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Life-threatening bacteria found in Make-up products: Study

According to the study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, bacteria that can cause illnesses ranging from skin infections to blood poisoning were found in nine out of ten of beauty products.

Dec 4, 2019

All you need to know about the engineer who found Vikram lander debris in NASA images

Shanmuga Subramanian, a Chennai-based engineer, came up with the first positive identification of Vikram lander debris through images released by NASA.

Dec 3, 2019

Climate change reaching 'point of no return': UN chief

Delegations from some 200 countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, NGOs and activists will meet in the Spanish capital to finalise rules of the 2015 Paris Agreement

Dec 3, 2019

Brushing teeth 3 times a day can lower heart failure risk

Tooth brushing three or more times a day was associated with a 10 per cent lower risk of atrial fibrillation and a 12 per cent lower risk of heart failure during 10.5-year follow up, the research added

Dec 3, 2019

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Scientists unveil real reason behind the extinction of Neanderthal

The research report suggested that humans did not play a crucial role in the existence of Neanderthals

Dec 2, 2019

Tamil Nadu rains: 15 killed in Coimbatore wall collapse; schools, colleges shut

Heavy rains are likely to lash several parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry in the next two days.

Dec 2, 2019

As sea engulfs coastline, Indonesians pay high price to shield homes

Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, has about 81,000 km (50,300 miles) of coastline, making it particularly vulnerable to climate change.

Dec 2, 2019

Amazon fires may enhance glacier melting: Study

According to the study aerosols from biomass burning, such as black carbon, can be transported by wind to tropical Andean glaciers.

Dec 1, 2019

New vaccine to stop bovine TB developed: Study

This new vaccine provides protection against bovine TB and will help in the fight against this deadly disease which infects over 50 million cattle worldwide and is economically devastating to farmers

Nov 30, 2019

Breast milk may prevent heart disease in preterm babies

One of the long-term health complications that young adults born prematurely may have is unique heart characteristics.

Nov 30, 2019

Tapeworms in Chinese worker's brain after eating undercooked meat

The man, in his 40s, was suspected to have got the parasites after eating undercooked pork and mutton.

Nov 30, 2019

'Black hole so big shouldn't even exist' - Scientists baffled by breakthrough discovery

Chinese astronomers have discovered a massive black hole that's so big it shouldn't even exist in our Galaxy.

Nov 29, 2019

Robots may cut cost of repairing broken satellites in space

In his lab, Ma and University of Cincinnati senior research associate Anoop Sathyan are developing robotic networks that can work independently but collaborativly on a common task.

Nov 29, 2019