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Electric vehicles

06 Feb 2023

Researchers Find Direct Link Between Electric Vehicles and Improving Health

Local air pollution levels and emergency department visits decreased as Electric Vehicles adoption increased within a given zip code, found Healthcare Researchers in the US.

03 Oct 2022

Study : Inflammation, cognitive problems in breast cancer survivors

Scientists are still attempting to figure out why many breast cancer survivors have serious cognitive issues years after treatment. A new long-term study of older breast cancer survivors headed by UCLA researchers and published today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology adds critical evidence to that potential link.

Mosquito mating

10 Nov 2019

Mosquito mating sounds may lead to building quieter drones: Study

Johns Hopkins University researcher have discovered that Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes that is to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate.

22 Jun 2018

4 cups of coffee daily may boost heart functions in elderly

In the study, published in the journal PLOS Biology, the team found that caffeine was protective against heart damage in pre-diabetic, obese mice, and in aged mice.

Prostate cancer

17 Jun 2018

A New subtype of prostate cancer identified

Researchers have identified a new subtype of prostate cancer that occurs in about seven percent of patients with advanced disease.

19 Apr 2018

Protein linked to aggressive breast cancer identified

Researchers have identified a protein that is strongly associated with metastatic breast cancer and that could be a target for future therapies.

18 Apr 2018

Anaesthesia does not lower IQ in children: Study

There is no evidence to prove that children below three years of age who were given anaesthesia had lower intelligence level than those who did not have it, say researchers.

Artificial muscles

18 Apr 2018

Artificial muscles that can lift 12,600 times their own weight

Using carbon fiber, a very strong light-weight material which is readily commercially available, researchers have designed artificial muscles capable of lifting up to 12,600 times their own weight.

18 Apr 2018

Space hum may reveal hidden black holes

Scientists have developed a new technology that can listen to background humming of deep space and unveil thousands of hidden black hole collisions missed by gravitational-wave detectors.

12 Apr 2018

Sexual extravagance can be deadly: Study

The extravagant lengths that males will go to bed a member of the opposite sex can come at the risk of extinction for some species, researchers said Wednesday.

05 Apr 2018

Dinosaurs were dying off long before asteroid hit: Study

Dinosaurs were in trouble long before the massive asteroid - believed to be the primary cause of their extinction - hit the Earth some 65 million years ago, a study suggests.

04 Apr 2018

Smartphone app better at measuring blood flow

A smartphone app using the phone's camera has performed better than traditional physical examination to assess blood flow in patients undergoing coronary angiography, scientists said on Tuesday.

02 Apr 2018

Gut bacteria could reveal more about cirrhosis patients

Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have found that analysis of the gut microbiome -- a collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut -- could help better predict risk of hospitalisation for patients with cirrhosis, a condition in which the liver does not function properly.

Tropical forests

02 Apr 2018

To prevent collapse of tropical forests, protect their shape

Fires on the edges of tropical forests and their alteration by land use makes these hot ecosystems lose their shape and stability bringing a sudden, even catastrophic, transformation of land from trees to grass, researchers have found.

29 Mar 2018

Interstitium: The latest organ discovered in human body. All you need to know

Scientists have discovered a new organ in the human body which they have dubbed the 'interstitium'.

26 Mar 2018

Glyphosate levels linked to shortened pregnancy length

Researchers have found that glyphosate levels -- a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant -- are significantly correlated with shortened pregnancy lengths.

24 Nov 2017

Researchers develop dye to help identify 'lost' ocean microplastics

The dye specifically binds to plastic particles, and renders them easily visible under a fluorescence microscope.

22 Nov 2017

Researchers identify 100 genetic risk factors for allergic diseases

It is a proven fact that there are links between asthma, hay fever and eczema and an individual who has one condition is likely to have others.

18 Nov 2017

Researchers devise new catalyst to recycle CO2, methane

Environmental, scientists have described how they created an advanced nickel-based catalyst strengthened with tin and ceria, and used it to transform CO2 and CH4 into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce fuels and a range of valuable chemicals.

12 Nov 2017

Researchers discover 260 million-year-old fossil forests in Antarctica

During Antarctica's summer, scientists from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) in the US climbed the McIntyre Promontory's frozen slopes in the Transantarctic Mountains.

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