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Recent research has highlighted the significance of the tumour suppressor protein PTEN that can increase your health span. (Photo: Representational)

Research finds how to increase life span

The study was conducted under Professor Seung-Jae V. Lee from the Department of Biological Sciences

21 Nov 2021 2:28 PM

Students wearing masks sit inside a classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

Delta remains main Covid variant of concern, others negligible in sequencing data

Delta, which was first detected in India in October last year, led to the devastating second wave

11 Nov 2021 4:44 PM

The researchers noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 pandemic generated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

Research found a portion of this ocean plastic debris is expected to make its way onto either beaches or the seabed within 3-4 years

10 Nov 2021 12:15 PM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Zainoel Abidin hospital in Banda Aceh. (Photo: AFP)

The older you are, the more Covid antibodies you have, study finds

Researchers observed that those who received Pfizer BioNTech or AstraZeneca vaccine had antibody levels higher than infected individuals

09 Nov 2021 2:09 PM

The INSACOG noted that Delta (B.1.617.2 and AY.x) continues to be the main variant of concern (VOC) in India. (Representational Image)

COVID-19 AY.4.2 variant frequency too low to be of concern, says INSACOG

The INSACOG said that AY.4.2 variant of COVID-19 is less than 0.1 percent of all of all variants of concern and variant of interest

07 Nov 2021 3:25 PM

A healthcare worker holds a vial with single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo: AFP/File)

Covid vaccinated people with prior infection may have more antibodies: Study

The antibody levels were also compared at one and three months following the second dose

02 Nov 2021 12:57 PM

A food delivery robot crosses a street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Hundreds of little robots, knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas, are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. (AP /Carlos Osorio)

Robots hit the streets as demand for food delivery grows in US

Robots use cameras, sensors, GPS and sometimes laser scanners to navigate sidewalks and even cross streets autonomously

02 Nov 2021 11:17 AM

A total of 205 household contacts of Delta variant index cases were identified, of whom 53 tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Covid can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet study

All participants in the study had mild COVID-19 illness or were asymptomatic

29 Oct 2021 12:34 PM

The Great Red Spot is probably the tallest Jovian storm measured so far with Juno's microwave and gravity-mapping instruments. (Photo: Twitter/@NASA)

Jupiter's monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered that the monster storm still has a depth of between 200 miles and 300 miles or so

29 Oct 2021 8:45 AM

A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Covishield may offer over 90% protection against death from Delta variant: Study

The study is the first to show how effective vaccines are at preventing death from the Delta variant

21 Oct 2021 12:30 PM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP/File)

Mix-and-match vaccines highly effective against COVID-19: Lancet study

Past studies have demonstrated that mix-and-match vaccine schedules generate a robust immune response

18 Oct 2021 12:46 PM

The longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory is known as the Acheulean. (Photo: MET Museum)

India hosted youngest populations of 'Acheulean' human ancestors: Study

The study shows the presence of Acheulean populations until about 177,000 years ago

06 Oct 2021 12:38 PM

US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems. (Photo:AP)

Nobel Physics Prize honours climate work

US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models

05 Oct 2021 10:40 PM

The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales. (AP File)

Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries

The winners were announced Tuesday by Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

05 Oct 2021 4:59 PM

In this photo, a nurse reaches for a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccine clinic. (Photo: AFP/File)

Pfizer vaccine highly effective against Covid hospitalisations for six months: Study

The study underscores the importance of improving COVID-19 vaccination rates worldwide

05 Oct 2021 1:24 PM

US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. (Photo:AFP)

Nobel Prize honors discovery of temperature, touch receptors

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian focused their work on the field of somatosensation

04 Oct 2021 11:47 PM

The experiments were performed in cell cultures and hamsters, the researchers said. (Photo: AP/Representational)

New drug combination found effective against coronavirus infection: Study

Early test results found that the combined use of nafamostat and Pegasys meets all availability and efficacy requirements

01 Oct 2021 12:17 PM

At 559 feet (170.5 meters), the median depth of a breach river valley is more than twice that of other river valleys created more gradually over time, which have a median depth of about 254 feet (77.5 meters). (Representative Image: ANI)

Mars' surface shaped by fast, furious floods from overflowing craters

Remote sensing images taken by satellites orbiting Mars have allowed scientists to study the remains of breached Martian crater lakes

30 Sep 2021 4:30 PM

The origins of the novel coronavirus disease may never be definitively identified without additional information. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

WHO to revive probe into COVID-19 origins, report says

The world health body is assembling a team of 20 scientists to hunt for new evidence

27 Sep 2021 8:55 AM

A woman waits for her turn to get inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a school in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds

The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that patients with delirium tended to be sicker

22 Sep 2021 12:33 PM

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