What if you can get the nutritional value of an apple or a watermelon by just scanning it with a hand-held device?


Tiny scanner that checks your fruit's nutritional value 


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Six workers were injured at Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Wednesday when hot water spilled on them while they were carrying out maintenance work, said a senior official.


Six injured in Kudankulam N-plant accident


Understanding enzymes better could be a key way of devising effective drug designs for various ailments and researchers have now completed a 3D map of an enzyme called Proline utilization A (PutA).


3D 'map' of enzymes may lead to effective drugs


What if your doctor can implant an electronic device in your body that informs him about what is happening inside your body for best-suited treatments?


Implanted device to modify medicine for you


Moscow, May 14 (IANS/EFE) Russia has no intention of prolonging the use of the International Space Station after 2020, as the US is proposing, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin said here Tuesday.


Russia rebuffs US on extending life of space station


Tata Communications posted a net loss of Rs.123.19 crore for the fourth quarter (January-March) of 2013-14.


Tata Communications posts Rs.123 crore net loss in Q4


Brussels, May 13 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) Google must comply with European laws on privacy and amend some search results, a top European Union (EU) court ruled Tuesday.


Google must amend search results upon request: EU court


The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Tuesday prepared for the new government recommendations for sustainable development on issues of waste management, introducing energy efficient resources, and water and sanitation safety plans.


TERI makes sustainable development proposals for new government


Analysing the just concluded Indian election, a US researcher has suggested that altering search results has a major effect on the voting preferences of undecided voters and could swing a close election.


Search engine manipulation can swing votes: US study


Not been able to get good night's sleep owing to snoring or sleep apnea? This 3D 'duckbill' device can prevent dangerous pauses in breath during sleep and stops snoring.


3D-printed mouthpiece can prevent snoring


In a first, scientists have merged stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies to grow functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease.


Living heart tissue grown


Plants are using a "calcium wave" to survive in the increasingly salty or saline soils that have become a problem the world over, research suggests.


How plants survive 'salt' pain


Even before the 2014 movie "Noah" featuring actor Russell Crowe climbed the box office charts, Noah became the most favourite baby name for boys in the US, a report said.


Noah, Sophia popular names in US


The unconditional and unflinching love dogs shower on humans might be useful in curing various ailments including cancer, says a study.


Can puppy love heal cancer?


Suffering from chronic lung and heart diseases? If scientists have their way, you may soon turn your cell phone into a sophisticated medical device to monitor your condition with an app.


App to monitor chronic lung and heart diseases


You can probably pop those calcium supplement pills for bones without worrying much about how they would affect your heart. A new study shows that calcium supplement intake need not necessarily increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases in women.


Calcium supplements not linked to heart disease in women


BJP leader Narendra Modi Sunday said Indian scientists are "our strength" and they will help shape the future in this "knowledge era", while greeting the nation and the community of scientists on National Technology Day.


Modi lauds Indian scientists on National Technology Day


Diabetic patients who often face threat of vision loss in their old age may heave a sigh of relief as researchers have now developed a new drug approach to treat retinopathy or retina degeneration associated with growth of malformed blood vessels in the eye.


Plugging leaky blood vessels to prevent vision loss


Watching porn may be detrimental for your married life as this leads to people accepting extra-marital affairs as a "normal and rewarding" thing - leading to divorce.


Watching porn may lead to divorce: Study


In what could open up new therapeutic avenues for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, scientists have now identified a gene that could play a role in making some people smarter than others.


This gene makes you smart


Santiago, May 11 (IANS/EFE) A Chilean woman, who had a heart transplant in 2004, has given birth to a baby at the same hospital in Vina del Mar city where she was operated upon 10 years back, medical officials said.

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