Women live four years longer than men in India
People in India live significantly longer now compared with 1990. Life expectancy increased by 6.9 years for men and 10.3
Read MoreGene responsible for obesity in Indians identified
For the first time, Indian researchers have been able to isolate a gene associated with obesity which is specific to
Read MoreAn App for cardiovascular management shows promise
Researchers have found a way to improve the quality of primary care and clinical outcomes cost-effectively by using a smart
Read MorePluto may be geologically active
Contrary to the grand old theory that Pluto is an inert mass made up of rock and ice water, data
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A promising target to treat cognitive disorders identified
At least in the case of mice, all that needs to be done to enhance the cognitive ability is to
Read MoreA ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet discovered
The Gemini Planet Imager imaging instrument perched atop Chile’s Gemini South Telescope has for the first time discovered an exoplanet
Read MoreSpread of drug-resistant malaria parasites looms large
Anopheles mosquitoes that take multiple blood meals from different people who are infected with malaria or take multiple parasite strains
Read MoreWhy the 7.8 magnitude Nepal quake was less devastating
Despite the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake being 7.8 magnitude, shallow focus, most of the vulnerable, regular, four-storey buildings escaped
Read MoreEditorial: Victory over Ebola
The alacrity and eagerness shown by the research community to find a safe and efficacious vaccine against the deadly Ebola
Read MoreIndian cholera vaccine found to be safe, efficacious
The safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccine Shanchol manufactured by the Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics Private Limited, a Sanofi company,
Read MoreSmell guides mosquitoes to see a human host
It may be largely impossible to avoid getting bitten by a mosquito unless and otherwise one can stay in an
Read MoreEditorial: Historic fly-by
The New Horizons became the first spacecraft to successfully fly by the dwarf planet Pluto, the last unexplored world in
Read MoreGM mosquitoes check dengue in Brazil
The use of genetically engineered mosquitoes to control dengue and chikungunya-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito population in the wild got a
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