Unable to maintain weight loss due to your genetic predisposition to obesity? Take heart, an injectable drug widely used to lower blood sugar levels can help you fight overweight, suggest a study.


Scientists offer hope for genetically determined obesity


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Ever wondered how your brain processes spiritual experiences? Scientists have identified a possible "neurobiological home" for the sense of connection to something greater than oneself.


Scientists pinpoint spiritual part of human brain


To accelerate criminal investigations of crimes against women, India's first advanced DNA forensic laboratory will come up in Chandigarh and five more such labs will be set up in Mumbai, Chennai, Guwahati, Pune and Bhopal in the next three months, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Friday.


Advanced forensic labs for speedy probe of crime against women: Maneka


An astronaut's weight may play a role in ocular changes that occurs during spaceflight and can lead to vision impairment, new research suggests.


Astronauts' weight linked to post-flight eye changes: Study


A Japanese start-up has announced it is designing an innovative unmanned spacecraft that will be put to trial in 2019 to fly commercially to space by 2023.


Japanese firm to launch commercial flights to space by 2023


Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India and Netherland-based research and development organisation for vaccine technologies Intravacc have signed a deal to jointly develop bioneedles, a novel delivery system for vaccines.


Indo-Dutch collaboration for cost-effective vaccine delivery


Love your cup of green tea? Besides playing a role in weight loss and boosting immunity, green tea -- rich in antioxidants -- may also help prevent deaths due heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis -- a condition of narrowed artery walls due to fat build-up, claims a study.


Green tea may prevent deaths from heart attacks


Researchers have identified three genes involved in brain development which may have contributed to the rapid evolution of the humans from other apes roughly three million years ago.


Genes that separate humans from apes identified


Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy, completely intact and in well-preserved condition, in what is thought to be a late 15th century Inca pilgrimage site in Peru.


1,000-year-old mummy unearthed in Peru


In a first, British scientists have 3D printed human corneas that could cut down shortage of eye donors available for transplant.


First 3D-printed human corneas can aid transplants


In a significant boost to their strategic ties, India and Indonesia signed an agreement on defence cooperation among 15 others following a bilateral summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo here on Wednesday.


Defence cooperation among 15 India-Indonesia pacts signed


As the world grapples with the challenge of climate change, a top Indian scientist has called for the opening of more Indian research stations in the Arctic.


Call for more Indian research stations in Arctic


St. Xavier's College of Kolkata has decided to open up its central research facility for researchers and faculty of other institutions and start a faculty development programme for teachers of other colleges and universities, a top official said here on Tuesday.


Xavier's to open research facility for other institutions' faculty


The National Institute of Oceanography here will train oceanographers from Bangladesh in the lead-up to a joint exploration of the Bay of Bengal by marine scientists from both countries, its director Sunil Kumar Singh said on Monday.


Indian, Bangaldeshi oceanographers to jointly explore Bay of Bengal


Researchers have developed a breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology that reveals how human cells communicate, opening path to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders.


Lab-on-a-chip technology can improve chronic disease diagnoses


A South African company is selling what it calls "Entomilk", a special milk made from farmed insects, as the next superfood.


South African firm sells 'insect milk' as next superfood


Title: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?; Author: Frans De Waal; Publisher: Granta Books; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 499


Monkey business and more: Proving intelligence in animals (Book Review)


Researchers have developed a novel statistical algorithm that is capable of identifying potential disease genes in a more accurate and cost-effective way.


Novel algorithm developed for finding disease-susceptible genes


Alan Bean, a NASA astronaut who journeyed into space two times and, as part of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, became the fourth man to walk on the moon, died at the age of 86 at a hospital in Houston, the US space agency announced.


Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean dead at 86


Scientists have demonstrated that the chemical element ruthenium (Ru) is the fourth single element to have unique magnetic properties at room temperature.


Scientists identify new magnetic element


US researchers have started the first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Centre said in a statement.

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