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Less wealthy people are more likely to have mental health disorders later
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, people from less affluent backgrounds are far more likely to experience mental health issues in later life than people from more affluent ones.
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2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to new research led by researchers with the National Museums of Kenya, Liverpool John Moores University, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever discovered to b
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Study identifies human microRNAs linked to type 2 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Although it has long been believed that the microRNA (miRNA) molecules found in pancreatic islets play significant roles in type 2 diabetes, no specific miRNAs have been definitively linked to the condition in humans.
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New compound inhibits influenza virus replication: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The host cell's molecular arsenal is used by viruses to multiply. This is something that researchers from the University of Bonn's Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 and their Japanese counterparts hope to take advantage of for the treatment of influenza.
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Did you know ChatGPT can (almost) pass US Medical Licensing Exam?
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
ChatGPT can score at or around the roughly 60 per cent passing threshold for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), with responses that make coherent, internal sense and contain frequent insights, according to a study by Tiffany Kung, Victor Tseng, and colleagues at Healthiness th
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New research suggests drought accelerated collapse of Hittite Empire
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from war with other territories to internal strife. Now, a Cornell University team has used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a more likely culprit: three straight years of severe drought.
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Children attending preschool more likely to go to college: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Attending preschool at age 4 makes children significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by an MIT economist.
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Protein droplets may cause many types of genetic diseases: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Most proteins localize to distinct protein-rich droplets in cells, also known as "cellular condensates". Such proteins contain sequence features that function as address labels, telling the protein which condensate to move into. When the labels get screwed up, proteins may end up in the wron
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Study reveals we still don't know which factors most affect cognitive decl
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new analysis explores relative statistical associations between various life factors and cognitive decline in elderly Americans, highlighting gaps in knowledge needed to reduce cognitive decline. Hui Zheng of the Ohio State University, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in the ope
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Research finds if space dust could help protect earth from climate change
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
On a cold winter day, the warmth of the sun is welcome. Yet as humanity emits more greenhouse gases, the Earth's atmosphere traps more and more of the sun's energy, which steadily increases the Earth's temperature. One strategy for reversing this trend is to intercept a fraction of sunlight
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Check out how artificial sweetener becomes wastewater tracer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Acesulfame is a sugar substitute found in sugar-free beverages and meals. Because it cannot be metabolised in the human body, the sweetener is excreted in wastewater and remains essentially intact even in sewage treatment plants.
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New way to rearrange store products could boost impulse buying
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A data-based method for periodically rearranging products enables retailers to optimize new store layouts based on customer familiarity with where their favourite things used to be.
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