Heart Attacks: Anti-clotting Medicine Reduces Blood Clots by Half
Use of the cost-effective drug ticagrelor has shown to reduce the risk on blood clotting by half in heart attack patients carrying stents.
Gravity Saved The Universe From Collapse After Big Bang, Say Physicists
Interaction between the Higgs particle and gravity prevented the dense, early universe from collapsing into itself.
Conservation: Largest Flamingo Breeding Site in Asia Threatened By 262km Road Construction
With the clearance of a road running through the Kutch wildlife sanctuary, flamingo populations are at risk.
Global Warming: Nasa Model Provides Carbon Dioxide Trail From Source To Atmosphere
Using computer simulations of movement of carbon dioxide, scientists can project future climate, says Nasa.
Controversial Plans to Slow Global Warming by Manipulating Atmosphere Reconsidered by Scientists
Scientists are revisiting controversial propositions to manipulate the atmosphere and slow down global warming.
Cure For Heart Diseases May Be Possible Soon, Thanks to a Major Discovery
A mutation of a massive heart protein that keeps the heart beating has been discovered to be the cause of sudden deaths in heart patients.
Triclosan In Handwash And Soaps Could Lead To Liver Tumour, Finds Study
Study shows how antimicrobial used in soaps and toothpaste can cause cancer.
Stem Cells Therapy Not Useful In Stroke Patients Finds Indian Study
A large-scale study done in India has found no benefits from stem cell therapy in treating paralysis in stroke patients.
IUCN Red List: A Third Of Assessed Species On Brink Of Extinction
Overexploitation by the food industry is pushing four species to the brink of extinction, while habitat destruction has already caused two others' extinction.
Energy Drinks Loaded With Caffeine Can Be Dangerous for Young Children, Says Study
A study has found that energy drinks caused deadly cardiac and neurological symptoms in young children.
Ebola: Surgeon Martin Salia in Critical Condition in Nebraska Hospital
Martin Salia, who picked up virus in Sierra Leone, critical despite treatment with experimental drugs.
80 Million Bacteria Exchanged In Ten-Second Kiss, Finds Study
A kiss can be ultimate in sharing with study finding millions of bacteria shared between partners.
When Irreversible Climate Sets in Dust Storms Can Persist 1000 Years After Emissions Stop
Dust storms seen in China and Africa, and picturised in the film Interstellar, can get more frequent once irreversible climate change begins.
Ebola: Mali Bracing Up After New Cases Spark Fears Of Major Outbreak
WHO, Mali government and CDC call for preventing epidemic in poor country.
Isis Banner Hangs Close To Ancient 5,000-Year-Old City Being Excavated In Turkey
Sculptures and stone slabs dating back to 700 BC discovered at Karkemish city on Turkey-Syria border.
Rosetta Mission: Philae Goes Into Slumber After Sending Data From Comet 67P
Having landed in a spot that blocks sunlight from powering its batteries, Philae went silent but the mission has been hailed a success.
India Sterilisation Deaths: Race to Curb Population with Rusty Scalpels and Spurious Medicines?
Are the doctors to blame for the sterilisation deaths or a system that treats people, the poor and illiterate mostly, worse than cattle being spayed?
Meteorites Most Probably Delivered Carbon and Hydrogen To Mars, Says Study
Investigations of billion-year-old meteorite yield carbon and hydrogen signatures from space.
World Parks Congress Endorses Tourism in Protected Areas and Calls for Increased Tourist Footfall
An IUCN report has detailed the benefits for protected areas from increasing tourism to the region.
Milky Way's Black Hole Sending Out Mysterious Neutrinos, Says Nasa
Nasa's x-ray observatories detect neutrinos from black hole in the centre of our galaxy.
India: Bengaluru to House Science Gallery That Brings Science and Arts Together
A science gallery that holds exhibitions that will see participation from scientists and experts across the globe will be set up by 2018 in Bengaluru (Bangalore).
Interacting Parallel Worlds 'Explains Quantum Weirdness', New Theory Suggests
Parallel worlds with similar objects interact to give rise to the spooky world of quantum mechanics, says a study.
Syria Refugee Crisis: Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq Curbing Influx
Thousands of Syrian refugees face a bleak winter without food or shelter.
Russian Warships Approaching Australia Ahead of G20 Summit
The Australian Defence Force is keeping watch on four Russian naval ships in waters to the north of the country.
HIV: Researchers May Have Found The Trick to Slow Down or Even Halt Virus
The progression of Aids is determined by the position on the human DNA to which the virus binds, finds a study.
Ebola Toll Crosses 5,000 With Situation In Sierra Leone Worsening
Ebola claims 5,147 lives out of 14,068 reported cases so far, according to WHO.
Ukraine: UN Meets To Review Situation As Kiev Braces For Renewed Fighting
UN Security Council holds emergency session following Nato accusations that Russia was sending reinforcements across Ukraine's eastern border.
Air Pollution Set to Soar as Vehicle Population Grows Exponentially in Indian Cities
A seven-fold increase in vehicles across two decades has led to increasing air pollution in most Indian cities and this will increase as trends continue.
Ebola: Mali Reports Second Death While Maternity Care in Hard-Hit Regions Reels Under Lack of Personnel and Fear of Infection
West African regions hit by Ebola are seeing a drastic drop in maternity patients, causing concerns of high maternal mortality rates.
Climate Change: UK Likely To Miss 2030 Target For Emission Reductions
A report finds that carbon emissions in UK in 2030 will be almost double the rate prescribed by its climate change committee.
