Exposure to lead during the development stages and early childhood is likely to increase the risk of obesity in adulthood, finds a new research.


Lead exposure in early stages ups obesity risk


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It is often assumed that as our income rises so does our life satisfaction but this may not be the case with many people.


Does income hike really make people happy?


The researchers at Stanford University of the US have found a way to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material, such as agricultural waste and grasses, into plastic.


Carbon dioxide, plants turned into renewable plastic


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists on the successful launch of the sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F into orbit.


PM congratulates ISRO for sixth navigation satellite launch


Forget air conditioners, smart clothing of the future may help you stay cool on a hot summer day. Scientists in Finland have developed a new technology  that can lead to clothes with the ability to automatically adjust temperature according to the wearer's actual needs.


Feeling hot? Smart clothing could help you stay cool


Reconstructing an early East African landscape where human ancestors lived 1.8 million years ago, researchers have found that life was quite tough in the ancient times.


Life was no picnic for our ancestors 1.8 million years ago


Remembering human-like robots seen in movies can help older adults ward off "robot anxiety" as they deal with the machines helping them at home, an Indian-origin researcher has said.


"Good" robots in movies can help elderly accept them at home


How did Madagascar once slot next to India? Where was Australia a billion years ago? To answer such questions, geologists here have developed Cloud-based virtual globes which means anyone with a smartphone or laptop can visualise -- with unprecedented speed and ease of use -- how the Earth evolved geologically.


Now visualise how Earth evolved geologically with your smartphone


Climbing the stairs can not only help you stay physically fit but also improve brain health, suggests new research.


Take the stairs to slow brain ageing


A novel product developed by Nualgi Nano Biotech (NNB), a low-profile biotech company here, is helping clean up sewage-polluted Ulsoor Lake where thousands of fish were found dead last week owing to depletion of dissolved oxygen.

Nualgi: A wonder product to save polluted Bengaluru lake

Serotonin, a brain chemical which is believed to influence various physiological and psychological factors including our mood and appetite has now been directly implicated in rheumatoid arthritis that can cause chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body.


Deficiency in key brain chemical linked to rheumatoid arthritis


High levels of insulin are bad for lungs and for Indians who have the lowest lung function, the focus should be on improving diet and lifestyle to tackle pre-diabetes and diabetes, according to a study.


High levels of insulin affect lungs, says study


While doctors have long characterised epilepsy as a brain disorder, researchers have now found that certain changes in heart activity may precede the onset of the disorder in children.


Changes in heart activity may predict epilepsy onset


Australian researchers have debunked fish oil and vitamin D as treatments for knee osteoarthritis in a clinical trial.


Fish oil, Vitamin D cannot cure osteoarthritis: Study


Australian scientists have discovered five new, submerged "Apostles" -- limestone columns -- near one of Australia's most iconic tourist landmarks, the Twelve Apostles.


Five submerged 'Apostles' discovered near Australian landmark


The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has been setting up supercomputing centres in technical institutions to boost research and development in manufacturing, defence, power, agriculture, communications, climate change, drugs innovation, and early warning for natural calamities, an official said here on Wednesday.


Supercomputer centres to boost research on technical, societal sectors


A heart pump using flywheel technology, developed by engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Centre, has raised hope of a better life for children born with only one heart ventricle, or essentially half a heart.


NASA develops pump to work for kids with half a heart


Offering new insight into how life can adapt to survive and potentially be reinvented, researchers have discovered how a synthetic protein promotes the growth of cells that lack a life-sustaining gene.


Reviving dying cells with artificial protein


Overturning long held views that the origin of vertebrates with legs triggered an increase in the anatomical diversity of their skeletons, new research has found that limbs of the earliest vertebrates, dating back more than 360 million years ago, were no more structurally diverse than the fins of their aquatic ancestors.


Evolution from fins to legs didn't trigger much anatomical change


In a first, a 15-year-old girl diagnosed with paralysis-causing myelitis was found to be infected by Zika virus, French researchers have reported.


First case of Zika virus infection linked to paralysis


Parents may please take note that overweight and obese kids may be more impatient than their peers while crossing the road, and compromise their own safety to expedite the crossing.

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