Water Wheel to ease burden on women

Girls and women carrying plastic jerry cans of water on their heads is a common sight in rural areas of poor countries. The WaterWheel eases that burden by storing water in...

U.S. Cold Snap Inspires Climate Change Denial, While Scientists See Little Room for Doubt

Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero on Monday in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago. But climate scientists say the weather does not invalidate pre...

A New Test for Malaria, No Blood Required

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid malaria test that uses a laser pulse, eliminating the need to draw blood. The test has not yet been tried on humans with ...

Of AAP, Yashraj, Mahesh Bhatt, Phantom And The Voter

As we settle into 2014, the only cerebration that dominates every Indian mind which deliberates obsessive discussions today is the impending Lok Sabha elections and the cha...

Tackling a Racial Gap in Breast Cancer Survival

MEMPHIS — After her doctor told her two months ago that she had breast cancer, Debrah Reid, a 58-year-old dance teacher, drove straight to a funeral home. She began p...

Asthma: Altering diet may ease symptoms

Tests on mice, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that a high-fibre diet could reduce inflammation in the lungs. The extra fibre changed the nutrients being a...

Climate change affects mangroves in Florida

Washington, Jan 1: Mangrove trees, which are highly sensitive to cold, have expanded enormously on the Atlantic coast of Florida as the frequency of frosts has diminished, ...

Maharashtra medical camp enters Guinness book

Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 21: A mega-health camp, in which over 150,000 people simultaneously underwent a medical check-up at a cricket stadium, has entered the Guinness Rec...

Jump in diabetes rate raises alarm

Manitoba needs to do a better job of educating the public on how to prevent diabetes if it is to reverse an alarming trend.

That’s the view of Winnipeg Libera...