Social Science
Adults take girls’ pain less seriously, study
According to a new study at Yale University, American boys experience more pain than girls despite identical clinical circumstances and identical pain behavior across conditions. At...
Invention
Novel strategy for designing tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications
Engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a non-expensive and scalable way to synthesize transition metal dichalcogenides quantum dots (TMD QDs)....
Science
Scientists drill to record depths in West Antarctica
Scientists for the first time have drilled over two kilometers through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water. This study will help them see...
Health
Vegetable and fish diet linked to lower high blood pressure risk in pregnancy
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects around 1 in 10 pregnancies. There are different types of hypertensive disorders that occur during pregnancy....
Technology
A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency
MIT scientists have devised a new cryptocurrency that definitely diminishes the data users need to join the system and confirm trasactions— by up to 99...
Space
Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth
A new study by the Rice University scientists suggests that most of the Earth's essential elements of life such as carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential...
Science
Scientists may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s
A team of international scientists led by Cortexyme, Inc., a privately held, the clinical-stage pharmaceutical company has recently discovered the role of a common bacterium, Porphyromonas...
Science
Creating attraction between molecules deep in the periodic table
Researchers at the McGill University have shown that it is possible to develop strong, stable attractions between some of the heavier elements in the...
Space
Astronomers discover an unusual nuclear transient
An international group of astronomers has detected an unusual nuclear transient in the nucleus of a weakly active galaxy.Â
Health
Scientists see link between oxidative stress and neurological disorders
Indian scientists have found a new function of a gene which is already known to play a role in neurological disorders.
Scientists at the Indian...
Invention
New bioactive dental filling material promises to be teeth-friendly
A team of Indian scientists has developed a new technique that promises to help produce bioactive dental filling materials which will take much lesser...
Health
Greater access to information reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
Antibiotics are often the go-to prescription for many primary care cases, but researchers estimate that as much as 23% of these prescriptions could be...