Diabetes drug could treat heart disease: Study
Metformin is a drug that relaxes a key heart muscle protein titin, allowing heart to work properly.
Dec 24, 2018, 17:41 PM IST
Predatory ants who have spring-loaded jaws that snap shut 700 times faster than you can blink! - Read
They are fearsome predators armed with long, spiky, widely-agape mandibles and their jaws move so fast that it's hard to register the movement and it's already over by the time you do.
Aug 31, 2017, 17:23 PM IST
Scientists find solar system 2.0 just 10 light-years away!
Researchers said, the solar system is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our Sun.
May 03, 2017, 18:08 PM IST
Lack of sleep impairs ability to interpret facial expressions: Study
A new study has found that lack of sleep may impairs ability to interpret facial expressions.
Mar 24, 2017, 23:53 PM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft all set for 3D mapping during course of flight
The mission is managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Jun 30, 2016, 19:03 PM IST
Visual perception may decline with age: Study
It is a known fact that staying on a topic may be more difficult for oldies than for younger people. The reason behind this is that older adults begin to experience a decline in what is known as inhibition -- the ability to inhibit other thoughts in order to pursue the storyline.
Jun 22, 2016, 14:54 PM IST
How Twitter can help prevent asthma-related hospitalisation!
When the number of asthma-related tweets increased in a given week, the researchers found, the number of asthma emergency department visits or hospitalisations increased proportionally during the following week.
Even after death, spouse impacts your well-being
Intriguingly, the results revealed interdependence between partners even when one partner died during the study.
Jan 31, 2016, 17:38 PM IST
NASA mission finds 100 new alien planets
With a tweak to its steering ability, scientists rectified the mechanical malfunction of Kepler's lost ability to stare at the same exact spot.
Jan 10, 2016, 15:51 PM IST
Parkinson's drug wards off blindness in oldies
Patients receiving L-DOPA were significantly less likely to get AMD, and when they did, its onset was significantly delayed.
Nov 15, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
Mysterious space junk to crash into Earth in November
Scientists predict that the object will plummet to Earth at about 6.15am on November 13 from above the Indian Ocean.
Oct 27, 2015, 10:37 AM IST
Doomsday is not near, NASA reassures amid collision rumours
A giant asteroid - around 2.5 kms in diameter - is heading towards Earth. An asteroid of its size has the potential to cause global devastation if it was to hit Earth, but NASA said the space rock poses no danger to us.
Oct 10, 2015, 19:28 PM IST
