A team of Australian researchers has found a way to harvest renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power battery-operated wireless sensors.


Harvesting renewable energy from mobile phone base stations


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Offering new evidence to show that male and female brains are wired differently, new research has found that a brain region involved with stress and keeping heart rate and blood pressure high work differently in men and women.


Male and female brains react differently to stress


About 52 per cent women and 75 per cent men prefer to work under "younger bosses" who are perceived as less prejudiced, tech-savvy and open to diverse viewpoints, a new survey of workplaces in India released here on Wednesday said.


Majority of women, men prefer younger bosses: Survey


Small shoebox-sized satellites, flying in formation around the Earth, could estimate the planet's reflected energy with twice the accuracy of traditional monolith satellites, according to a new study led by an Indian-origin professor.


Tiny satellites can better estimate Earth's reflected energy


Countering a common perception, a new study suggests that climate change, after all, may not have been directly linked to cultural and technological innovations of Middle Stone Age humans in southern Africa.


Climate change didn't spark tech innovations in early humans


NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet.


NASA's Juno mission sends first image of Jupiter, its moons 


Girl Scouts and their parents have reported increase in energy-saving behaviours after the children participated in an intervention programme, revealed a study.


Energy saving behaviour spreads from children to parents


Parents are more confident that their pre-teen child would know what to do if there was a house-fire or tornado than avoiding playing with guns if home alone, suggests a study.


Parents confident teens will avoid fire, storms than guns


In a major breakthrough, scientists have successfully restored vision in mice affected by glaucoma-like condition.


Scientists restore vision in blind mice


Boy babies are much more likely to experience potentially life-threatening outcomes at birth than girls, a new research has revealed.


Boy babies at greater risk of pregnancy complications


Pollution experts from around the world will gather in New Zealand later this month to study ways to improve public health in areas affected by wood smoke.


International experts to study health effects of wood smoke


It is likely that some dinosaurs mumbled or cooed with closed mouths, according to a study.


Dinosaurs mumbled with closed mouths


Humans might have learned how to eat cashew by observing  Brazilian capuchin monkeys cracking the tough nuts with stone tools, suggests new research.


Monkeys may have taught us how to crack cashew nuts


The pigment that gives spinach and other plants their green colour may improve doctors' ability to examine the inner workings of the human body to enable them examine more closely for gastrointestinal illnesses, a study has revealed.


Veggie juice that illuminates the gut


Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have discovered that eyes could help them see progression of Alzheimer's disease even before the onset of symptoms.


Eyes help researchers 'see' Alzheimer's before symptoms


The colourful and often fragrant flowers of orchids are highly valued for their beauty but researchers have now discovered that flowers of a new orchid species are not that pretty. A closer look at its flowers' heart reveals what appears to be a devil's head.


This new orchid species' flower looks like a devil's head 


Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have discovered that unhealthy bacteria in your gut could be the culprit that causes rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the body mistakenly attacks itself.


Gut bacteria may cause rheumatoid arthritis


Bacteria carrying the MCR-1 "superbug" gene was found in a second US patient, researchers said on Monday.


'Superbug' gene detected in second US patient


Besides reducing the risk of cancer and heart attacks, consuming up to eight portions of more fruit and vegetables a day can also substantially increase levels of people's happiness in life, finds a new study.


Eat more fruits and vegetables for a happy life


Australia's top scientists and health experts have declared that AIDS is no longer a public health issue in the country.


AIDS epidemic 'over' in Australia: Scientists


The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu went critical or started nuclear fission on Sunday at 8.56 p.m., said officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).

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