Have you activated Twitter's location-reporting feature as you post, tag or comment on the micro-blogging site? These location stamps on just eight Twitter posts a day can reveal your home or workplace address to even low-tech snoopers.


Location data can reveal Twitter users' homes, workplaces


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A genetic switch that is turned on in the brain during fasting helps halt the spread of intestinal bacteria into the bloodstream, says a new study.


Why fasting doesn't trigger gut inflammation


Researchers, including one of Indian  origin, have developed a device that can dramatically reduce the time and cost required for detecting the deadly E. coli bacteria in drinking water.


New device rapidly detects deadly bacteria in water


Computer scientists, including an Indian-origin student at the University of Texas at Austin, have developed a new method for producing truly random numbers -- a breakthrough that can be used to encrypt data and improve cybersecurity.


Random-number based method to enhance cybersecurity


Researchers have uncovered a new molecular mechanism for stimulating the body to burn fat -- a discovery that could lead to new medications to fight obesity, diabetes and  heart diseases.


Training body to burn fat, not store it


A team of researchers has, in a pioneering effort, genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain.


Scientists genetically engineer Zika virus clone


Regular exercise at any age could keep the mind young and help you stave off Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.


Exercise at any age could keep Alzheimer's away


Researchers including an Indian-origin scientist from Carnegie Mellon University have found that a camera attached to the robot's hand can rapidly create a 3D model of its environment and also locate the hand within that 3D world.


Robot's in-hand eye maps surroundings in 3D


A study released on Tuesday has found that a high concentration of coal dust can quickly kill coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.


Coal dust risk to Australia's Great Barrier Reef


Communities with more fish species are more productive and more resilient to rising temperatures and temperature swings, says a study.


Biodiversity protects fish from global warming


Book: The Gene -- An Intimate History; Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee; Publisher: Penguin Random House Company; Pages: 545; Price not mentioned


The post-genomic world needs a manifesto (Book Review)


In an example of where the scientific community can make a contribution to knowledge described in important ancient texts, researchers have used advanced astronomical software to accurately date lyric poet Sappho's 'Midnight Poem' which describes the night sky over Greece more than 2,500 years ago.


Astronomical software dates 2,500-year-old lyric poem accurately


The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in the city is being upgraded at a cost of Rs.12 crore with equipment imported from Germany.


Bengaluru planetarium gets Rs 12-crore makeover


Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-Kharagpur, has bagged the European Materials Research Society's (E-MRS's) Young Scientist Award for her contribution to materials science, the institute said on Monday.


IIT-Kgp student bags European Materials Research Society award


Heat waves classified as unusual today could within 30 years become a normal yearly occurrence in Africa, thereby triggering a damaging effect on life expectancy and crop production in the continent --  one of the most vulnerable to climate change, say researchers.


Extreme heat waves in Africa could occur annually by 2045


India can enhance its rice yields by 2.5 percent and wheat by 3.3 percent if emissions leading to generation of ground-level ozone could be mitigated, say scientists who have developed an ozone risk estimate database.


Mitigating ozone pollution can enhance rice, wheat output: Study


Using space dust, researchers from Monash University here have made a surprising discovery about the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago, thus challenging the accepted view that Earth's ancient atmosphere was oxygen-poor.


Ancient Earth was oxygen-rich, reveals space dust


Running barefoot is better than running with shoes for your working memory which refers to our ability to recall and process information, according to a study.


Run barefoot to boost your memory


Ebola virus can persist in the semen of survivors of the epidemic for up to nine months after their recovery, said a new study.


Ebola virus can persist in semen 9 months after recovery


Michael Gillon and the team from the University of Liege started their research project five years ago. Only in September last year they discovered three planets orbiting around a nearby dwarf star known as Trappist 1.


Three new Earth-like planets found, could sustain life


Researchers have identified a gene which causes inherited high cholesterol in the blood that can lead to premature heart disease, including cardiac attacks, strokes, narrowing heart valves and sudden death.

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