Researchers from University of Cambridge said they are developing a new imaging technique with the aim of detecting and characterising early cancerous changes in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.


New imaging tech to improve gastrointestinal cancer detection


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A huge depression on the seabed recently detected off the Kerala coast in the Arabian Sea could be a crater caused by the impact of a meteorite, researchers in the marine division of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) claim. But they admit more studies are needed to confirm this.


Is there an impact crater off Kerala coast?


If you are in a high-stress job with little or no control over the work flow, chances are you are heading towards innumerable health conditions -- even an early death -- than those who have flexibility and discretion in their jobs.


High-stressed jobs can lead to early grave


Chinese ICT giant Huawei on Sunday said Dubai is the smartest city in the Gulf region in relation to strategy and execution.


Dubai smartest city in Gulf region: Study


India and Russia on Saturday signed 16 agreements across diverse sectors following delegation-level talks co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here.


India, Russia sign 16 agreements across diverse sectors


While the threshold for the Paris climate change agreement has been achieved, paving way for negotiations to implement it in 2020 -- aiming to limit the global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius -- experts said the world is already lagging by a decade.


Climate change negotiations lagging by a decade: TERI


India and Russia on Saturday signed 16 agreements across multiple sectors following delegation-level talks co-chairedd by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin here.


India, Russia sign 16 agreements across multiple sectors


Advising young scientists to think out of the box while doing innovation work in research laboratories, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday urged them to complete the research and development projects in a time-bound manner.


Harsh Vardhan asks scientists to complete R&D projects in time


Combining the tools of Big Data analysis and visualisation with the vast amounts of data generated by social media, a group of scientists from Indiana University has started to tackle new areas of health research.


Scientists mine social media data for health research


Moscow, Oct 14 (IANS/Sputnik) The destructor beam of science fiction may finally be a reality with Russia developing a radio-electronic weapons system that disables on-board equipment on aerial targets, media reported.


Russia develops destructor beam weapons system: Report


Cookies baked from extracts of local seaweed abundant in the Sundarbans mangroves have 17 per cent higher protein content than those available commercially, says a team of scientists who harnessed the marine plant-like organisms for local climate change adaptations in the central part of the archipelago.


Cookies, ice cream from seaweed extracts to fight climate change


A comet struck our home planet a long time ago and it could have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming event caused by an accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide 56 million years ago, suggests new research.


Comet strike may have triggered ancient warming event


Vitamins A and C could improve the conversion of adult cells into stem cells, opening the way to advances in biomedical treatments for human diseases, according to a New Zealand-led study released on Friday.


Vitamin treatment unlocks door to stem cell therapies


Modest levels of medical training can improve the quality of health care furnished by unlicensed health care practitioners, says a recent study conducted in West Bengal.


Training can improve unlicensed health care providers: Study


An iPad app, designed specifically for use in space, simplifies the way astronauts track their dietary intake and offers greater insight for physicians and researchers on the Earth looking to keep crews healthy and fit, NASA said.


iPad app helps astronauts track dietary intake


Environmental groups on Wednesday urged world leaders to come together for an ambitious deal to cut down heat-trapping super pollutants like hydrofluorocarbons and reaffirm their Paris commitment to take steps to tackle climate change.


Green groups call for deal to cut down super pollutants


It appears our closest relatives, apes, might also be able to understand what others are thinking, even when it does not match reality, a finding indicating these animals may be more like us than we thought.


Apes may also understand what others are thinking


Mice court one another with ultrasonic love songs that are inaudible to the human ear, and researchers, including one of Indian origin, have found that when mice 'sing', they use a mechanism similar to that seen in the engines of supersonic jets.


Mice copy jet engines to sing ultrasonic love songs!


US space agency NASA has developed a high-tech electroactive bandage that creates an electric charge to help promote the healing process of wounds.


NASA develops electroactive bandages for wound healing


Many Indian companies have boarded the digital transformation express to cut costs, increase efficiency and expand businesses, and many others are planning to do the same, according to a top official in consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.


Digital Transformation helps firms to target new markets, business models


An integrative analysis of a type of gecko revealed that the microscopic hair, called setae, present underneath its toes makes the reptile's feet sticky, experts said.

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