Science News Updates

Los Angeles: Researchers from the University of Rochester in the US have identified a new way to slow down the growth of cancer cells, the media reported on Sunday. The new method, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, involves a certain protein called Tudor-SN and the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, Xinhua news agency […]

London: Most of the companies fall victim to cyber attackers either because of unpatched software with known vulnerabilities or because of the human factor like people falling victim to phishing emails, Finland-based cyber security firm F-Secure said on Monday. According to the firm, the exploitation of known vulnerabilities is still the root cause of most […]

Moscow: Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has appointed Stephan Neumeier as Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific, effective from Monday. He will replace Maxim Mitrokhin who will return to his previous role as Operations Director. Neumeier has been tasked with strengthening partner relationships, extending the company’s retail footprint and driving business development to meet […]

New York: Mobile messaging service WhatsApp helps teenagers communicate better and to openly express themselves with their peers than in their classrooms, a study has claimed. The findings showed that WhatsApp groups allow teenagers to express themselves in ways that they cannot at school, helping them develop closer and more open relationships with their classmates. […]

Mumbai: To protect consumer interests, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Monday said it has introduced an “independent review process” for complaints. According to the advertising industry’s self-regulatory organisation, the procedure facilitates an independent mechanism to review the recommendations made by Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) if either the advertiser or the complainant is […]

New Delhi: HP India, in collaboration with KPMG, on Monday launched a secure and affordable invoicing platform called “GST Solution” to help millions of traders and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) move seamlessly to the new GST regime. “GST Solution” has the capability to support users to file all their transactions as per the […]

New York: People who check their Facebook profile all the time are likely to be more sad and unhealthy than those who use it sporadically, a new study has revealed. Researchers from Yale University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), studied the pattern of Facebook use and mental health of 5,208 volunteers between […]

Melbourne: Silkworms could have the potential to repair damaged eardrums, a team of Australian researchers has found. The team of researchers, based in Melbourne and Perth, have developed a device that incorporated silk into the “ClearDrum” ear implant, a device similar in appearance to a contact lens which a recipient’s cells can grow on, Xinhua […]

Bengaluru: India is getting a new high-tech facility to test its drones, air-to-ground weapons and other equipment at Challakere in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district, a defence official said on Saturday. “The dedicated Aeronautical Test Range at Challakere will evaluate the indigenous aeronautical systems built for the Indian armed forces by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) labs,” […]

New York: Researchers have developed a new colour changing surface tunable through electrical voltage — a breakthrough that could lead to three times the resolution for televisions, smartphones and other devices. Video screens are made up of hundreds of thousands of pixels that display different colours to form the images. With the current technology, each […]

New York: Failing to sleep less than six hours may nearly double the risk of death in people with metabolic syndrome — a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, researchers have warned. A study found that people with metabolic syndrome who slept for more than six hours were about 1.49 times more likely […]

Washington: Scientists have determined that the camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was hit in 2014 by a tiny meteoroid, a small natural object in space. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced on October 13, 2014 an image that was wild and jittery. […]

Seoul: US tech giant Intel Corp. continued to stand as the largest producer of corporate solid state drives (SSDs) in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, with its rival Samsung Electronics coming in second. Data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange shows Intel accounted for 40 per cent of the market, while Samsung’s share stood […]

Mumbai: Domestic electronics company Zebronics on Friday launched its new 2.1 speakers “Tornado 2” at Rs 11,111. “Tornado 2” comes with sound output of 12-watts RMS. The cutting-edge sound technology with digital audio processing ensures high quality sound that is capable of effective sound throw, the company said in a statement. The device also comes […]

Moscow: As global ransomware attacks show no signs of slowing down, the volume of mobile ransomware has grown over three-fold during the first quarter of the year, a cyber security firm said on Friday. According to Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, the number of mobile ransomware files detected reached 2,18,625 during the first quarter, […]