As many as 50 percent of all natural history specimens held in museums across the world could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.


Most natural history specimens wrongly named?


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Practicing yoga can improve quality of life of men with prostate cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy, says a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher.


Yoga may reduce side effects of prostate cancer treatment


The first-ever sequencing of ancient genomes extracted from human remains has revealed a previously unknown "fourth strand" of ancient European ancestry that eventually spread into south Asia, including India, a new study reported.


'Fourth strand' of ancient European ancestry spread to India


Researchers have discovered the negative impact a high fat diet has on red blood cells and how these cells, in turn, promote the development of cardiovascular disease.


Why high-fat diet is bad for your heart


A Ramakrishna Mission monk and a Bengaluru scientist were among six winners of the Infosys Prize 2015 for their outstanding contribution in their respective subjects, the software major's Science Foundation announced here on Monday.


Infosys award for Ramakrishna Mission monk, Bengaluru scientist


Science was a good mechanism to make a better world to co-exist, with peace, trust and cooperation among people of different opinions, Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy said on Monday in the wake of the Paris terror attack.


Science can make better world to co-exist: Narayana Murthy


The health ministry on Monday said that it will initiate a study to find out if the water of the Ganga river has medicinal properties to destroy various kinds of bacteria and microbes.


Study to look into medicinal value of Ganga water


A team of specialists at Johns Hopkins Children's Centre, including one of Indian origin, has successfully treated a child with a highly virulent form of tuberculosis known as XDR TB, or extensively drug-resistant TB.


Child with drug-resistant TB treated successfully in US


Researchers have found a way to prevent abnormal assembly of a brain protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease by using blue LED lights and photosensitisers, substances that sensitise an organism, cell, or tissue to light.


Using LED light to treat Alzheimer's disease


Researchers have developed a cost-effective one-step test that can screen, detect and confirm hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections from blood or urine samples.


Inexpensive one-step test for hepatitis C infection


Uncomfortable with your wristband fitness tracker? Now you can bury it somewhere in your closet as your smartphone would be your new fitness tracker, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


Smartphone can be your fitness tracker


Ladies please take note! Women with greater fat stores in their trunk and abdominal areas may be less satisfied with their bodies - a factor that could contribute to binge eating, a new study shows.


Apple-shaped women more prone to binge eating


What can you tell about people and their situations from only 140 characters? Quite a lot, says a new study that scanned more than 20 million tweets to study the psychological characteristics of real-world situations.


What your tweets reveal about you


Do you wonder how your body directs the smell of food into the nasal cavity and not in the other direction - into the lungs? The answer lies in a 3D-printed model of the human airway from nostril to trachea.


Breathe slowly to smell food better, shows 3D model


The revolutionary programmable electronic glasses can help improve vision in children just as well as the more traditional treatment using eye patches, a new study on "lazy eye" disease has found.


'Smart' glasses for 'lazy eye' treatment in children


A drive for entrepreneurship develops with the success of the first venture and it can be cultivated over time, says a study.


Entrepreneurial passion can be cultivated too


Frustration arising out of family stress can make managers verbally abusive towards subordinates at workplaces, says a study.


Unhappy homes can turn managers abusive at work


Feeding birds not only can change their health, ecology and behaviour, but also have negative consequences on your health, say researchers.


Feeding birds may spread diseases


Lead exposure in early in life is associated with increased risk of sleep problems and excessive daytime sleepiness in later childhood, says a new study.


Lead exposure hampers children's sleep quality


Researchers have identified a drug that works to limit the spread of glioblastoma -- the most common primary tumour of the brain and central nervous system which is also regarded as one of the most aggressive of all cancers.


Drug that could limit spread of deadly brain tumours


When team members are motivated towards helping others, they are higher-performing and can stay in their teams for a longer time, says a new study.

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