Health & Medicine
Antiviral drugs may slow Alzheimer’s progression
18 Oct 2011
Antiviral drugs used to target the herpes virus could be effective at slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), shows a new study
Sniffing out the brain's predictive power
15 Oct 2011
Researchers find that the brain smells what it expects rather than what it sniffs
Monitoring how T cells respond to HIV
By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 15 Oct 2011
One of the obstacles to developing an effective AIDS vaccine is the difficulty in measuring how well a potential vaccine primes the body to defend itself against HIV.
Inhaler treatment for lung cancer
12 Oct 2011
Safer and more efficient lung cancer treatment through a nebuliser may replace current intravenous delivery
Study identifies earliest stages of Alzheimer's
12 Oct 2011
Light can detect pre-cancerous colon cells
By By Richard Merritt | 11 Oct 2011
This technology could be a non-invasive way for physicians to detect abnormal cells, or dysplasia, which have the potential of turning cancerous
Immune mechanism blocks inflammation generated by oxidative stress
By By Scott LaFee | 07 Oct 2011
New inherited neurometabolic disorder discovered
03 Oct 2011
‘Back-up system’ reduces heart disease deaths
30 Sep 2011
Small bypass vessels play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease
Even high-but-normal blood pressure elevates stroke risk
By Scott LaFee, UC San Diego Health Sciences | 29 Sep 2011
People with pre-hypertension have a 55-per cent higher risk of experiencing a future stroke than people without pre-hypertension, reveals new research
Featured articles
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?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation