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Decoded: Why chromosome errors are high in women`s eggs

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 19:45

Scientists have revealed, for the first time, the mystery behind why chromosome errors are high in women`s eggs.

India offers to set up IT centre in Timor-Leste

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 19:36

India has offered to set up a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) in the Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste that lies between Indonesia and Australia.

Scent of owner lingers in pet dog`s brain

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 19, 2014, 19:27

Your pet dog`s brain carries your odour like a perfume, a new study suggests.

Power from space to light up our cities!

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 22:00

How about capturing the sun`s energy right in space and beaming the solar power back to earth that can power military installations and even cities!

Fear of math may lie in your genes

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 17:56

Genetic factors may put some people at a greater risk of developing math anxiety, a new study has found.

3,200-year-old skeleton with cancer found in Sudan

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 17:49

Archaeologists have discovered 3,200-year-old skeleton of a young man with a spreading form of cancer, the oldest known example of the disease often linked to a modern lifestyle.

Papermaking waste could be safer, greener alternative to BPA

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 17:00

Researchers have said that a waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener alternative to the potentially harmful chemical BPA, which is used in many plastics.

Antarctic moss brought back to life after being trapped in ice for 1,500 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 14:41

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and Reading University have shown that moss can come back to life and continue to grow even after being frozen in Antarctic ice for over 1,500 years.

Alzheimer`s molecules could have been drivers of early life on Earth

Last Updated: Monday, March 17, 2014, 14:56

Researchers have said that amyloid plaques, a hallmark of diseases like Alzheimer`s, may have acted as a catalyst to help trigger the reactions that sustain life.

Soon, batteries that `breathe`

Last Updated: Monday, March 17, 2014, 13:08

Researchers have made new progress in developing a "breathing" battery that has the potential to replace the lithium-ion technology of today`s electric vehicles (EVs).