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.


New gene identified for familial high cholesterol


IANS Automatic

Scientists have identified two statistically significant genetic variants that may lead to an increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


Genes linked with stress disorder identified


To motivate and encourage children to take up aero-modelling as a hobby and sport, the Bengal Aero Modellers Association (BAMA) will organise an exhibition on model aviation beginning here on Sunday.


Dig into aero modelling at Kolkata exhibition


The local atmosphere in Mars is clear in winter, dustier in spring and summer, and windy in autumn, show measurements by NASA's Curiosity rover that has completed recording environmental patterns through two full cycles of Martian seasons.


Curiosity measures seasonal patterns in Mars atmosphere


Almost half of the 15.5 million children in the EU under the age of three were cared for by only their parents in 2014, with 28 percent attending some form of formal childcare, official data showed on Friday.


Half of EU's babies, toddlers not in childcare in 2014


Researchers have constructed a synthetic sugar molecule as a cost-effective alternative for immunisation that could protect patients against one of the most dangerous hospital germs.


Synthetic sugar molecule may help fight hospital germs


Imagine a robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound. In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers have demonstrated such a robot steered by external magnetic fields.


Ingestible robot can patch stomach wound


With a view to promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, the union cabinet has approved the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy which seeks to safeguard trademark identities, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Friday.


Cabinet approves National IPR Policy: Jaitley


A team of researchers, including those of Indian-origin, has found material in rock formations that dates back to shortly after the Earth formed.


Rock formations from  Earth's earliest years found 


Opening doors to development of new drugs to control weight gain and obesity, researchers have identified brain cells that play a crucial role in appetite control.


Brain cells that help control appetite identified


A sixth sense steadies drivers' hands and helps them stay on track, even when they are absent-minded or emotionally upset, except when they are engaged in texting on their mobile phones, a study says.


Sixth sense protects you while driving, except when texting


People who have low levels of a fat hormone might be more prone to developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms if they are exposed to a traumatic event, new research suggests.


Low levels of fat hormone may increase PTSD risk


President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asserted that India is moving towards becoming the world leader in the field of scientific research.


India moving to be world leader in scientific research: President


There is good news for mango lovers! You may soon be able to tell how ripe a mango is without having to taste it as researchers have identified a way to "sniff" the ripeness of the fruit.


Telling ripeness of mango without having to taste it


A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University has developed a non-invasive 3D virtual heart to help doctors determine whether a patient faces the risk of a life-threatening arrhythmia and needs a defibrillator implant.


3D virtual heart to predict sudden cardiac death risk


Genetic testing has confirmed what the Bene Israel community living in the western part of India has always claimed - that they have Jewish roots, a study says.


Confirmed: India's Bene Israel community has Jewish roots


Researchers have stabilised blood samples for long periods of time without refrigeration at temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius by encapsulating them in air-dried silk protein.


Silk stabilises blood samples for months without refrigeration


A drug that is normally used to lower cholesterol could stop the spread of Lyme disease, says a study co-authored by an Indian-origin researcher.


Cholesterol-lowering drug could stop spread of Lyme disease


A tiny stone flake found in Western Australia is a remnant of the earliest known axe with a handle, archaeologists have claimed.


World's oldest axe found in Western Australia


Researchers including one of Indian origin from the US Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab have engineered a strain of bacteria that enables a "one-pot" method for producing advanced biofuels from a slurry of pre-treated plant material.


Scientists produce jet fuel in 'one pot' recipe


Title: Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw & the Story of Indian Biotech; Author: Seema Singh; Publisher: Collins Business; Pages: 324; Price: Rs.599

Page 126 -