Breaking a major bone is likely to increase the risk of a widespread chronic body pain later in life, says a study.


Bone fracture may lead to body pain


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People have evolved to have subconscious urges to overeat and limited ability to avoid becoming obese especially in winter, a University of Exeter study has found.


Why people tend to overeat in winter


If you are engaged in taking care of the baby, better refrain from attending to e-mail and SMSes on your smartphone as researchers have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development of the infants, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life.


Checking SMS during baby care can affect brain development


India has set an ambitious target of generating 100,000 MW of solar energy by 2022 but does not have the technology to process sand into silicon, forcing its import in huge quantities, a top scientist said.


India needs to make silicon for solar power: Expert


Drinking any amount of alcohol during pregnancy can put your baby at increased risk of 428 distinct disease conditions which are associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), says a new study.


Drinking during pregnancy can give your baby 400 disease


Increased sugar levels in blood change the behaviour of blood vessels making them contract more strongly than normal  which could result in higher blood pressure and increase the risk of heart attack complications, a study says.


High blood sugar levels could increase BP


Mosquitoes known to transmit diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya are more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers, new research has found.


Dengue mosquitoes love to lay eggs in water near flowers


North Korea on Wednesday announced that it has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test, hours after what seems to be an artificial earthquake was detected close to the nuclear test site.


North Korea successfully tests hydrogen bomb


Swedish automobile giant Volvo on Tuesday said it is developing intelligent high bandwidth streaming capabilities in collaboration with Ericsson which can create the possibility of a highway full of autonomous cars.


Volvo developing intelligent media streaming for cars


A gene that is known to suppress the growth and spread of many types of cancer has the opposite effect in some forms of colorectal cancer, says a study led by an Indian-origin scientist.


Gene thought to suppress cancer may not work for all tumours


As the Antarctic sea ice melted, massive amounts of carbon dioxide that had been trapped in the ocean were released into the atmosphere, suggests a new study reconstructing conditions at the end of the last Ice Age.


Massive ice 'lid' melting uncorked CO2 at Ice Age's end


A new green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA's aeronautics researchers during the past six years can help commercial airlines save more than $250 billion dollars.


Green technologies can save airlines $250 billions: NASA


When farming spread throughout Europe some 8,000 years ago, Anatolia, in present day Turkey, functioned as a hub, spreading genes and the new ideas westward, says a new study.


First European farmers came from Anatolia


The argument that sexual orientation is inborn may not be the most effective way to promote more positive attitudes toward lesbian, gay and bisexual people, says a new study.


How not to counter homophobia


No one wants to knowingly buy products made with child labour or those that harm the environment, but we also don't want to work too hard to find out whether our favourite products were made ethically, according to a new study.


The ugly consumer: Ridiculing those who shop ethically


Emotional expression affects the brain's creativity network, says a new brain-scanning study of jazz pianists, adding that "happy" and "sad" music evoked different neural patterns in their brains.


Emotions do affect brain's creative network


Looking at parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, in snakes, researchers have discovered that facultative parthenogenesis, or asexual reproduction in an otherwise sexually reproducing species, appears to be quite common among snakes.


Virgin births common among snakes: Study


Greenland's ice sheet has traditionally been pictured as a bit of a sponge for glacier meltwater, but new research has found that climate change is changing its structure, thereby reducing its ability to buffer its contribution to rising sea levels.


Climate change altering Greenland ice sheet


Helpchat, one of India's biggest personal assistant apps, has launched a new "pollution metre" feature that monitors the air in the surrounding environment and delivers you a personalised air quality update.


This app tells you about quality of air you're breathing


The world's largest database for cancer drug discovery has been updated by adding three-dimensional structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer's communication networks, reports a study.


Biggest database for cancer drug discovery now in 3-D


New Year resolutions are not as hard to stick to as people generally assume if you follow a few simple methods, says a psychology lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

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