Researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist at the Gladstone Institute, University of California, have found a novel way to coax a damaged heart to mend itself.The revolutionary treatment could be possible after the scientists discovered a technique for turning ordinary connective tissue into muscle cells inside the heart.
Researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology - an approach gives the scientific community a "crystal ball" for predicting the effects of global warming. According to George N. Somero, Associate Director of Stanford University''s Hopkins Marine Station, the comparative approach can provide insight into the ways in which past evolution under different climatic conditions determines a species'' likelihood of survival in a warming world.
New Delhi: Inflation is likely to go up to 15 per cent in the next two months with the full impact of fuel price hike reflecting in it coupled with the increase in consumption due to the upcoming festive season, Assocham said. The chamber also said that consumer price based inflation too would overshoot 18 per cent in the same period.
Washington: Scientists are exploring the truth behind the hypothesis that ‘life began between mica sheets’.
According to the "life between the sheets" mica hypothesis proposed by Helen Hansma of the University of California, Santa Barbara, life originated with molecules that lay between mica sheets.
The dermatological risks of using common exercise equipment in health clubs.When you go to the gym, do you wash your hands before and after using the equipment? Bring your own regularly cleaned mat for floor exercises? Shower with antibacterial soap and put on clean clothes immediately after your workout? Use only your own towels, bar soap, water bottles?
Six coastguard vessels and a helicopter with anti-pollution dispersal spray systems were pressed into service on Sunday to contain an oil spill caused due to a collision between two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast.
“Anti-pollution operations are underway. Six ships and one helicopter with anti-pollution disposal spray systems are on the job to contain the oil spill,” a coast guard official said.
Tejaswini Sawant on Sunday became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championship by finishing on top with a world-record equalling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany.
Social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter have cost the British economy a whopping 14 billion pounds a year in lost work time, a study said.The study pointed out that two million employees spend an hour a day on social networking sites and over half the workforce make use of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or YouTube for half an hour a day when they are supposed to be working.
The grand vision of resurrecting the ancient international glories of Nalanda University may take some time to fulfil as ambitions are being tailored to current financial limitations, admitted Amartya Sen, chairman of the Nalanda Mentor Group.
Awareness is the first step to better health. Eating a healthy diet has always been wise. But can oils in foods be helpful? The answer is yes; food cooked in coconut oil stays fresh longer and promotes nutrient absorption. Coconut as a whole plays a very important part in our lives. Coconut oil has been used by many nations in the Pacific. They cook with it, moisturise their skin and hair with it, eat the flesh practically on a daily basis. Coconut oil is the product that should be on your shelf forever.