First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:36 am
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): University of Washington researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries — a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. Instead, the phone harvests the few microwatts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light.
Coffee bubble phobia may be deep-seated aversion to parasites, says study
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:00 am
London, July 12 (IBNS): Some people experience intense aversion and anxiety when they see clusters of roughly circular shapes, such as the bubbles in a cup of coffee or the holes in a sponge.
Lip-syncing Obama: New tools turn audio clips into realistic video
Jul 12, 2017, at 11:19 pm
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): University of Washington researchers have developed new algorithms that solve a thorny challenge in the field of computer vision: turning audio clips into a realistic, lip-synced videoof the person speaking those words.
Hidden stars may make planets appear smaller
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:17 pm
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet's density.
Cabinet approves creation of three posts of Directors for three new AIIMS
Jul 12, 2017, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Jul 12 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, approved the creation of three posts of Directors in the three new AIIMS at Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal and Nagpur in Maharashtra.
Rescue operations in full swing in landslide-hit village near Sagalee in Arunachal Pradesh
Jul 12, 2017, at 07:42 pm
Itanagar, Jul 12 (IBNS): Rescue operations are in full swing to retrieve bodies of those killed in a massive landslide at Laptap village in Sagalee, Arunachal Pradesh, according to media reports on Wednesday.
LHC experiments delve deeper into precision
Jul 12, 2017, at 01:42 am
Geneva and Venice, July 11 (IBNS): The world’s particle physics community is meeting this week in Venice (Italy) for the EPS International Conference on High Energy Physics. Dozens of new results from the full existing datasets of the Large Hadron Collider experiments are being presented for the first time.
Questionnaires can be a good predictor of survival rates in multiple sclerosis, says study
Jul 12, 2017, at 12:43 am
London, July 11 (IBNS): The way in which patients with multiple sclerosis answer questionnaires could help to predict their survival rate from the disease, a study has found.
Drinking coffee reduces risk of death from all causes, study finds
Jul 12, 2017, at 12:33 am
London, July 11 (IBNS): People who drink around three cups of coffee a day may live longer than non-coffee drinkers, a landmark study has found.
Congestion on Delhi roads has worsened says new analysis by CSE
Jul 11, 2017, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi, Jul 11 (IBNS): An assessment of travel time and traffic speed in Delhi by the city-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that India's capital is in the grip of a worsening congestion and pollution crisis.
Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control, says study
Jul 11, 2017, at 02:08 am
Columbus, July 10 (IBNS): It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your diet for the day.
Scientists make “squarest†ice crystals ever
Jul 11, 2017, at 02:02 am
Columbus, July 10 (IBNS): You won’t find ice cubes like this in your freezer.
Researchers identify inflammatory biomarkers indicating brain injury
Jul 10, 2017, at 09:53 pm
London, July 10 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified inflammatory biomarkers which indicate whether the brain has suffered injury.
New study links antibiotic resistance to common household disinfectant triclosan
Jul 10, 2017, at 09:45 pm
London, July 10 (IBNS): Scientists from the University of Birmingham have discovered a link between a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance and resistance to the disinfectant triclosan which is commonly found in domestic products.
Sufferers of both Type 2 diabetes and sleep apnoea could lose eyesight within four years
Jul 10, 2017, at 09:39 pm
London, July 10 (IBNS): Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered that patients who suffer from both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea are at greater risk of developing a condition that leads to blindness within an average period of less than four years.
New device designed by Duke University team may make cervical cancer testing more affordable
Jul 10, 2017, at 07:38 pm
North Carolina/US, Jul 10 (IBNS): Indian-American professor Nimmi Ramanujam and team have developed a new handheld device that will make screening for cervical cancer more accessible and affordable, according to media reports on Monday.
Surface of Mars poses danger to life, tests show
Jul 09, 2017, at 02:56 am
London, July 8 (IBNS) The environment on Mars may be more harmful to Earth-based life forms than previously thought, experiments by Edinburgh scientists have shown.
Learning with music can change brain structure, says study
Jul 09, 2017, at 02:40 am
London, July 8 (IBNS): Using musical cues to learn a physical task significantly develops an important part of the brain, according to a new study.
Particle discovery helps solve physics puzzle
Jul 09, 2017, at 02:30 am
London, July 8 (IBNS): Edinburgh scientists have helped identify a new type of particle in experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Jul 09, 2017, at 02:15 am
London, July 8 (IBNS): The team, which included researchers from University of Bristol, used data from a world-leading birth cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as ‘Children of the 90s’.
New way of predicting kidney function could improve chemotherapy dosing for many cancer patients
Jul 09, 2017, at 02:05 am
London, July 8 (IBNS): Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new statistical model which estimates kidney function in patients with cancer.
Fastest stars in the Milky Way are ‘runaways’ from another galaxy
Jul 09, 2017, at 01:55 am
London, July 8 (IBNS): A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy – which are travelling so fast that they can escape the Milky Way – are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own.
Astronomers discover a new branch in the family tree of exoplanets
Jul 09, 2017, at 01:31 am
Toronto, July 8 (IBNS): A new study involving scientists from UdeM's iREx reveals super-Earths and larger mini-Neptunes in our galaxy.
Marijuana can increase a teenager's risk of psychosis, finds study
Jul 09, 2017, at 01:25 am
Toronto, July 8 (IBNS): An UdeM study confirms the link between marijuana use and psychotic-like experiences in a Canadian adolescent cohort.
CWRU researchers find a chemical solution shrinks digital data storage
Jul 09, 2017, at 01:07 am
New York, July 8 (IBNS): Chemists at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to possibly store digital data in half the space current systems require.
Four clinical trials suggest doctors focus on heart disease, not just glucose, says study
Jul 09, 2017, at 01:03 am
New York, July 8 (IBNS): Heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide and exacerbated by type 2 diabetes, yet diabetes treatment regimens tend to focus primarily on blood sugar maintenance. This common approach to type 2 diabetes management can leave patients at risk for heart attack and stroke. But results from four recent randomized clinical trials suggest that using medications that offer glucose control while reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease could improve patient outcomes.
Training of Robotic Surgeons to spur growth of da Vinci Surgical Robots
Jul 08, 2017, at 11:14 pm
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Eminent Robotic surgeons have urged senior specialist surgeons in the country to train themselves ahead of the spread of Surgical Robots in their hospitals.
Tree plantation drive conducted by RWWCO
Jul 08, 2017, at 03:12 am
New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): In view of Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu’s continued efforts on Tree Plantation in railway areas, the Railway Women’s Welfare Central Organisation (RWWCO) has undertaken Tree Plantation Drive on Thursday at railway premises in New Delhi.
Failure of contraceptives, unplanned pregnancies worrying UK doctors
Jul 07, 2017, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Jul 7 (IBNS): One in four women using contraceptives are getting pregnant in the UK, a recent study said.
IMD issues weather warning for the next five days
Jul 07, 2017, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi, Jul 7 (IBNS): The Ministry of Earth Science, on Friday, said that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued pan-India weather warning for the next five days.