Good sleep means good physical and mental health. Chronic sleep disruption leads to cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure and is a sign of obesity.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, have zeroed in on four signs of aging which can predict the risk of heart disease. People with a receding hairline at the temples, baldness at the head's crown, earlobe creases or yellow fatty deposits around the eyelids are 57 times more prone...
A latest study states that when children and adolescents opt for fast food or full service restaurants instead of their daily meals at home, they unknowingly consume excess of calories and soda leading to a poor nutrient intake.
A new source of carbon emission has been identified by a research team from the University of California, Davis. It is assumed that this source could play better role in understanding past and future global change.
Through a study on rates, the researchers have first time have displayed how genetically engineered tomato plants produced a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when eaten.
A team of researchers at the Northwestern University has found a way to manufacture miniature single-laser devices that are the size of a virus particle and more importantly, can function at room temperature.
The world's rarest whale species, the spade-toothed whale, has been spotted for the first time in New Zealand seas.
A Goffin's cockatoo called 'Figaro' that has been reared in captivity in Vienna was observed making and using tools to forage for food.
The researchers from Mayo clinic have come up with a novel drug therapy that helps in treating inherited form of kidney disease known as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
A new service was proposed by NASA in order to mark the 12th anniversary of crews living and working abroad the International Space Station. The service helps people observe the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead.
As we stay in virtual world more and more and interact with countless people, cyberbullying is turning out to be a common problem. It is more worrisome in the workplace as employees, use texts, emails or web postings to attack and abuse their colleagues. It is common as conventional bullying.
A team of U.S. researchers have come up with a new device that harnesses energy from a beating heart to keep a pacemaker running. This new finding will help patients to power their pacemakers and do away with the need to replace batteries every few years.
