Smartphone touchscreen use leads to greater brain activity

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 13:39

More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when the thumbs and other fingertips are touched, researchers found.

US doctor walks 10 km in snow to perform brain surgery

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:50

Where there is a will, there is a way, an old adage was proved by a US surgeon who walked nearly 10 kilometres through snow to perform a life-saving brain surgery.

`Human evolution likely led to rise of religion`

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:53

A team of researchers have found that brain interactions were different between religious and non-religious subjects.

Schumacher accident not due to skis, speed or signs: investigators

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 09:05

Investigators probing Michael Schumacher`s accident on Wednesday ruled out faulty skis, inadequate signage and excessive speed as possible causes of his life-threatening off-piste fall in the French Alps.

Bangalore ATM attack: Victim discharged from hospital, accused still at large

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 12:16

Corporation Bank officer Jyothi Uday, who was brutally attacked with a machete inside an ATM kiosk, was reportedly discharged from hospital on Saturday.

Narayan Sai’s potency test positive

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 00:32

Self-styled godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at his Surat ashram, underwent a potency test on Saturday.

Bangalore ATM attack: Police detain suspect

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 09:58

Police has detained a suspect in the brutal attack of a middle aged woman in an ATM kiosk last month.

`India not informing people that mobile phones pose no threat to health`

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 10:15

India is not forthcoming in informing the people that mobile phones and towers pose no threat to health and they do not cause brain cancer, WHO`s Radiation and Environmental Health Unit`s first coordinator Michael Repacholi said today.

‘Narayan Sai may undergo brain mapping, potency test’

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 14:49

Self-styled godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at his Surat ashram, is likely to be subjected to brain mapping test and potency test, police sources said on Thursday.

Hrithik Roshan to leave for medical check up Saturday

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 13:04

Hrithik Roshan is heading to an undisclosed location abroad for his medical treatment Saturday night.

Missing weapons case: Court gives permission for brain mapping, narco analysis

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 15:34

A local court has allowed brain mapping and narco analysis of the three bodyguards of Jharkhand Excise Minister Jaiprakash Bhai Patel and two drivers in connection with the missing weapons case.

Bangalore ATM attack: Man resembling assailant spotted in Andhra

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 18:03

In the latest development, Andhra Pradesh PSU bank officials on Sunday claimed to have possibly spotted the unidentified assailant, who had brutally battered a middle aged woman in an ATM kiosk here on November 19.