Micromax has unseated Samsung in India as the top handset seller in the second quarter of 2014, a study says.


Micromax now top mobile brand in India


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Immigrant kids in the US are more likely to grow obese than US-born Caucasian children, a study says.


Immigrant kids in US at higher obesity risk


Obese people who suffer from hypoventilation should be cautious while travelling via air.


Hypoventilation patients at risk during air travel


Teenagers who play mature-rated, risk-glorifying video games are more likely to engage in alcohol use, smoking cigarettes, delinquency and risky sex, says a study.


Video games cause deviant behaviour in teens: Study


Expecting mothers may give their drinking glass a goodbye kiss as researchers have found that parental alcohol exposure weakens brain activation in their children.


Mother's alcohol consumption may make kids dull


If your grandparents take a long to recognise known faces from a fleeting glance, that may well signal their declining intelligence.


Why thinking skills go down with age


Are you a new mother? Do not forget to sing lullabies for your baby as you cuddle him or her.


Lullabies improve pre-term infants' health


Horses can use their facial expressions, specifically the direction of eyes and ears, to "talk" to other horses, a study said Monday.


Horses 'talk', says study


The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Monday launched the Kerala chapter of the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) to promote research, development, innovation, and standardization.


Robotics and Automation Society launched in Kerala


Are you a new mother and cannot figure out why you are still sleepy and tired at work even four months after birth? Get your maternal leave extended to catch some sleep.


New mother and sleepy? Avoid work for now


Young people who indulge in a little video game-playing are better adjusted than those who do not play at all or those who are on video games for three hours or more every day, suggests a study.


Little video gaming makes your kids better adjusted


In what could lead to new anti-cancer drugs, researchers have developed a new method to produce molecules that have a similar structure to peptides which are naturally produced in the body to fight cancer and infection.


Artificial anti-cancer molecules created in a jiffy


In a significant breakthrough, Italian researchers have decoded the language of penguins.


Penguin's language decoded


A Chinese man survived a gunshot after his Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 smartphone took a bullet for him.


Smartphone takes bullet, saves life


An Indian-origin researcher-led team has created the most detailed map to date of a region of the human eye, long associated with blinding diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration.


First molecular map to detect vision loss created


Preventing weight gain, obesity and diabetes could be as simple as keeping a nuclear receptor from being activated in a small part of the brain, says a new study.


Neuronal 'sweet spot' can curb obesity


Writing down fears, emotions and benefits of a cancer diagnosis may improve health outcomes for Asian-American breast cancer survivors, a research reveals.


Pouring emotion helps breast cancer survivors


If you are suffering from chronic pain, it may affect the brain in such a way that it decreases your motivation level even after popping painkillers, says a study.


Chronic pain may make you lethargic


If we go by sleep experts, mattresses should be used for just two things - sleep and sex.


Your bed goes beyond just sex and sleep


A common herbal anti-malarial drug can be used to control asthma, significant research shows.


Herbal anti-malaria drug may control asthma


If we believe a shocking in-flight pattern revealed by researchers, lap infants are at greater risk of dying on board owing to bad sleeping arrangements.

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