A human skeleton found during the ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck -- the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered -- could provide an insight into the lives of people who lived 2100 years ago, say researchers.


2100-year-old human skeleton found on Antikythera Shipwreck


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Amid speculation over the fate of genetically modified crops, India's Environment Ministry on Monday said that a regulatory framework supported by several guidlines is there to ensure biosafety of all types of genetically engineered organisms.


Can ensure biosafety of all types of genetically engineered organisms: Environment Ministry


Union Human Resource Development Minister Praksh Javadekar on Monday unveiled "Param-Ishan" - a super-computing facility at IIT -Guwahati.


Super-computing facility launched at IIT - Guwahati


Have you ever wondered why we sometimes 'freeze' when we are frightened or under strong emotional stress? This may be because the response to anxiety may include not only the parts of the brain which deal with emotions, as has been long understood, but also movement control centres in the brain.


Why emotional stress can impact body movement


Australian scientists believe they may soon be able to use the country's iconic gum trees to develop enough renewable jet fuel for up to 5 per cent of the world' s aviation industry.


Australia's iconic gum trees could be used to create jet fuel


The Environment Ministry on Sunday asserted that its panel was competent in subjects relevant to safety evaluation of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops.


GEAC panel competent to evaluate GE crops: Government


Computer-assisted smart power grids help reduce power generation shortfall, and result in improved delivery and more efficient billing, a study in Britain has concluded.


Smart grids reduce power generation shortfall


Pathogens in the intestinal tract can manipulate mammalian cells to get the oxygen thed need and thereby cause harm to the intestinal lining, a study has found.


Pathogens thrive on body's tissue-repair mechanism


A new study has found evidence that health becomes endangered when ageing cells lose control of rogue elements of DNA called transposons.


How rogue elements of DNA endanger our health


A team of researchers has created three-dimensional lung "organoids" -- laboratory-grown lung-like tissue -- to study diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.


Scientists use stem cells to grow 3D lung-in-a-dish


An "automatic assumption" to link terrorist acts with mental illness stigmatises people with mental health problems and impedes prevention efforts, says a study conducted by an Indian-origin researcher.


Linking terrorism with mental illness impedes prevention efforts


Greater emphasis on immune system-based prevention should be central to new efforts to prevent cancer, researchers say.


Prop up immune system to prevent cancer, says study


Wastage of mangoes cultivated in India, the world's top producer, due to flawed post-harvest practices can be countered by tweaking certain genes in the "King of Fruits", say Indian researchers who have identified the ones most prominently involved in ripening of the juicy 'dashehri' variety.


'Tweaking genes could help extend shelf-life of mangoes, boost exports'


Removing one carotid body from some patients with high blood pressure can provide immediate and sustained fall in blood pressure, finds a new study.


Carotid is key to high blood pressure


Self-driving vehicles offer an edge in terms of safety and mobility, but one of its biggest expected benefits is increased productivity of passengers freed of the burden of driving -- or is it, asks a new study that also included a sample from India.


Self-driving cars: 40% Indians will be too scared to be productive, says study


Colour patterns, known as countershading, in Psittacosaurus -- a long-lost species of dinosaur -- protected them from predators, finds a new study.


Dinosaurs' colour patterns protected them from predators


China's newest space laboratory, Tiangong II, will provide more comfort upgrades to astronauts living aboard than its predecessor, Tiangong I, the spacecraft's designers said.


Astronauts given comfort upgrade on China's new space lab


Envy is the most common basic personality trait shaping human behaviour -- and is found among almost one-third of the human population, an interesting study has found.


Envy most common personality trait among humans


The 2016 Arctic sea ice cover tied with 2007 for the second lowest yearly minimum on record, according to a new report.


Arctic ice cover reaches second lowest minimum on record


The Ozone Cell of the Environment Ministry here celebrated International Ozone Day on Friday by awarding young schoolchildren for participating and winning in painting, poster-making and slogan writing competitions organised by the ministry.


Environment Ministry celebrates International Ozone Day


We may have Peruvians to thank for our favourite blue jeans as researchers have traced the earliest use of indigo as a dye to a 6,200-year-old fabric discovered during an excavation at Huaca Prieta on the north coast of Peru.

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