 2015

New method to produce 3D images of lungs developed

The new model can be used for different groups of patients, the researchers said.

29 Nov 2015

Artwork made of live bacteria, genes coming soon

Bioart encourages discussions about societal, philosophical and environmental issues.

Mediterranean diet

16 Nov 2015

Mediterranean diet cuts blindness risk by 26 percent

Regular consumption of oily fish and vegetables seemed to give most of the protection.

15 Nov 2015

Low fat diets no better than high fat ones in the long-term!

For any weight-loss program what matters most is that more calories are burnt than what are consumed and towards this exercising regularly is the best option with restrained intake of food.

21 Sep 2015

Indian-origin scientist designs tiny 'vehicle' to drive drugs to targets

With the side-effects of therapy being one of the major stumbling blocks in advancing treatment for deadly diseases, a team of scientists, including one of Indian origin, has designed a "nanovehicle" that could drive drugs straight to their destinations - the diseased tissues - thereby sparing other healthy organs from any unintended effects.

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