Charity swim smashes world record

Olympic medal-winning swimmers Becky Adlington and Michael Jamieson battled their way to a Guinness World Record 100 x 100m swimming relay title to raise tens of thousands ...

Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because of climate change

An elderly couple enjoy an ice cream on Brighton Pier in the summer heatwave of 2013. Heat-related deaths are expected to rise by 2050, as global warming causes temperature...

Climate Change May Cause Trillions in Damage to World’s Coastal Regions

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century.

According to the stu...

Gamers can now join hunt for cancer cure

LONDON: Gaming enthusiasts across the world can from Tuesday join the search for cancer cures with a citizen science project using a smartphone game to help researchers ana...

Antarctica’s collapsing ice shelves may disappear in 200 years

A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover, a new study has warne...

Low Vitamin D Tied to a Pregnancy Risk

Using preserved blood samples of pregnant women, researchers have found that low vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk for severe preeclampsia, a serious a...

Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatment

Stunting among children increased to 45 per cent in 2011

Africa must take charge of research priorities to beat malnutrition and hunger

Interventions to pre...

Health Benefits of Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a versatile food and form an important part of the Indian diet. Tomatoes also contain important antioxidants such as vitamin C and Vitamin A. These vitamins ar...

Geranium root is potent HIV-1 killer

Washington: A new study has found that extracts of the geranium plant Pelargonium sidoides inactivate human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) and prevent the virus from ...