In a major breakthrough, surgeons at India-based Medanta Hospital and Michigan-based Henry Ford Hospital have successfully transplanted kidneys into 50 recipients using an innovative robot-assisted procedure.


Robotic kidney transplants are here


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Indian IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Tuesday said it has set up a new business unit to transform digital commerce and provide customer-centric solutions to retail, communications and banking and financial services firms.


TCS sets up new software business unit


What if you can assess what exactly went into the mind of the renowned artist Leonardo da Vinci while painting the Mona Lisa portrait?


Laser to reveal famous paintings' secrets


Technology firms of India and South Korea, as part of a newly inked agreement to join hands in the cyber world, could collaborate on the emerging domain of "Internet of Things", or IoT, projected to be a $19 trillion market over the next several years.


India, South Korea to collaborate on Internet of Things


A technology used in films has revealed how to tackle social difficulties experienced by schizophrenia patients in social gatherings.


Film technology gives insight into schizophrenia


A rolling stone gathers no moss. So goes the old adage. But the human resource managers can't agree more even today, a study suggests.


Job hopping puts your career in jeopardy


For those who work in night shifts or miss on sleep owing to heavy air travel, it is time to set the clock right to get rhythm of your genes back in shape.


Night shifts, jet leg disrupt rhythm of genes


Could tailored-to-order gut microbes improve intestinal health? Scientists have shown how these bacteria could help digest dietary fibre from fruits and vegetables, a finding that could be used to improve digestion after an illness.


Now, customised gut bacteria for better tummy


India Monday tested its long range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha, sources said.


India tests long range n-capable missile


Israel is developing a laser- based air defense system for intercepting short-range rockets and other airborne threats, local media said.


Israel develops laser-based air defense system


India's first trans-disciplinary health university -- Institute of Trans-disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (IHST) -- opened in this tech hub Sunday.


Trans-disciplinary health varsity opens in Bangalore


What if an army of bacteria can remove pollutants from the Yamuna, a river that daily gets untreated industrial waste and human waste in abundance, and make its water clean for various uses?


Toxin-using bacteria an answer to cleanse Yamuna?


Alarmed at the dwindling bee population around the world, scientists have found a novel way to find out what's really causing their colonies to collapse.


Sensors to find why honeybees are vanishing


From the world's first facial 'replant' in 1994 on Sandeep Kaur, a nine-year-old Indian girl, to the now common full facial transplantation, the world has moved quite a lot.


Donor immune cells linked to rejection in facial transplant


If you ever get lost in a rain forest, don't fret. Just use your gestures to ask a chimp in the jungle, and it may help you find food or even your way home, a study suggests.


Lost in the wild? Chimps can show you the way


Vitamin D supplements may help reduce chronic pain in fibromyalgia patients, says a new study.


Vitamin D helps reduce chronic pain disorder


Your small electric car may soon become faster and more efficient thanks to 'super capacitors' that are capable of storing far greater charge in a much smaller package.


A faster and efficient electronic car on way


Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Saturday said the central government was planning to act against those misusing social media by uploading videos of communal clashes or anything that hurts others.


Centre plans action against those misusing social media: Shinde


Technology company iBerry Saturday launched its fully-loaded Auxus Nuclea N2 smartphone at a six-day introductory offer price of Rs.19,990.


iBerry launches smartphone Auxus Nuclea N2


Irritated at recurring symptoms? Searching for an online diagnosis on google is not a bad idea before visiting the doctor.


Googling about symptoms can predict disease outbreak


Yahoo's editor-in-chief Jai Singh has quit the internet firm, just a day after CEO Marissa Mayer fired her COO Henrique De Castro, according to independent tech news site Re/code.

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