Research

Panaji, May 21: India's premier agricultural research institute is planning to conduct a study on 'yogic farming', an agriculture practice using meditation as one of the means to improve productivity. Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Goa is contemplating ...

Chennai, May 6: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the Tamil Nadu government would introduce 'regenerative medicine' in veterinary care and would set up a research centre capitalising on stem cells. Making a statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister ...

Monday's Supreme Court ruling, denying Novartis' claim to a patent on its leukemia drug is an important victory. The court decided that the patent application was not based on any new innovation.Pharma companies have been getting patents for decades by tweaking ...

London, Sept 12: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which has 77 Noble Laureates in its faculty, has been ranked one in the list of world's top 100 universities prepared under QS World University Rankings. Several universities from China, South Korea, ...

During his study, Rosen also found positive effects of using Facebook or similar social networking sites. According to his study, teenagers who spent more time online will show better "virtual empathy" to their online friends.Also, these social sites will help the ...

California, Jul 15: It's obvious that we're all using Google for years and it almost became a part of our life. But, have you ever thought of it's effect on our lives? According to a new study, Google is changing the ...