New screening method to detect invasive species in water bodies
byWashington, March 31 (IANS) Scientists have combined two new technologies to create a unique surveillance tool that could track and detect invasive aquatic species…
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Scientists developing blood-cleansing technology
byWashington: US scientists are developing a blood-cleansing technology to treat life-threatening blood infections in critically-injured soldiers and patients. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired…
Russian scientists name fossil reptile after Lenin
byMoscow, March 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian scientists, studying pre-historic life, have named a recently discovered fossil ichthyosaur after Vladimir Lenin, the father of the…
Why Spamhaus Internet attack was good (Comment)
byIt’s been a few days since the worst denial-of-service attack in the internet’s three-decade history. A 300-gigabit-per-second torrent of traffic flooded the networks of…
Water for the gods – now being conserved in temples
byJaipur, March 31 (IANS) An astrologer and social activist has turned the religious practice of offering water and milk in temples into a unique…
Brain imaging can help predict criminal’s behaviour
byLos Angeles, March 30 (IANS) Analysis of images of a particular part of the brain could help predict whether a criminal would reoffend or…
Laparoscopic surgery for diabetes control catching up
byHyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Laparoscopic ileal interposition surgery or the small intestinal switch for the control of type 2 diabetes is catching up with…
Top Indian space scientist honoured in the US
byBangalore: Top Indian space scientist U.R. Rao has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame in Washington DC by the Society of Satellite Professionals…
NIT Agartala students face suspension over Facebook comment
byAgartala: A disciplinary panel of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here has proposed to suspend 57 students for six months over a comment on…
Lizard species rediscovered after 135 years
byMumbai: For over a century and quarter, the tiny Geckoella Jeyporensis, a small lizard measuring up to 10 cm, was given up as extinct. Now…