Exposure to psychological abuse between parents has more damaging effect on children's well-being in the long term than physical domestic violence, a study has showed.


Psychological abuse more damaging for kids' well-being: Study


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A remote island in the South Pacific is the most polluted place on the planet, Australian research said on Tuesday.


World Heritage-listed island most polluted place on Earth


Aravind Kumar Rengan, a professor at Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad has been awarded the prestigious Indian National Science Academy (INSA) award in the Young Scientist category for 2017.


IIT-Hyderabad professor bags INSA Young Scientist award


Some 15 to 20 per cent of students in Delhi's private schools are suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in comparison to only two per cent students in government schools, an ongoing study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has revealed.


15-20% Delhi private school students have Sleep Apnea: AIIMS study


The Indian Navy on Monday signed an MoU on data sharing and scientific cooperation in meteorology and oceanography at the Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, an official said.


Navy signs MoU for data sharing in oceanography, meteorology


For a person to experience beauty, he or she need to think, say researchers while confirming a philosphical notion by Immanuel Kant, the 18th century German philosopher.


Experiencing beauty requires thought: Study


US researchers have developed a "revolutionary" process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could give robots the ability to feel their environment, according to a study.


3D printed bionic skin could allow robots 'feel'


Using data from European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellites, researchers have detected rapid acceleration of an Arctic glacier.


Satellites detect rapid surge of Arctic glacier


A day after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) gave a positive recommendation to genetically modified mustard, activists urged Union Environment Minister Anil Dave against the crop, claiming that the tests performed were rigged.


GM mustard tests were rigged, activists urge Dave to scrap GEAC recommendation


Contrary to a long-held misconception, the human sense of smell is not inferior but may be just as good as that of mammals like dogs and rodents -- some of the best sniffers in the animal kingdom, say researchers.


Human sense of smell as good as that of dogs: Study


The earliest relatives of "superbugs" -- resistant to virtually all antibiotics -- known as the enterococci, had evolved 450 million years ago, even before the dinosaurs, scientists say.


Antibiotic-resistant microbes evolved prior to dinosaurs


A virtual lab hosted by IIT Kharagpur is the first of its kind in India that lets students operate an instrument to analyse the structure of plant compounds through remote access via computers thereby countering the challenge of access to the method in many colleges.


Virtual biology lab offers remote access to technology for students


India is all set to opt for automatic observation of pollution in the ocean to crunch data that will aid the tourism industry and could also come in handy in countering allegations levelled by developed nations against the country being a major polluter, according to a scientist.


India plans automated ocean pollution observation


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the courage of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the efforts of Indian scientists for carrying out a nuclear test on this day in 1998.


Modi hails Vajpayee, scientists for nuclear tests


Industry body Assocham on Wednesday said lack of intellectual property (IP) protection in computer related invention (CRI) will have a direct impact on investment and job opportunities in the ICT industry.


Lack of IP protection to impact investment, employment: Assocham


Deposits preserved in 3.48 billion-year-old rocks formed in ancient hot springs in Western Australia provide evidence that microbial life on land originated 580 million years earlier than thought, according to a study.


Life on land originated 580 million years earlier than thought


Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) or those on long duration space flights, such as journeys to Mars or deep space are likely to have a 30 and 50 per cent decline in exercise capacity because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, say researchers.


Space travel may reduce astronauts' exercise capacity


Our ancestors predating Neanderthals might have been much smarter that we thought as researchers have found evidence that human-like ways of thinking may have emerged as early as 1.8 million years ago.


Early humans were smarter than previously thought


India plans to launch a Rs 10,000-crore Deep Ocean Mission in December to carry out research to harness ocean resources in a "responsible manner", an official said on Tuesday.


India to launch Rs 10,000-crore Deep Ocean Mission


The presence or absence of a group of cells may be behind your balding, or greying hair, as well as the cause for those lush tresses, researchers say.


Decoded: Why you turn bald or have grey hair


Indian researchers have developed an ointment derived from wood that can speed up healing of burn injuries, check infection and preclude the need for repeated dressings.

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