Decreased deep sleep and Alzheimer’s disease
According to Washington University School of Medicine, Older people who get less deep sleep have higher levels of the brain protein tau, a sign of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
AI in detecting early stage cervical cancer
Artificial intelligence may be poised to wipe out cervical cancer, after a study showed that computer algorithms can detect pre-cancerous lesions far better than trained experts or conventional screening tests.
New planet discovered by NASA’s probe
NASA’s latest planet-hunting probe has discovered a new world outside our solar system, orbiting a dwarf star 53 light years away.
Gas hydrates produced under ‘space’ conditions
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have experimentally shown that methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) can exist as gas hydrates at temperatures and pressures seen in interstellar atmosphere.
International Space Station could grow beans in 2021
According to new research, after cultivating lettuce in space three years ago, crew members aboard the International Space Station could be growing beans in 2021.
Boosting plant yield by 40%
Researchers at the University of Illinois had been successful in making tobacco plants 40% bigger with the aid of a “genetic hack” or “shortcut” i.e. by genetically modifying a crop to boost its growth.
Asia’s first fossil Dioscorea yam leaf
Speak of fossils, and dinosaurs first come to mind.
Detection of ultralow levels of mercury in water
A team at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, has found an innovative way to develop a sensor that operates using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and has high sensitivity far better than other methods of detecting mercury in water.
Carbon microneedles
Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur developed tiny needles less than 1 mm in size.
Yutu 2
China has named the lunar rover, successfully deployed to carry out a string of experiments on the far side of the moon, as ‘Yutu-2’.