Toronto, September 9 In view of the growing demand for developing a “lie detector” test for chronic pain based on brain scans, a task force consisting of researchers from around the world has advised against such a practice because of lack of proof. “It’s not possible at this point inRead More

New Delhi Close to festival season, people across India are all geared to usher in the festivities in grandeur and style. As celebrations and parties begin at home, the first on the to-do-list is redecoration and renovation of home to make it happy and happening. This varies from exclusive focusRead More

Washington A new device can detect whether or not a tumour is cancerous in just 10 seconds. The researchers from University of Texas, Austin invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue during surgery, delivering results in about 10 seconds — more than 150 times as fastRead More

Boston, September 8 Vampires — fictional blood-sucking beings that appear in folklores — may have been real people who suffered from a rare genetic blood disorder that caused the skin to blister under sunlight, according to a new study. Porphyrias, a group of eight known blood disorders, affect the body’sRead More

London Hacking networks like Anonymous are perceived as modern-day equivalents of Robin Hood, especially by people who feel more angry about societal injustices and disconnected from the political process, a study has found. Giovanni Travaglino a psychologist at the University of Kent in the UK carried out two studies toRead More

London, September 6 Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail by generating images of higher resolution than previously thought, scientists say. It has been long believed that insects cannot see fine images. This is because their compound eyes typically consist of thousands of tiny lens-cappedRead More

Boston, September 5 Facial recognition is not an innate ability, but a skill that forms through experience, a study in monkeys has found. Working with macaques temporarily deprived of seeing faces while growing up, the researchers from the Harvard Medical School in the US has found that regions of theRead More

New Delhi, September 5 Scientists have developed an artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water, an advance that may provide clean energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the future. The ultra-thin wireless device mimics plant leaves to produce energy using water and sunlight. “It is knownRead More

London, September 4 An Indian-origin scientist has led a team at a UK university to create a medical camera that can see through the human body, and he believes it has immense potential for doctors in tracking internal examinations. Kev Dhaliwal, Professor of Molecular Imaging and Healthcare Technology at theRead More

London As many 24 stars are headed towards our solar system and may deflect comets, causing them to collide into the Earth in the next million years, scientists say. Researchers at Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany calculated how often stars stray into the Oort cloud, a vast, sphericalRead More