Noise from passing motorboats help double the chances of predators capturing fish as it increases stress levels in young coral reef fish and reduces their ability to flee, according to a study.


Motorboats tip scales in favour of fish predators


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Aggression can lead to generation of new nerve cells in the brain and also change the activity of existing cells, new research has found.


How aggression can change your brain


The Indian space agency should get 50 percent hike in the union budget for 2016-17 to enhance its manpower and launch more satellites, a parliamentary committee chief said on Friday.


Budget hike favoured for space agency to enhance capacity


Scientists have created a new material which lights up if there are molecules from explosives in the vicinity.


New material lights up when spotting explosives


Chronic inflammation in the gut increases the risk of colon cancer -- the second-largest cause of cancer death in the US -- by as much as 500 percent, says a new study.


How inflammation in the gut ups risk of colon cancer


Researchers, including two Indians, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a low-power chip that could help visually-impaired people navigate their environments.


Chip powers wearable device to guide visually-impaired


Mapping for the first time how the Greenland's ice sheet has moved over time, scientists have found that ice in the interior is moving more slowly towards the edges than it has, on average, during the past 9,000 years.


Movement of Greenland ice during past 9,000 years mapped


The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics(ICRISAT) said on Thursday it has helped develop first machine harvestable variety of chickpea in Andhra Pradesh.


ICRISAT develops machine harvestable chickpea in Andhra


Glacial meltwater has been known to contain phosphorus, but as Greenland ice sheet melts, it could be releasing more of phosphorus -- a key nutrient that can enrich waters of the oceans, potentially stimulating the growth of marine food chain, finds a new study.


Greenland ice sheet releasing large concentrations of phosphorus


Kids who can speak in two or more languages have a better command on routine functioning, reveals a study.


Bilingual kids better at problem solving: Study


Do you know how the famous Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo managed to produce some of the greatest work of his life even suffering from degenerative arthritis?


How Michelangelo created greatest work despite bone disease


For the first time, researchers have witnessed a fatal flight among primates in which a female orangutan recruited a male as a hired gun to help her corner and attack another female.


First lethal fight between female orangutans witnessed


Living near cellphone towers that produce radio-frequency electromagnetic fields can amplify pain in amputees, suggests new research.


Energy from cellphone towers ups pain in amputees: Study


The widespread belief that radiations from X-rays and CT scans can cause cancer has flaws and is based on an unproven theoretical model, suggests a study.


Can X-rays and CT scans cause cancer?


A team of Indian-origin researchers has developed a new type of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that is virtually impossible to hack, thus preventing your credit card number or key card information from being stolen.


Indian-origin scientists develop hack-proof chip


Researchers have found that depriving cancer cells of an essential nutrient could offer a promising new approach for the treatment of an aggressive form of kidney cancer.


Nutrient deprivation triggers cell death in cancers


For most adults and older children it's a simple and easy concept to rate their pain on a scale of 10. But children under the age five generally lack the intellectual skills required to report the intensity of their pain, a new study reveals.


Kids lack intellectual skills to report pain intensity


New fossil analyses of large insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings that lived in Eurasia during the mid-Mesozoic Era some 125 to 165 million years ago have revealed that these are surprisingly similar to modern butterflies.


Large lacewing of Mesozoic Era resembled modern butterflies


In a first, researchers including one of Indian origin have directly converted carbon dioxide from thin air into methanol fuel - a discovery that can create a sustainable fuel source from greenhouse gas emissions in the near future.


CO2 from thin air converted directly into clean-burning fuel


The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Wednesday launched BGR-34 -- the country's first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed for Type-2 diabetes mellitus which has been scientifically validated for its efficacy and safety.


CSIR launches ayurvedic anti-diabetic drug BGR-34


Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is developing world's first vaccine for Zika virus, which has been declared as public health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

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