Students’ ideas ready for incubation in Kerala
September 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 5 (IANS) Making a wheelchair follow your instructions to calling an auto-rickshaw with a text message are among the many projects by Kerala's students lined up for incubation.The ... Read more...
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New device can detect infectious disease quickly
March 1st, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Infectious diseases can spread very rapidly and identifying them promptly takes hours and days. Scientists have now developed a device which can detect infections within minutes.A ... Read more...
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Skin bones helped huge dinos survive
November 30th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Nov 30 (IANS) Bones within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs ever to roam our planet might have stored vital minerals to help them survive and bear ... Read more...
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How anti depressants work
September 17th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 17 (ANI): Researchers have finally discovered how anti depressants, such as Prozac, work.The teams of Odile Kellermann and of Jean-Marie Launay from Institut national de la sante et de ... Read more...
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Gene therapy may heal injured human donor lungs before transplant
October 29th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): For the first time, a team of scientists in Canada have successfully used gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them potentially suitable for transplantation into ... Read more...
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Researchers develop quicker, more accurate method of detecting viruses
February 26th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Researchers have come up with a faster, more specific method of detecting viruses.
Viruses can be detected in fluids, which is of vital importance in diagnostics. But existing ... Read more...
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Researchers debunk hype over vitamin supplement
June 12th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) Researchers have debunked the hype over a popular vitamin supplement, being touted in ads as a wondrous dietary compound. Benfotiamine, synthetic derivative of thiamine (vitamin B1), is being ... Read more...
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Lipid molecules in cell membrane key to allergic response
March 8th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 8 (ANI): In what may giver rise to improved diagnostic tests and treatments for allergy, a team of Penn State University researchers has for the first time shown that lipid ... Read more...
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