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.
Jul 22, 2019, 15:23 PM IST
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.
Jan 05, 2019, 16:07 PM IST
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.
Jul 13, 2017, 18:06 PM IST
'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.
Dec 19, 2016, 17:58 PM IST
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.
Oct 07, 2016, 00:55 AM IST
New method to produce 3D images of lungs developed
The new model can be used for different groups of patients, the researchers said.
Dec 20, 2015, 12:12 PM IST
Artwork made of live bacteria, genes coming soon
Bioart encourages discussions about societal, philosophical and environmental issues.
Nov 29, 2015, 16:39 PM IST
Mediterranean diet cuts blindness risk by 26 percent
Regular consumption of oily fish and vegetables seemed to give most of the protection.
Nov 16, 2015, 10:17 AM IST
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.
Nov 15, 2015, 10:45 AM IST
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.
Sep 21, 2015, 15:37 PM IST
