A compound found in spinach can slow down fat digestion, leading to reduced hunger and food craving especially in men, a study says.


Spinach can curb food craving in men


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Researchers have developed a low-cost lab-on-a-chip device to analyse sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma.


Novel chip to better diagnose asthma and TB


Parents often misjudge the happiness levels of their kids as they make the estimation based on their personal feelings and not of their children's, says a study.


Your kid may not be as happy as you think


Bees naturally immunize their offspring against specific diseases found in environment and for them the process may be as simple as eating, says a study.


Bees naturally immunize their babies


Despite its growing popularity, half of the most popular news on micro-blogging site Twitter are still not being covered by traditional news media sources, researchers report.


Twitter news yet to gain popularity among traditional media


If you are struggling with alcoholism or other forms of addictions, here comes a smartphone app that aims to help by connecting you to a social network of sober people.


Battling addiction? Get sober with this 'social' app


An Indian American researcher has developed a self-assembling synthetic membrane that may aid in better gas separation, water purification, drug delivery and DNA recognition.


Indian-American develops novel technology for water filtration


Women who drink around the time of conception may put their babies at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes and obesity in early middle age, warns a new study.


Mom's drinking at conception ups kids' diabetes risk


Mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by a butterfly species to heat up its flight muscles before take-off, the amount of power produced by solar panels can increase by almost 50 percent, a study led by an Indian-origin scientist has found.


Butterfly-inspired technique could make solar energy cheaper


Scientists in the US have developed the first model that can predict with up to 90 percent accuracy the amount of nicotine emitted by an e-cigarette.


Model can predict nicotine emitted from e-cigarettes


Researchers have discovered that a protein involved in the progression of Alzheimer's disease also has properties that could benefit human health.


Protein implicated in Alzheimer's may have a brighter side


Two commonly used gout medications may offer protection from alcohol-induced liver disease and inflammation, a study says.


Gout drugs can treat alcohol-induced liver disease


An innovative immunological therapy that attacks carcinogenic cells in humans by increasing the body's anti-tumour response was presented in Santiago city in Chile.


New therapy against cancer


Numerous genes that regulate the activity of a neurotransmitter in the brain, were found to be in abundance in the brain tissue of depressed females.


Over-active genes found in depressed females


If you actually want to quit smoking, you should strengthen self-control, a new study suggests.


Trying to quit smoking? Strengthen self-control


In pioneering work, a team led by an Indian American surgeon has successfully performed robotic surgeries in advanced kidney cancer patients.


Indian American surgeon masters robotic surgery for advanced kidney cancer


A little praise or reward improves the performance of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on certain cognitive tasks - more so than they would for typically developing kids, says a  new study.


Pat on the back helps inattentive kids perform better


A new non-invasive procedure that stimulates the spinal cord has been found successful in making five completely paralysed men move their legs in a rhythmic motion.


Spinal cord stimulation helps paralysed men move legs


Indian scientists claim to have discovered two new Cycads species of plants in Odisha which were dominant some 201 million to 145 million years ago, popularly known as the Jurassic period.


Indian scientists discover plant species of dinosaur age


Scientists have found a way to produce large amounts of functional liver cells from human embryonic and genetic engineered stem cells.


Functional liver cells from stem cells to help drug discovery


Facebook has completed the production of its first full-scale solar-powered internet drone that will deliver wireless internet with lasers from the sky in parts of the developing world where internet availability is still a dream.

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