New Delhi: One's body mass index (BMI) can be explained genetically, researchers have said, adding that children have a 77 per cent chance of developing obesity at the age of 17 if their parents had it at the same age. There was a problem.A team of researchers, including those from Tel Aviv...
New Delhi, A lower ability to concentrate and learn during childhood and adolescence could be linked to a tripling of the risk of suffering a stroke before turning 50, according to research.While lower mental abilities have been linked to higher risks of developing cardiovascular and metabolic...
Workers are regularly exposed to silica dust as jewelry and decorative items are made by polishing, chipping and drilling agate stones, which contain more than 60 percent free silica."Inhalation of silica dust impairs the immune system and increases the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB),"...
New Delhi: Pacifying children by giving them digital devices when they have tantrums may prevent them from managing emotions in the future, which can develop into anger management problems, research has found.In contrast, parents of children, who already had poor emotional control, were found...
The VEGFR family of receptors is a key regulator of the process of forming new blood vessels essential for functions such as embryonic development, wound healing, tissue regeneration, and tumor formation.Targeting VEGFR may help in the treatment of various malignant and non-malignant diseases...
In recent years, parents often use tablets or smartphones to distract their children when they are upset.A team of researchers in Hungary and Canada found that parental approaches known as digital emotion regulation lead to children's inability to effectively regulate their emotions in later...
New Delhi: Exam graders may have trouble recognizing answers generated by AI-based chatbots, researchers said after their study found that these answers not only remained anonymous but were graded better than answers written by students. Went.On behalf of 33 'fake students', researchers at the...
Bengaluru, researchers from the Department of Bioengineering (BE), Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), have designed a novel 3D hydrogel culture system that mimics the lung environment of mammals.It provides a powerful platform to track and study how TB bacteria infect lung cells and test the...
A combination of genetic and environmental factors, including high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, education, and smoking, are major risk factors for dementia.Researchers at University College London (UCL) explored how the prevalence of these risk factors changed over time.The team...
New Delhi [India], Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati have developed an innovative method to efficiently generate hydrogen gas from a mixture of methanol and paraformaldehyde.According to a press release from the Ministry of Science and...
New Delhi, A new artificial intelligence-based model could predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing an individual's speech, developers said.According to the researchers, trained with audio recordings of patients with mild cognitive impairment (early stages of memory loss), the...
This research, accepted for publication in the journal Catalysis Science & Technology, opens a new avenue for the generation of COx-free hydrogen, contributing to the advancement of a "hydrogen economy."The ability to harness methanol and paraformaldehyde as hydrogen carriers offers...
Plant-based meat alternatives are highly processed plant-based food products that typically replace meat in the diet.While there is substantial variability in the nutritional contents and profiles of these alternatives, findings detailed in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology showed that the...
New Delhi, Scientists have designed a slow-release tablet form of ketamine that has shown promise in treating treatment-resistant depression patients.Slow- or extended-release tablets are designed to gradually release an active ingredient over time.Researchers said the new tablet releases...
New Delhi: Non-coffee drinkers who sat for six or more hours a day had almost a 60 percent higher risk of dying compared to coffee drinkers sitting for less than six hours, according to research published in the journal BioMed Central (BMC). Public health.This indicated an increased risk of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared loneliness a serious global health threat in 2023, with a mortality impact equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day.While previous research has linked loneliness to a higher risk of developing heart disease, Harvard T.H. A new study conducted by...
Researchers at University College London (UCL) found that anxiety symptoms such as depression, sleep disturbances, fatigue, cognitive impairment, hypotension, tremors, stiffness, balance impairment and constipation were risk factors for the development of Parkinson's."Anxiety is known to be a...
Kolkata, In a unique move to encourage young researchers to hone their performance skills instead of focusing only on paper and field work, Visva Bharati University on Monday announced that researchers will now be invited to participate in the university's lecture series. You will get an...
New Delhi, A new study has provided genetic evidence linking a common condition of the brain's blood vessels to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.Known as white matter hyperintensity (WMH), the condition characterized by lesions in the brain, is a common feature of brain small vessel disease...
In the study, when researchers from the US-based University of Washington (UW) asked for clarification on the classifications, the system showed biased perceptions about disabled people.For example, he stated that a resume with an autism leadership award had "less emphasis on leadership...