Cancer: How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic To protect the health of the public, national and international health agencies evaluate many new and existing chemicals to determine if they are likely to be carcinogens in a process called cancer hazard identification
Depressed young adults more likely to develop heart diseases: Study According to the latest research, young adults who feel depressed or with poor mental health days have higher rates or heart attacks, strokes, and risk factors for heart diseases.
Leprosy prevalence rate down from 0.69 per 10,000 population in 2014-15 to 0.45 in 2021-22: Centre Bharati Pravin Pawar said that the annual new case detection rate per 1,00,000 population has come down from 9.73 in 2014-15 to 5.52 in 2021-22
Long Covid Might Teach Us How to Prevent Alzheimer’s Researchers are uncovering links between viruses and brain diseases, which could point to a whole new approach to treatment.
New ‘superbug’ strain of gonorrhea is outsmarting most antibiotics Two cases in Massachusetts involve a novel strain more impervious to existing antibiotics than other strains in the US
Mercury helps to detail Earth's most massive extinction event: Research The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth's history to date, killing between 80-90 per cent of life on the planet, though finding definitive evidence for what caused the dramatic changes...
Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation, study finds The change may shave the length of the day by a fraction of a millisecond over the course of a year
A happy memory can help you fall asleep, if you know how to use it Trouble sleeping? Try a technique called savoring, or imagining a positive experience in great detail
Asteroid 2023 BU to whiz past earth in one of the closest ever approaches The small asteroid will make one of the closest approaches on record, NASA scientists predict, but it poses no danger
Truck-sized asteroid to come 'extraordinarily’ close to Earth: Will it pose danger? The asteroid 2023 BU was discovered by an amateur astronomer. It will zoom by the southern tip of South America at around 4:27 pm PST on Thursday
Truck-sized asteroid coming closest to Earth today The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, was discovered on Saturday and is believed to be between 11 feet (3.5 metres) and 28 feet (8.5 metres) feet across.
Food safety watchdog faces staff shortage Against a sanctioned strength of 855 DOs, only 656 are in service. Also, against a sanctioned strength of 4,029 FSOs, there are only 2,537.
Earth’s inner core could be reversing its rotation, finds study While the impact wouldn’t be much on the life on Earth, but it surely can influence the length of the day
Serum Institute launches country’s first HPV vaccine against cervical cancer: Adar Poonawalla The vaccine ‘CERVAVAC’ has been jointly created by the Serum Institute of India and the Department of Biotechnology
Astronomers reveal super clear image of star graveyard in Milky Way Approximately once every 100 years, a star in the Milky Way is predicted to go supernova. These powerful explosions, which are the dramatic final stages of massive stars as they run out of fuel, can eject enormous clouds of dust...
Using your phone before bed hijacks your sleep, but not for the reason you think Tech can be both the problem and the solution to a better night’s sleep