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.


Eye contact synchronises brain when people fall in love


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The couples who immigrate to Canada are generally at lower risk of having a pre-term birth than Canadian-born couples, reveals a new study.


Immigrant parents at lower risk of pre-term birth in Canada


A commonly used skin care ingredient is one of several newly identified compounds that can mimic the life-extending effect of a starvation diet, a new study has found.


Face cream ingredient may help slow down ageing


Parent-led intervention has been found promising in helping children suffering from autism in India and Pakistan initiate communication with their parents, a new study says.


Parent-led autism therapy benefits Indian kids


Climate change is warming lakes around the world at an alarming rate, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, says the largest study of its kind led by an Indian-origin researcher.


Climate change warming world's lakes at alarming rate


The appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin could be used to treat an  advanced form of peripheral artery disease characterised by pain at rest, non-healing ulcers, and gangrene, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.


'Hunger hormone' may treat artery disease


Sleep problems? Drinking cow milk collected during night time (night milk) can help you have a good night's sleep without popping any pill, suggests new research.


'Night milk' effective natural sleep aid: Study


An Indian-origin professor has created a 'supercondom' that can help combat the deadly virus that cause AIDS and also enhance sexual pleasure.


Indian-American professor creates 'supercondom' to combat HIV


Children love sweets, but have you ever wondered why some kids want more sugary food? It could be because they need more sugar to get that same sweet taste, suggests new research.


Why does your kid cry for chocolates all the time


Created by an Indian-origin researcher, an inexpensive metal insert for primitive cooking stoves or what are commonly called "chulhas" may decrease use of firewood and reduce smoke, thereby potentially saving the lives of thousands of women and children.


Inexpensive metal grate can make Indian 'chulahs' safer 


Using stem cells, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a specialised nerve cell that makes serotonin, a signalling chemical with a broad role in the brain.


Crucial brain chemical made from human stem cells


Although using soap and water has remained the standard practice of wound cleaning before surgery, this method is actually less effective than just using saline water, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.


Saline water cleans wounds better than soap and water


Women who have high levels of both testosterone and estrogen in midlife may face a greater risk of developing benign tumours on the uterus called uterine fibroids than women with low levels of the hormones, reveals a new study.


High testosterone levels in women up uterine fibroid risk


In the face of a threat of being excluded from a group of their liking, children try to copy group behaviour as a means of re-affiliating, a study says.


Faced with ostracism threat, kids use imitation to fit in


Using an innovative technique to date one of Antarctica's ancient lake deposits, researchers have determined that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, or EAIS, has  remained frozen for the past 14 million years.


East Antarctic Ice Sheet has remained frozen for 14 million years


The world's rivers and streams pump about 10 times more methane into our atmosphere than scientists estimated in previous studies, new research suggests.


Freshwater bodies emit more greenhouse gases than thought


A paraplegic patient who had given up hope of fathering a child found the happiness of becoming a parent after doctors at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) here successfully used in vitro fertilisation technology to fulfil the couple's dream.


Paraplegic becomes father, offers hope to others


Facebook is going to discontinue its auto-sync feature in a month and will suggest that users download its photo-specific Moments app instead, TechCrunch reported.


No more photo auto-sync feature on Facebook


A small structure in the brain associated with evoking fear till date has now been found to be influencing positive social functions like kindness and what might be called charitable giving in humans.


Brain's fear centre also evokes kindness


A team of Australian researchers has made a discovery that will change the way scientists explore vaccine development and drug discovery for infectious diseases.


Bacteria use sugars to bind to human cells


The number of articles citing the lyrics of Bob Dylan in the biomedical literature has increased exponentially since 1990, says a study.

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