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India: Pollution turning the Taj Mahal brown
A study has for the first time analysed and concluded that carbon soot is discolouring the Taj Mahal.
Dec 11, 2014
Comets were not early Earth's water bearers says Rosetta analysis
A study of the hydrogen isotopes in water suggests water on earth was not delivered by comets from the Kuiper belt, but probably by asteroids.
Dec 11, 2014
Japan passes secrecy law, public and media protest
Critics say law will allow Abe government to conceal its misdeeds even as it curbs press freedom.
Dec 11, 2014
CIA torture: Democrats influenced Senate report, says psychologist involved in interrogation work
One of two psychologists involved in interrogation work says Senate report influenced by Democratic majority.
Dec 11, 2014
Wildlife management: The lesser cat makes way, shows study on impact of tiger conservation on leopards
Making way to the more socially dominant cat, leopards are being forced to adapt in the face of tiger conservation.
Dec 10, 2014
UN climate talks: India seeks equitable carbon space, Lima event notches record carbon footprint
Falling back on poverty and development priorities, India has called for continuing the common but differentiated responsibilities practised during the Kyoto protocol.
Dec 10, 2014
Warming Pacific melting tonnes of methane from seafloor deposits off US coast, finds study
Methane equivalent to oil spilled by Deepwater is being released every year off the coast of the US by warming ocean waters.
Dec 10, 2014
Power lines and mobile phones cleared of harmful health impacts
Results from a study that looked at the impact of weak magnetic fields on crucial human proteins showed no detectable link.
Dec 10, 2014
Ebola: 100-fold risk to health workers in Sierra Leone, says report
As the situation in Sierra Leone shows no sign of relenting, health care workers are at increased risk of catching the deadly disease.
Dec 10, 2014
Potato extract can help in the fight against weight gain
Potato extract helped reduce the weight gain in mice fed on high fat diet.
Dec 10, 2014
Water on Mars: More evidence suggests planet could have had many lakes
Observations by Curiosity suggest that water and wind piled up sediments to form the Mount Sharp.
Dec 10, 2014
UN Lima meet: Australia wants top climate polluters to put most efforts in emissions reductions
With an eye on China, Australia has sought maximum mitigation efforts from biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Dec 09, 2014
Discovery of old cells paves way for delaying ageing, surviving cancer
Novel markers that attach to the surface of old cells help researchers in picking these out and delay the onset of associated symptoms.
Dec 09, 2014
Moon had an intense magnetic field billion years ago, suggests study
A dynamo effect created by a moving mantle could have stirred the Moon's core and given rise to a magnetic field, say MIT researchers.
Dec 09, 2014
Tumours shrunk to zero and relapse prevented in severe type of breast cancer
A technique that inhibited a protein network and made the cancer cells susceptible to therapies has shown success in mice experiments.
Dec 09, 2014
Titan's sand dunes created by winds that blow only twice in 30 years
Scientists conclude a wind that blows twice in a Saturn year caused the sand dunes.
Dec 09, 2014
Men find women in stilettos and high heels attractive
Pick-ups in a bar, or simply fetching a dropped glove, or filling in a survey, men will do it all for the well-heeled woman.
Dec 09, 2014
Lima: UN climate talks encounter yet another stumbling block in review of national pledges
The first week at Lima climate talks has seen nations at war over decades-long issues of commitments and responsibilities.
Dec 08, 2014
Ebola claims life of tenth doctor in Sierra Leone
Freetown children's doctor dies as President Ernest Bai Koroma urged to provide better equipment.
Dec 08, 2014
Plant growth affected by human drug remnants in soil and water
Study on lettuce and radish crops shows even small amounts of drugs affect plant growth.
Dec 08, 2014
Record solar efficiency above 40% reported by New South Wales researchers
New technique helps achieve record conversion efficiencies in solar tower systems.
Dec 08, 2014
Orange juice is ten times healthier than earlier thought, shows new lab technique
By measuring the contribution of the solid part of food, a lab technique shows that citrus fruits have ten times more antioxidants than calculated so far.
Dec 07, 2014
Artificial way to detoxify cells can help delay ageing and prevent diseases
Indian researchers hit upon way to detoxify cells by destroying free radicals and prevent cell damage and ageing.
Dec 07, 2014
UN Lima climate talks hit by rift over funding and adaptation commitments
Developing countries warn Paris accord could fail unless adaptation is included in draft text.
Dec 07, 2014
Nasa's New Horizons awake after nine years and set for first exploration of solar system's backyard
Probe sent to explore Pluto and its neighbourhood switched on after nine years covering a distance of 4.8 billion kms.
Dec 07, 2014
Pulsar, black hole duo sought for ultimate proof of relativity theory
Theorists are proposing that the lighthouses of the universe, pulsars, when found near a black hole could be the holy grail of gravity.
Dec 05, 2014
150,000-year-old lineage of the modern human genetically traced to a living tribe in south Africa
The Khoisan hunter-gatherer tribe that believes itself to be the oldest people have been proven to be the most ancient lineage of the modern human.
Dec 05, 2014
ESA's Planck satellite throws new insights into nature of elusive dark matter and neutrinos
By studying the cosmic background radiation left from the time of the Big Bang, the Planck data throws new light on primordial neutrinos and dark matter.
Dec 05, 2014
Space travel safer than believed but radiation hazards remain, concludes humanoid study
Not too bad, but neither very safe, is what an experiment aboard the ISS using humanoid fitted with detectors reveals.
Dec 05, 2014
Resveratrol in wine protects heart by inhibiting inflammation, says research
The French stay fit despite fatty food intake thanks to wine and a natural substance in it that benefits the heart.
Dec 05, 2014
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