Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder can brighten their chances of bagging a job now. A new simulated training technique teaches them how to develop rapport and impress the interviewer.


Technique to help autistic people impress employers


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Detecting cancer could soon become a lot easier as scientists have used DNA to develop a tool that detects and reacts to chemical changes caused by cancer cells.


Now, a DNA tool to spot cancer


In what could be bad news for countries seeking food security, researchers have found that rising CO2 levels will deprive many food grains of their nutritional value.


Rising CO2 levels to worsen food quality


If you have substituted story books for your toddler with an iPad or smart phone and think touch screens are going to make him or her smarter, pull the plug now.


Don't turn touch screens into toys for your toddler


Days are not far when doctors would run blood tests for you almost instantly on a piece of plastic about the size of a credit card!


Cheap portable chip to run blood tests in a jiffy


Seoul, May 8 (IANS/EFE) A new app will bring North Korean tourism virtually to a smartphone through extensive photographs, write-ups and site maps of the most isolated country of the planet.


New smartphone app to travel around North Korea


How committed are Indian political parties on science and research? Not much, if one is to go by their manifestoes.


Why Indian party manifestoes are silent on science


Dinosaurs are not extinct, go tell this to your kids. There are about 10,000 species alive today - in the form of birds!


Revealed: How dinosaurs shrunk into birds


An infectious lung disease - melioidosis - which is linked to diabetics is grossly under-diagnosed in India, according to a British expert.


'Lung disease linked to diabetes under-diagnosed in India'


India's third largest IT bellwether Wipro Tuesday announced a partnership with the US-based Axiom Software Laboratories to provide a regulatory reporting solution to global financial institutions.


Wipro to offer regulatory reporting solution to FIs


The Indian arm of Japanese financial services group Nomura has inked a deal with Technopark incubated Extolution Software Pvt. Ltd. (ESPL) to implement its Exenta pioneering human resources  management solution.


Nomura inks deal with Technopark firm


Leveraging its expertise in the space-bound flight operations, Boeing has unveiled a concept of a manned spaceflight that is expected to send astronauts into space by 2017.


Soon, Boeing spacecraft to send astronauts in space


Is obesity of your kid weighing down his/her academic performance? Then, persuade them to eat natural, unprocessed, raw food instead of chips, sodas and fast foods, move whenever possible, and restrict media exposure, said a study.


Obese kids must avoid fast food to stay sharp


Men struggling with infertility could breathe a sigh of relief as scientists have now successfully coaxed stem cells made from the skin cells of infertile men into producing sperm cell precursors that could eventually lead to healthy sperm production.


Stem cells to power your sperm


The secret why pregnancy is eluding you may be out - stop taking that unnecessary stress now!


Stress may affect pregnancy in women, study shows


Do not forget to place your sleeping baby on his/her back as supine sleeping can reduce the risk of of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).


Let your infant sleep on back


Chronic stress caused by difficult social situations, including discrimination, victimisation and homophobia, leads to higher rates of binge drinking among lesbian and gay adolescents compared to their heterosexual peers, a study showed.


'Chronic stress leads gay teenagers to binge drinking'


In an alarming revelation, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for the first time topped 400 parts per million for a month, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California - San Diego, US.


Carbon dioxide levels hit record high in April


Those soldiers who cannot remember their families as a result of an injury in line of duty may soon get their memories back.


Soon, a device to help restore lost memories


Anil Rajvanshi, a renewable energy pioneer  of India, Saturday was honoured by the University of Florida, one of the leading universities in the US, for his "groundbreaking"  work in rural development.


US university honours to Indian engineer


An Indian scientist in Britain has been granted a prestigious fellowship worth 1,068,000  pounds (around $1.8 million) by a top British agency that funds research in engineering and the physical sciences.

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