Japanese doctors have for the first time used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient's life as the disease had gone undetected using conventional methods.


AI used to detect rare leukemia type in Japan


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Loss of eyesight is considered a worst ailment compared to other conditions like loss of limb, memory, hearing, or speech, a recent study revealed.


Loss of vision considered a worst ailment: Study


Preschoolers who are more successful in understanding words associated with numbers, such as 'three' or 'four', are more likely to have success with math when they enter kindergarten.


Preschool skills may predict kindergarten math success


Air pollution may shorten survival chances in patients with lung cancer detected at an early stage of the disease, particularly adenocarcinoma, according to a study.


Air pollution may shorten survival chances in lung cancer patients


Climate change is threatening to release hazardous radioactive waste from  an abandoned camp thought to be buried forever in the Greenland Ice Sheet, new research has found.


Melting ice may release Cold War-era radioactive waste


In a study of genetically identical twins, researchers have found that higher body mass index (BMI) may not put the heavier sibling at an increased risk of heart attack and death risk.


Higher BMI may not increase death risk in heavier twin


Exercise causes the formation of new neurons in a critical brain region which does not erases old memories, according to a study conducted by an Indian-origin researchers.


Exercise doesn't affect your memory


With an aim to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, researchers have created a material that is highly breathable and yet protective from biological agents.


'Second skin' uniforms to protect soldiers from biological threats


Researchers have discovered that birds can sleep in flight without colliding with obstacles or falling from the sky.


Birds can sleep in flight, shows study


An Indian American entrepreneur has begun a countdown for launching a moon lander next year after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has approved his company's venture.


Indian American's company approved for moon landing


Paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment, researchers have created a battery that uses a compound from vitamin B2 as the cathode -- the part that stores the electricity that is released when connected to a device.


Researchers create vitamin-driven 'green' battery


Researchers have developed a flexible wearable sensor -- consisting of a temporary tattoo which sticks to the skin -- that can accurately measure a person's blood alcohol level from sweat.


Wearing this tattoo can reveal your alcohol levels


Jupiter's volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon's volcanic gases.


Fluctuating atmosphere of Jupiter's volcanic moon revealed


The Speaker's Research Initiative (SRI), conceptualised by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, on Tuesday organised a workshop on sustainable development goals (SDGs) for members of Parliament in the Parliament Library.


MPs get lessons on sustainable development goals


Researchers have designed a small vibrating device that can be attached to any existing hand-held surgical tool to improve a surgeon's sensitivity to different shapes and textures inside the patient's body.


Novel device lets surgeons feel what they can't touch


Taking a cue from the mechanism that trees  use to convert carbon dioxide into sugars, researchers have found a similar way to turn the gas produced by the burning of fossil fuels in power plants and car engines into a usable energy source using sunlight.


Scientists recycle carbon dioxide to create usable fuel


Researchers have found hammerhead sharks to be just like lazy human swimmers by choosing to swim on their side in a bid to conserve energy, a study published in the journal Nature Communications showed.


Hammerhead sharks swim like lazy humans: Study


The West Bengal government has sought help from scientists to crack down on the menace of rats boring deep holes at the base of a 380 metre-long key flyover in the eastern metropolis, an official said.


Bengal seeks scientists' help to deal with rats gnawing at flyover


A retired colonel of the Indian army, who served as a medical expert in the Kargil area, has innovated new techniques for treating 25 odd common chronic human ailments.


Healing touch: Retired Army doctor finds new ways to treat common ailments


Calling for a radical rethinking of human nutrition science, scienists have developed a new framework called "nutritional geometry" which is the culmination of more than 20 years of research in the field.


New nutrition model to help fight obesity


The Intellectual Property Rights cell of IIT Kharagpur has taken up an initiative to facilitate the process of filing of potential Geographical indications for "Goyna Bori" - the fine art of using lentil paste mix to create exquisite designs, a institution's director said here on Sunday.

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