Science & Medicine

Scientists stumble across the largest spiral galaxy known Sun, 13/01/2013 - 11:13 by Yasser Ali Astronomers have come across what they believe is the largest spiral galaxy ever seen. Comments	Achieve New Year resolutions with these apps Wed, 26/12/2012 - 16:06 by Dinesh Dhiman New Year is approaching fast and you might have a couple of resolutions ready, just like every other year in the past. But do you stick to any of them or let them lapse, year after year? Here are few smartphone apps that will help you in keeping your resolutions. Comments	Mammalian semen affects the female brain – Canadian Scientists Tue, 21/08/2012 - 16:26 by Minnie Mahendru Canadian scientists have unearthed a controlling and dominant chemical signal rooted in the semen which strongly influences the brains of female mammals that may include humans. They recently released a press announcement made by Saskatchewan unit in Canada stating “Team unlocks link between sex and the female brain", which promises to whip up a passionate debate. Comments Read more
Climatic changes increase malicious parasites potency Mon, 13/08/2012 - 13:39 by Minnie Mahendru Climatic changes predict the parasites to become more active and potent attacking the host in a big way. A study highlighted that the frogs when facing unforeseen and surprising changes in the general temperatures experience a larger number of diseases. Comments Read more	Aging termites are great defenders--Study Fri, 27/07/2012 - 17:21 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY A species of termite as it ages, has been found to cause more damage on its enemies. Comments Read more	Artificial 'Brain' to diagnose breast cancer programmed by a high school junior girl Wed, 25/07/2012 - 16:38 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY An artificial “brain” built by a 17-year-old whiz kid from Florida is able to accurately assess tissue samples for signs of breast cancer. The cloud-based neural network took top prize in this year’s Google Science Fair. Comments Read more
Dumped Iron fillings in sea can trap carbon dioxide in the depth of the ocean bed? Thu, 19/07/2012 - 16:23 by Minnie Mahendru A new study states the dumping and discarding of iron into the oceans leads to the burial of carbon dioxide in the ocean depths for centuries, diminishing the effect of the climatic changes. The novel study states that fertilization of the seas due to the addition of iron fillings lead to algae blooms. These algae dies and as time pass away, they deteriorate and then submerge into the depth of the deep seas. When these remains sink they tug along the carbon that they have absorbed right down to the ocean floor. Comments Read more	Strange characteristics of corn flour mixture's unravelled Sat, 14/07/2012 - 15:57 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY According to a new study, it is due to the compression of particles just below the strike area which jams together when under a force, that the thick mixture of water and corn flour which otherwise pours like a liquid, solidifies. Comments Read more	Merging an ancient 500-Million-Year-Old DNA into Modern E-coli Bacteria! Molecular rewinding of life? Fri, 13/07/2012 - 15:41 by Minnie Mahendru Is evolution being re-staged by the scientists? We hold on to the sides of our chairs as the scientists burn their midnight oil trying to recreate a dinosaur in their laboratories.They have been successful with bacteria and ancient plants and now have finally managed to merge a bacteria with a 500 year old gene ! Comments Read more
White rot fungus may put an end to the development of Coal deposits? Mon, 02/07/2012 - 16:49 by Minnie Mahendru Scientists feel that the development of coal deposits may have seen an end due to the evolution of the white–rot fungus. The study findings state that, it took nearly 60 million long years for the coal deposits to be formed but the fungi has the caliber to split down its organic polymer lignin. It is this polymer lignin that keeps the plant cell walls upright and rigid. This was an online study research mentioned in edition of Science on the 29th of June. Comments Read more	Guinness World Record on fire with hottest man-made temperature at 7.2 Trillion degrees Thu, 28/06/2012 - 13:02 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY According to the scientists, a giant atom-smashing has just broken a Guinness World Record by reaching the highest man-made temperature ever recorded. It is in fact 250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun. Comments Read more	Did the "dull-witted" Neanderthals, our extinct cousins create cave paintings? Fri, 15/06/2012 - 14:25 by Minnie Mahendru The archaeologists busy researching the age of the Paleolithic caves in Spain with new techniques discovered that the paintings on the cave walls were much older than they had anticipated. The paintings unearthed were done thousands of years earlier than they had estimated earlier. It pointed towards the time of the Neanderthals! Comments Read more