New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India has offered all help to the small African island nation of Cape Verde, which has asked for assistance especially in developing its information technology ...

London, Nov 20 (IANS) Pain relieving, anti-inflammatory 'cold laser' causes increased skin tumour growth, says a new study. Jan M. Bjordal from Bergen University College, Norway, worked with a team of Brazilian researchers ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Smokers face heightened risk of seizures, says a new study. It is the first study to examine potential risks associated with smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption as ...

London, Nov 20 (IANS) More than half the energy consumed worldwide is wasted, most of it in the form of excess heat. A new technology, developed by MIT researchers, would help convert ...

London, Nov 20 (IANS) A simple, cheap and accurate test finds undetected landmines in a jiffy. Landmines and unexploded ordnance kill between 15,000 and 20,000 unsuspecting people every year, according to Handicap International. ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Search engines are not only part of our daily routine, they are fast becoming part of our learning process, says a new study. The researchers, who sought to discover ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) People who keep their negative experiences bottled up are more likely to suffer from ill health. Aline Pelle of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOSR) discovered that heart ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in children, says a new study. Analysing data from interviews with 262 mothers, Johns Hopkins investigators found that children whose mums had ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Patients coping with mental disorders can now look forward to major changes in their lives through an innovative treatment called Schema Therapy (ST). Schema therapists help patients change ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee Daltonganj (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Hasulal Topno has never seen an electronic voting machine (EVM). The impoverished Oraon tribal, who gathers firewood from the forest outlying the Palamau Tiger Reserve, ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) When most people say "most", they mean 80-95 percent, no more and no less, a researcher in linguistics has found. Mira Ariel, professor at the Tel Aviv University (TAU), ...

Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) The habit of blaming someone in an organisation, even if he or she is innocent, is picked up by others and spreads like wildfire, says a new study. The ...

Cape Canaveral (Florida), Nov 20 (DPA) Two US astronauts left the safety of the International Space Station Thursday to install spare parts that will help it continue running smoothly in the future. Space ...

New Delhi, November 19 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission that aims to add 20,000 megawatt of power in India by 2022. "The cabinet has sanctioned ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, ...

Toronto, Nov 19 (IANS) The very word needle seems to petrify some people, as much as the sight of one sliding into the skin. Experts believe this fear of needles may be preventing ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Viruses invade both humans and animals, but some of them target bacteria instead. Potentially, that opens up new ways to treat bacterial infections, says a new study. Texas A&M ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) A swelling tide of obesity over the past two decades has set back efforts to cut down the risks of heart disease. Kami Banks, cardiology research fellow at the ...

London, Nov 19 (IANS) Beware, depression can be as deadly as smoking. This finding is based on a unique link between a survey of over 60,000 people and a comprehensive mortality database. Researchers from ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) How does going on a diet help fight ageing? Scientists have found some anti-ageing molecules that get activated by a low calorie diet. Charles Mobbs, professor of neuro-science and ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) The protein profile of a woman's saliva, which changes with age, potentially opens the way to diagnose age-related conditions, non invasively and in advance, says a new study. ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Sildenafil, a drug for treating impotence, also perks up cardiac function in kids and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease post Fontan surgery that redirects deoxygenated blood ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) targets men more readily than women, triggering serious complications like cirrhosis and liver cancer, says a new study. Men infected with HBV are ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit here next week, Indian and US space agencies have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for collaboration on ...

Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) US space shuttle Atlantis has docked at the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday after nearly two days of journey. Commander Charles Hobaugh steered the shuttle to a docking with ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) There will be no possibility of choosing your own unique identity number, Unique Identification Authority chairman Nandan Nilekani said here Wednesday. "There will be no vanity numbers," ...

Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina lessens pain and improves walking ability. These findings are the result ...

London, Nov 18 (IANS) Males have more pronounced personalities than females -- from humans to house sparrows, according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression, are also more important for ...

London, Nov 18 (IANS) Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite dot sized brains, says a new study. "Animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent," according to ...

Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Hardening of arteries detected in Egyptian mummies as early as 3,500 years shows that heart attacks and strokes had ancient origins. "Atherosclerosis... despite differences in ancient and modern lifestyles... ...