New York Two Apple investors are urging the iPhone maker to take action to curb growing smartphone addiction among children. Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, or CalSTRS, said in open letter to Apple that the company must offer more choices and tools to help youngstersRead More

Washington A team led by an Indian-origin researcher has developed a “fascinating” new theory for how life on Earth may have begun. Their experiments demonstrate that key chemical reactions that support life today could have been carried out with ingredients likely present on the planet four billion years ago. “ThisRead More

New Delhi: Popular messaging platform WhatsApp has withdrawn support from certain platforms from December 31. WhatsApp has now stopped working for people using BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8.0 and older. WhatsApp has said that it will not work on `Nokia S40` after December 2018. Also, Android OS versionRead More

Berlin Astronauts floating weightlessly through space experience a persistent fever, with their body temperature increasing by about 1 degree Celsius, according to a study that points out the health implications of space travel. Researchers from Charite—Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany used forehead sensors to measure the body temperature of astronauts onRead More

Toronto The DNA analysis of the remains of a 16th century mummy has confirmed that the complex Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has existed in humans for centuries, researchers say. HBV is a deadly viral infection that attacks the liver, can cause both acute and chronic disease and kills nearly oneRead More

New York An international ban on ozone-destroying chlorine that contains manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) has led to less ozone depletion, NASA scientists have reported. CFCs are long-living chemical compounds that eventually rise into the stratosphere, where they are broken apart by the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation, releasing chlorine atoms that thenRead More

New York, Technology giant Google is all set to upgrade its desktop Calendar for all its users by February 28, 2018, unless one decides to opt out. The redesigned look, which was announced in October 2017, also includes new features. Not only has Google made conference room bookings easier, butRead More

Washington, Scientists are developing next generation of robots made from soft materials that are more similar to biological systems. Such soft robots contain tremendous potential for future applications as they adapt to dynamic environments and are well-suited to closely interact with humans, said researchers from the University of Colorado in theRead More

Melbourne The window for saving the world’s coral reefs from the effects of global warming is rapidly closing, according to a study. For the first time, researchers have measured the escalating rate of coral bleaching at locations throughout the tropics over the past four decades. The study published in theRead More

Washington, January 4 Female college professors are more likely to get requests from students for an increase of marks or extended assignment deadlines than their male counterparts, a study has found. Researchers from Eastern Washington University in the US found that women in academia more often face added work demand.Read More