Raw chicken and sprouted beans in Mumbai unhealthy…?
A study in Mumbai finds antibiotic resistant bacteria in commonly consumed food items like raw chicken and sprouted beans. Scientists isolate bacteria resistant to antibiotics...
Month : July 2017
Indo-French scientists develop super touch sensitive material, next only to human touch
A team of Indian and French scientists have developed a touch sensitive material that enhances response rate by thousand times from existing materials. The material...
In caste-ridden India, genetic isolation causes certain diseases
Indian scientists now suspect that genetic diseases in certain subpopulations in India and other countries in South Asia could be due to genetic isolation caused...
Climate change: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Surat vulnerable to flooding
Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, which could severely affect their future growth, reverse current development gains,...
Indian startup develops low-cost, non-invasive device to screen newborn hearing
An Indian startup develops a low-cost battery-operated, non-invasive device to screen newborn hearing. Sohum is a unique device, which uses brainstem auditory evoked response to...
Indian-born scientist develops effective bio-repellent for mosquitoes
Nearly a billion people are affected by mosquito-borne diseases all over the world, with India accounting for more than 40 million. India spends over 100...
US engineers develop low-cost smart glove that translates American Sign Language
Engineers at the University of California develop a smart glove that wirelessly translates the American Sign Language alphabet into text and controls a virtual hand...
Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumours by half in a mouse study at The Ohio State University. The research...
Swiss researchers develop silicon heart that beats almost like a human heart
It looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial heart – to mimic its natural model as...
Indian astrophysicists spot “Saraswati,” one of the most massive structures of galaxies in the Universe
A team of astronomers from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research both in Pune and...