Health & Medicine
Pills of the future: nanoparticles
28 Nov 2013
Clinical trial shows tongue-controlled wheelchair outperforms popular wheelchair navigation system
28 Nov 2013
Stuck on flu
27 Nov 2013
Antidepressants are not 'happy pills'
27 Nov 2013
Different gene expression in male and female brains helps explain differences in brain disorders
26 Nov 2013
Dying from a food allergy is less likely than being murdered
By by Sam Wong | 26 Nov 2013
Lack of protein drives overeating
23 Nov 2013
Lowering BP, cholesterol and blood sugar could halve obesity-related risk of heart disease and stroke
23 Nov 2013
Dreading pain can be worse than pain itself
22 Nov 2013
Biologists identify new cancer weakness
21 Nov 2013
Low-fat diet changes prostate cancer tissue
By By Kim Irwin | 21 Nov 2013
Synthetic alcohol substitute could eliminate health risks – and hangovers
By by Sam Wong | 21 Nov 2013
A drug that mimics some effects of alcohol but lacks its harmful properties would have real benefit for public health, a leading scientist says
A new way to monitor induced comas
16 Nov 2013
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.

