Do you constantly keep checking your phone while talking to your partner, even while out on a romantic date? If yes, you are guilty of p-phubbing.


Check if you are a p-phubber!


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If you want longevity in your marital relationship, just delete your partner from your Facebook friends' list and get the romance back in life.


Delete partner on Facebook, get mojo back


A new device or a mobile phone app that applies a small amount of electricity via a headphone jack could soon put an end to the misery of seasickness and other forms of motion nausea, say researchers.


Smartphone app to cure motion sickness soon


A team led by an Indian-American researcher has invented a new imaging technique that will lead depth-sensing cameras to work in bright light, especially sunlight, as well as in darkness.


Depth-sensing camera that works in bright sunlight


If you are too lazy to wake up for your morning walk, results of a new study may cheer you up.


Can vitamin C supplement replace morning walk?


A team of US engineers has developed a new device that significantly reduces the amount of time necessary to diagnose tissue infections.


New device reduces time to diagnose infections


As climate change accelerates ice melt in the Arctic, polar bears may find caribou and snow geese replacing seals as an important food source, according to a study.


Polar bears can survive ice melt even without seals


Teaching expectant parents to reduce stress, depression and anxiety can result in better birth outcomes such as more optimal birth weight and/or shorter hospital stays after birth, a research has found.


Parenting classes can improve birth outcomes


Researchers analysing the complicated genetic influences in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have discovered new gene variants associated with an often-severe type of the disease that affects children under the age of five.


Novel genes found in gut disease under age five


While high salt in soil threatens to reduce the growth and yield of crops, researchers have now identified a protein family that may help plants grow under slat stress.


Proteins that help plants grow under salt stress identified


A commonly prescribed anti-depressant may change brain structures in depressed and non-depressed individuals in very different ways, says a new study.


Beware! Common anti-depressant may change your brain


An international team of scientists has dated a species of a rare monkey -- roughly the size of a small cat who lived largely on a diet of fruit and leaves -- from the Caribbean region to just over one million-year old.


Fossil of one-million-year-old monkey identified


Acupuncture may be a viable treatment for women experiencing hot flashes as a result of breast cancer therapies, new research has found.


Acupuncture curbs hot flashes in breast cancer survivors


Researchers have discovered a new wheat gene that helps the plant adapt to different climates and maximise grain production.


New gene discovery could improve wheat production


Indian atomic energy regulator AERB, disapproving the practice of taking dental X-ray for determination of a child's age, on Friday warned such practice are deviations from the terms of its licence and registration.


AERB warns against dental X-rays for age determination


A charity organisation run by an Indian-origin couple will start a fundraising campaign on Saturday to benefit sickle cell disease research in the US, a media report said on Thursday.


Indian-American couple to raise funds for sickle cell research


Three dimensional imaging of a mummified kestrel that died due to forced overeating provides evidence that the ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey and mummified them as offerings for the gods, says a new study


Ancient Egyptians bred birds as offering to the gods


Here comes one-of-a-kind electric hyper car that will not only pump adequate adrenaline rush if you participate in a race but will also give you "me time" if you plan a family weekend getaway without fuel worries.


This electric car will take you places sans fuel 


Researchers have documented the accuracy of three new tests for more rapidly diagnosing drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) which could ultimately make treatments more effective and reduce mortality.


New rapid TB tests could reduce mortality


The number of men with breast cancer who underwent surgery to remove the unaffected breast nearly doubled between 2004-2011, says a new study.


More men with breast cancer removing unaffected breast


A mobile app launched by Indian-American banker Jay Sidhu and his daughter Luvleen can revolutionise the global banking industry, a media report said.

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