New Zealand scientists have unlocked the mystery of why so many cancer patients die of blood clots while undergoing chemotherapy in a study.


Scientists solve blood clot deaths in cancer patients


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Your genes and place of birth can have a major effect on the formation of the microbial community in the gut -- which plays an important role in keeping one healthy, a research has showed.


Genes, birthplace shape up our gut microbes


Preventing the development of hypertension, obesity and diabetes in mid-life -- between the age of 45 and 55 years -- can result in an 86 per cent lower risk of heart failure throughout the remainder of life, says a research.


Prevent hypertension, diabetes in mid-life to lower heart failure risk


The first HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun in South Africa to test whether a modified vaccine candidate can provide effective protection against the AIDS virus, the US National Institutes of Health said.


HIV vaccine efficacy study begins in South Africa


Repeated jet lag can increase both obesity related liver disease and the risk of liver cancer, researchers warned.


Repeated jet lag may increase liver cancer risk


A group of US engineers has developed two types of transgenic grass species that can eliminate toxic compounds widely used in explosives which contaminate the air around military bases and battlegrounds.


New grasses eat up all RDX from ground, keep air healthy


Indian-origin researchers from Singapore have developed a new material that will make vehicles and buildings cooler and quieter as compared to the current insulation materials in the market.


This thin foam keeps vehicles, buildings cooler, quieter


Despite some acknowledgement of the necessity of nuclear power to fulfil energy needs, people will continue in the short term to view nuclear technologies with apprehension, according to an official of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation.


'Public won't feel safe about nuclear energy any time soon'


Dietary combination of protein and carbohydrate may help promote good gut health as such a diet encourages cooperation between ourselves and bacteria in our gut, suggests new research.


Protein-carbohydrate combo good for gut health


A component of cancer cells, which acts like a 'cellular post office', could be the key to preventing the spread of lung cancer to other parts of the body, scientists have discovered.


How lung cancer spread can be prevented


London, Nov 26 (IANS A technology that may make future construction vehicles  -- which waste a lot of fuel by remaining on full power while idle -- more fuel efficient with electrical systems is being developed, new research suggests.


New technology to make construction vehicles greener


Sewage contains a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria, researchers from Ghent University in Belgium have discovered.


Hungry bacteria can extract energy from sewage


In a rare surgery, doctors at city-based Safdarjung Hospital on Friday cured a teenager with severe ligament avulsion fracture through mere stitches instead of using any implant like screws or endo button, doctors said on Friday.


Safdarjung Hospital doctors cure ligament damage by stitching


Sonam Wangchuk, labelled as 'The Real Phunsuk Wangdu of Ladakh', announced here on Thursday his ambitious project of opening a university in the cold desert of the Himalayan region, to be known as Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL).


Innovator of 'Ice-Stupas' to establish Ladakh's first university


Using Google Glass, Siberian scientists are developing a prototype of a model to study an individual's proneness to certain brain diseases at an early stage, media reported.


Google Glass is helping scientists to study brain disease


The area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in the past 100 years, researchers have found.


Antarctic hasn't lost much sea ice in last 100 years


For all dog owners out there, your canine friends are paying attention to what you say and do and they'll remember too.


Dogs can do what you do or remember what you say


Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind soft, flexible microfluidic device that easily adheres to the skin and connects wirelessly with a smartphone to measure the wearer's sweat to show how his or her body is responding to exercise.


This skin patch does more than monitor sweat


World's top crude oil producer Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said it made a major advancement in its POWERS  technology that will simulate oil migration problems in the Kingdom in a fraction of the time it once took and help discover new oil and gas fields.


Saudi Aramco's novel technology to help find new oil fields


Iran, once an international outcast due to its controversial nuclear programme, has expressed hope it can work in tandem with India to enhance nuclear safety and knowledge management in the region to prevent "accidents".


Iran wants to work with India on nuclear safety, accident prevention


Spine Navigation Technology -- an image-based medical technology -- can be the best way to perform delicate and complex spinal surgeries, said doctors on Wednesday.

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