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Apple Furthers the ResearchKit Platform

Today, Apple announced that new researches into treatment of autism, epilepsy and melanoma will be conducted using the platform ResearchKit. Software platform ResearchKit turns the iPhone into a tool for medical research, helping doctors, scientists and other researchers often and more accurately...

New Research Shows that Hackers Are Tapping Into Mobile Networks' Backbone

Tracing out vulnerabilities in an operating system like Android or even in sim cards, hackers have been known to use all manner of remote access tools to break into mobile phones. However it is not common practice that hackers try and get inside the network infrastructure that route these calls...

Less Exposure To Helpful Bacteria During The First Three Months Of A Child’s Life Could Be Crucial For Asthma Development

Among numerous bacteria, viruses and other micro-organisms living in human body, there are some which can prevent asthma. Scientists experimenting with bacteria that live in the human body reported to the “Science Translational Medicine” that in a case study of “319 children” they exhibited “at...

4 Million People in the Pacific Region in Danger as El Nino Worsens

The growing threat of El Nino would possibly leave more than four million people across the Pacific without enough food or clean water.   Indications of it came when two dozen people have already died from hunger and drinking contaminated water in drought-stricken Papua New Guinea.  ...

First 'in womb' Stem Cell Trial in Clinical Setting to Begin

Come January of next year, the attempts to lessen the symptoms of incurable brittle bone disease through the injection of foetal stem cells into babies while they are still in the womb is to begin in the first of its kind clinical trial.   The stem cells for the trial would come from...

'Earth Index' Finds Coral Reefs are Worth Four Times as Much as UK Economy

An assessment of the value of natural assets has found that the world c oral reefs are worth £6 trillion a year in services they provide for people - almost four times as much as the UK economy.   Bees contributed £106 billion to the world economy in pollinating crops, and that vultures were...

Mealworms Thrive On Plastic Diet While Turing Plastic Into A Biodegradable Product

Mealworms’ plastic diet can be a potential solution to plastic landfills, whereby the so far believed “non-biodegradable” plastics get digested in mealworms’ guts. Recently, the plastic pollutants have been a cause of worry as it is difficult to dispose of them. However, finally, there seems to be...

Brain-Computer Interface Helps Man Walk Again Without Any Robotic Exoskeleton

A recent breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology has enabled a paralyzed man who lost his ability to walk five years ago, walk again. This technology for the paralysed man was developed by researchers from different University of California campuses.   Brain-computer...

Electronic Shark Deterrents to be tried out in Australia Following Shark Attacks

In an effort to curb a rise in attacks that threaten its beach tourism industry, Australia is taking help some of the world’s most advanced shark deterrent technologies and would initiate the program in the next few months.   Plans to test electronic repellents, plastic shields, sonar and...

India Adds Another Set of Eyes into Deep Space

There would be another “mini Hubble” space observatory from Monday with ISRO, India’s premier space research agency launching its first space research observatory ASTROSAT, along with a number of US satellites. “This is one more grand accomplishment for Indian science and our scientists,” tweeted...
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