Exposure to family violence and lack of affectionate behaviour towards children make them  violent, a study reveals.


Exposure to family violence makes children aggressive: Study


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Little penguins are more likely to work together to hunt schooling prey rather than solitary prey, a new study has found.


Little penguins team up to spot prey: Study


The body's ability to harness heat production by converting white fat cells which store calories into beige (good) fat cells that burn energy, can help fight obesity, a new study reveals.


Activating 'good' fat can curb obesity


It took 100 million years for oxygen in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explosion of animal life on the Earth about 600 million years ago, according to new research.


Life exploded on Earth after slow oxygen rise


Climate change is going to "positively" impact rice and tea crops in northeast, a scientist said on Friday.


'Climate change to positively impact rice, tea in northeast'


Producing high-purity silicon compounds is today an expensive and carbon-intensive process but that could soon change, thanks to a new technology from University of Michigan that can produce the same silica compounds from agricultural waste.


Turning agricultural waste to useful silica compounds


Fish oil may burn fat faster than those fat-burning pills leading to an efficient weight loss in overweight or obese people in their 30s and 40s, Kyoto University researchers report.


Have fish oil to burn those kilos around your belly


A researcher from George Washington University academic is exploring the possibility of using a new technique for human reproduction and its ethical and practical implications.


Forget IVF, another way to have a baby soon


The thick donut-shaped disks of gas and dust that surround most massive black holes in the universe are 'clumpy' rather than smooth as originally thought, says a study co-authored by an Indian-origin researcher.


Cosmic donut around black hole clumpy, not smooth


Gene variants linked to cell senescence or biological ageing, autoimmunity, and Alzheimer's disease play an important role in determining whether we would live over 100 years or not, new research has found.


New genes linked to longevity identified


Poverty to blame for child undernutrition in India

In India, nearly 40% of all children are stunted, and nearly 30% are underweight

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A diet high on fat but very low on carbohydrates which is generally favoured by body-builders may be effective in treating schizophrenia, new research has found.


High fat diet can combat schizophrenia


A drug currently used to treat patients with osteoporosis can protect stem cells from ageing, a breakthrough study has found.


Bone drug can protect stem cells from ageing


Heart disease and stroke were the number one and number two killers worldwide in 2013, reveals a new report.


Heart diseases biggest killer worldwide


Training your kids to chew food slowly can be an inexpensive and easy way to help them stay in shape, suggests new research.


Slow chewing can prevent excess weight gain in kids


Love watching horror movies? Well, the fear or horror can curdle your blood for real, preparing the body for blood loss during life-threatening situations.


Watching horror films can actually curdle your blood


Men with moustaches significantly outnumber women in academic medical leadership positions in the US, says a study.


Men with moustaches outnumber women in medical leadership


Analysing a partial skeleton specimen, scientists have discovered a new 'sail-backed' dinosaur species which inhabited the Iberian land mass 125 million years ago.


New dinosaur species found in Spain


A Chinese man has donated hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia, a media report said on Thursday.


China donates first stem cells to Malaysia


The deadly Nepal earthquake of April this year which killed thousands led to fewer than expected landslides, says a team of international scientists.


Nepal earthquake led to fewer landslides


Why do you need to look directly into her eyes to grab her attention and discover the love of your life? According to Japanese researchers, mutual eye contact synchronises spontaneous activity in specific areas of the brains of two interacting people.

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