Are you going to dump your old milk jug into the trash can again? Wait, as this milk jug can not only help you save a lot of money but also help preserve the environment.


How 3D printer can help you protect environment


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From raising cancer awareness to ending cruelty against animals, there are wristbands for most of the noble causes.


Wristband to measure toxin exposure


Dazzling metallic toys attract your kids in no time but they may end up harming their health and have irreversible effects on their intellectual development, a new study has found.


Metallic toys may harm your kid's health


US researchers have said that they have used gene therapy involving genetically engineered T-cells to successfully decrease the amount of the AIDS virus in several patients taken off the antiretroviral drug therapy (ADT) entirely, which included one patient whose levels became undetectable.


Gene therapy a probable way to control HIV


Those who love beer would know that hops are what give the drink its bitterness and aroma.


Beer brewing leaves can help fix gum disease


In what could be a breakthrough for the millions worldwide suffering from age-related eye disorders, scientists have found that drugs could be successfully administered by eye drops rather than unpleasant and expensive eye injections.


Eye injections a thing of past soon?


More and more people today are using internet to learn and share health problems - a remarkable shift that has gained momentum in the last decade, a new research finds.


Internet is the new doctor!


A team of Michigan State University computer scientists led by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur alum Anil Jain have built the first three-dimensional model of a human fingerprint.


Indian-American scientist creates world's first 3D fingerprint


Global search engine Google is offering indoor maps in India, beginning from Bangalore, at selected locations such as malls across the city to enable visitors to explore them at ease.


Google offers indoor maps in India


In a ground-breaking research in the field of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), a team of scientists has found that male hormones can play an important role in female fertility and enhance IVF therapy.


Male hormones can enhance female fertility


Significantly higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids among middle-aged Japanese men appears to impart a protective factor that wards off heart disease, a study has revealed.


Omega-3 fatty acids key to super heart health


In a discovery that can help devise a novel diagnostic approach for aggressive prostate cancer, scientists have found a link between the aggressiveness of the disease and the accumulation of a compound produced when cholesterol is metabolised in cells.


Cholesterol linked to aggressive prostate cancer treatment


A key molecular switch that regulates heart cell division and normally turns the process off around the time of birth has been identified.


Protein 'switch' key to heart cell division identified


Scientists have stumbled upon a novel and path-breaking way to edit our DNAs which may lead to future therapies.


How scientists are rewriting the code of life


India's atomic energy regulator Tuesday said it is gearing up for a peer review of its nuclear safety regulatory system by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) later this year or early 2015.


Indian atomic energy regulator readying for IAEA review


Following Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, the two founders of the popular mobile messaging service have now earned a new distinction - a place in the Forbes's list of global billionaires.


WhatsApp founders in Forbes' global billionaires list


A 30,000-year-old giant virus frozen in ice has been revived owing to global warming. Scientists now warn that melting ice around the world could uncover new biological threats to human or animal health.


Ancient virus revival poses threat to humans


Apart from timely medicines, regular walks and some quality time with grandchildren, add some sex to stay happily married in your silver years.


Growing old? Have sex for super married life


Consumer durables giant LG Electronics is showcasing over 230 "revolutionary products" including the world's largest curved OLED television at the second edition of its technology show here.


LG showcases curved TV, latest products at Tech Show


The bark of an ancient Chinese tree holds promise in the fight against pancreatic cancer - with the potential to make inroads against several more variants of the disease.


Can ancient Chinese tree extract treat pancreatic cancer?


Know how male goats send the love-making signal to females? It goes in the form of a most powerful, sexually-stimulating odour.

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