Among numerous bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms living in human body, there are some which can prevent asthma. Scientists experimenting with bacteria that live in the human body reported to the “Science Translational Medicine” that in a case study of “319 children” they exhibited “at...

The growing threat of El Nino would possibly leave more than four million people across the Pacific without enough food or clean water.   Indications of it came when two dozen people have already died from hunger and drinking contaminated water in drought-stricken Papua New Guinea.  ...

Come January of next year, the attempts to lessen the symptoms of incurable brittle bone disease through the injection of foetal stem cells into babies while they are still in the womb is to begin in the first of its kind clinical trial.   The stem cells for the trial would come from...

An assessment of the value of natural assets has found that the world c oral reefs are worth £6 trillion a year in services they provide for people - almost four times as much as the UK economy.   Bees contributed £106 billion to the world economy in pollinating crops, and that vultures were...

Mealworms’ plastic diet can be a potential solution to plastic landfills, whereby the so far believed “non-biodegradable” plastics get digested in mealworms’ guts. Recently, the plastic pollutants have been a cause of worry as it is difficult to dispose of them. However, finally, there seems to be...

A recent breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has enabled a paralyzed man who lost his ability to walk five years ago, walk again. This technology for the paralysed man was developed by researchers from different University of California campuses.   Brain-computer...

In an effort to curb a rise in attacks that threaten its beach tourism industry, Australia is taking help some of the world’s most advanced shark deterrent technologies and would initiate the program in the next few months.   Plans to test electronic repellents, plastic shields, sonar and...

There would be another “mini Hubble” space observatory from Monday with ISRO, India’s premier space research agency launching its first space research observatory ASTROSAT, along with a number of US satellites. “This is one more grand accomplishment for Indian science and our scientists,” tweeted...

Evolutionary chain adds yet another missing link with the discovery of Homo naledi, which displays a behavioural pattern thought unique to humans. The National Geography in collaboration with the University of Witwatersrand has brought about a “remarkable story of human heritage” that recounts an...