Soya-wheat mix can help protect immunity of HIV patients: Study

CHENNAI: Adding a soya-wheat mix fortified with vitamins to the diet of HIV-positive people, along with regular treatment, can safeguard their immunity and general health, a new study has found.The study by National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis...

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New blood test predicts breast cancer years ahead

LONDON: A new blood test can predict if a woman would get breast cancer in the next two to five years and could create a "paradigm shift" in early diagnosis of the disease, reports a new study."The method is better than mammography, which can only be...

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NASA reveals first-ever colour image of Pluto

WASHINGTON: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, set to fly by the Pluto system on July 14, has sent its first colour image of the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon."The image reveals tantalising glimpses of this system," Jim Green, director of NASA's...

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Now, herbal tea that fights malaria

WASHINGTON: A new study has revealed about the journey of the antimalarial tea from herbal remedy to licensed phytomedicine.The herbal remedy derived from the roots of a weed, which was traditionally used to alleviate malarial symptoms, was combined...

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Turn corpses into compost and let life bloom

By: Catrin EinhornCULLOWHEE (North Carolina): The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman was brought to a hillside at Western Carolina University still clad in a blue hospital gown. She was laid on a bed of wood chips, and then more were heaped atop her....

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NASA telescope finds planet deep within our galaxy

WASHINGTON: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light years away, making it one of the most distant planets known."We do not know if planets are more common in our galaxy's...

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Killer robots worry United Nations

LONDON: Robots which can decide what to kill are all set to change the face of modern warfare but has left the United Nations seriously worried.A major multilateral meeting on "lethal autonomous weapons systems" (LAWS) is taking place in Geneva at present...

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'Dwarf planet' Ceres spawns giant mystery

VIENNA: First classified a planet, then an asteroid and then a "dwarf planet" with some traits of a moon -- the more scientists learn about Ceres, the weirder it becomes.And new observations of the sphere of rock and ice circling our Sun between Mars...

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Muscle-building supplements may up testicular cancer risk

WASHINGTON: Men who take muscle-building supplements are at a higher risk of developing testicular cancer, a new study has warned.Researchers found that men who use muscle-building supplements, such as pills and powders with creatine or androstenedione,...

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Tail bone reveals dinosaur's sex

TORONTO: Differences in size and shape of tail bones can differentiate fossils of male dinosaurs from those of females -- at least for some small feathered species, researchers report.The key differences between the sexes lie in bones near the base of...

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5-year-old boy finds rare dinosaur fossil in US

WASHINGTON: A five-year-old boy has discovered the fossil of what scientists believe could be a 100-million-year-old dinosaur behind a shopping centre in Texas.Wylie Brys found the fossil with his father Tim, who works at the Dallas Zoo, on a patch of...

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Cannabis can cure cancer and even shrink brain tumours

LONDON: A new study has examined that Marijuana can kill cancer cells and even shrink brain tumours.The study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded by the US government showed extracts from the plants can help enhance the impact of radiation...

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Signs of alien life will be found by 2025: NASA scientists

WASHINGTON: Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while "definitive evidence" of extra-terrestrial beings may be found within the next 20 to 30 years, top NASA scientists say."I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth...

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Man's best friend can detect prostate cancer: Study

LONDON: A new study suggests that trained German shepherd dogs can sniff out the chemicals linked to prostate cancer from urine samples with more than 90 percent accuracy, a leading British daily reported on Saturday.The findings of the study, carried...

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Orange glasses for better sleep?

Most evenings, before watching TV or reading emails on his phone, Matt Nicoletti puts on a pair of orange-coloured glasses."My girlfriend thinks I look ridiculous in them," he said. But Nicoletti, 30, a hospitality consultant, says the glasses, which...

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Acidic oceans led to Earth’s worst mass extinction

LONDON: Ocean acidification triggered Earth's greatest extinction of all time, wiping out more than 90% of marine species and over two-thirds of land animals some 250 million years ago, a new study has found. Researchers found that oceans absorbed huge...

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Astronomer names asteroid after Malala

ISLAMABAD: The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai now has an asteroid named after her, media reported.Amy Mainzer, astronomer at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, named Asteroid 316201 after...

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Mother's gene can nourish baby's gut bacteria

NEW YORK: A gene helps some mothers produce breast milk sugars that are not digested by the infant, but instead nourish specific bacteria that colonise the babies' guts soon after birth, says a new study.The gene, which is not active in some mothers,...

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Life beyond solar system possible: New study

BERLIN: A team of scientists has found, for the first time, complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star, reinforcing the theory of life beyond the solar system, Efe news agency reported.In...

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Pluck 200 hair to grow 1,200 new ones!

NEW YORK: In a good news for men facing incessant hair loss, researchers have discovered that by plucking 200 hair strands in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow!Scientists at the University of Southern...

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Sun missed star-boom in Milky Way by 5 billion years

NEW DELHI: Most of the Milky Way's stars were formed in a star-birthing frenzy that peaked 10 billion years ago, but our Sun was late for the party, not forming until roughly 5 billion years ago, a new study has found. The study involved a multi-observatory...

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The desire to rape is in our genes, says study on sex offences

LONDON: The desire to commit rape could actually be genetic.The largest study on sex offences that looked at data over 37 years (1973 and 2009) involving 21,566 men has confirmed that brothers and fathers of men convicted of sexual offences are up to...

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First objects 3D printed in space come to Earth

WASHINGTON: The first objects manufactured in space with a 3D printer have been delivered to Earth and will now undergo a series of tests, Nasa has said.Engineers at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, unboxed the special cargo...

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HIV breakthrough: Antibody therapy manages to reduce 300-fold HIV’s viral load

LONDON: For the first time ever, an antibody - a magic bullet found from within the human body has managed to reduce 300-fold HIV's viral load - the amount of HIV circulating in the blood of those infected.Antibody is an infection-fighting protein produced...

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Signs of alien life will be found by 2025: Nasa scientists

WASHINGTON: Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while "definitive evidence" of extra-terrestrial beings may be found within the next 20 to 30 years, top Nasa scientists say."I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth...

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Seasonal changes on Sun can better predict solar storms

WASHINGTON: Not just planet Earth but the Sun too experiences seasonal changes, finds a significant research. By better understanding how these seasonal instabilities are formed one can greatly improve forecasts of space weather events.According to a...

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Mummies reveal how TB ravaged 18th century Europe

LONDON: Samples from mummies in a 200-year-old crypt in Hungary have revealed that infections by multiple strains of tuberculosis (TB) gripped 18th century Europe when the disease was at its peak.Analysis of the samples taken from the naturally mummified...

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Scientists regenerate cardiac muscles through hormone stimulation

SYDNEY: A group of scientists has reactivated cell growth in the cardiac muscles of a mouse through hormone stimulation, opening the possibility of new treatments following cardiac arrest, Efe news agency reported citing a study published on Tuesday."What...

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Images with text on cigarette packs more effective in discouraging smoking: Study

NEW DELHI: While Indian law makers are still debating whether putting pictures on cigarette packets is necessary or not and what size should such pictures be, a new study by a Washington State University, Vancouver, psychologist has found that young...

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Zapping the brain with electricity may treat dementia

SINGAPORE: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found a new way to treat dementia by sending electrical impulses to specific areas of the brain to enhance the growth of new brain cells.The therapeutic procedure, known as deep brain stimulation,...

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Most people on anti-depressants don't need them

LONDON: More than two-thirds of people taking anti-depressant drugs may not actually suffer from depression, claims a new study.The US-based study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that 69 per cent of people taking anti-depressants...

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Brain protein can help curb binge drinking

WASHINGTON: A new study has proposed that a naturally-occurring protein in the brain can act to suppress binge alcohol drinking.The researchers at University of North Carolina School used a series of genetic and pharmacological approaches where they...

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Depression, obesity affect corporate employees most: Study

BENGALURU: Demanding schedules, high stress levels and performance linked perquisites in private sectors, nearly 42.5% of employees in private sectors are afflicted from depression or general anxiety disorder, a study by industry body Assocham has claimed.The...

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Reach Mars in 39 days with plasma rocket

WASHINGTON: A US-based rocket propulsion company is developing an engine that could take humans to the Red Planet in just 39 days and it has got funding from Nasa to accomplish the task.A spacecraft normally takes several months to reach Mars. According...

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Why do pilots hide mental disorders?

An intense focus on the role of the co-pilot's mental illness in the Germanwings jetliner crash has raised concerns that it risks unfairly stigmatizing millions of people with mental disorders and making it less likely they will seek treatment. That,...

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Cern restarts ‘Big Bang’ collider after 2-year refit

ZURICH/GENEVA: Scientists at Europe's particle physics research centre Cern on Sunday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on a new bid to resolve some mysteries of the universe and look for "dark matter".The machine had...

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Stem cell implant shows promise for Parkinson's treatment

NEW YORK: An implant of stem cells treated with an anti-cancer drug has been found to be effective against Parkinson's symptoms in mice.The findings published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience could be an important step toward using the...

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Unusually short total lunar eclipse dazzles skywatchers

LOS ANGELES: The total eclipse of Moon lasted only a short time, but it still dazzled.Early risers in the western US and Canada should have been able to catch a glimpse before dawn on Saturday. The moment when Moon was completely obscured by Earth's...

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Vaccine boosts immune response in cancer patients

WASHINGTON: A new vaccine improves the immune system's response to cancer by using altered forms of proteins from the patient, according to a study published by the journal Science."Vaccines against cancer tend to be generalised," said the study's lead...

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Brain can 'see' beyond five senses, finds study

NEW DELHI: Yet another proof of the incredible power and adaptability of the brain was provided by a recent study in which Japanese researchers connected the brains of blind rats to a geomagnetic compass - and found that the rats spontaneously learnt...

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DNA can't explain all inherited traits

LONDON: Characteristics passed between generations are not decided solely by DNA, but can be brought about by other material in cells, new research has shown for the first time.Scientists studied proteins found in cells, known as histones, which are...

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Common cholesterol drug stimulates same receptors as marijuana

LONDON: Researchers have identified a cholesterol drug that may be the starting point for a new class of cannabis-like drugs to treat pain, nausea and various psychiatric and neurological conditions.Fenofibrate, also known by the brand name Tricor, is...

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