Researchers have found that subglacial discharge, or meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, could be causing glacier...

Three centuries ago, before the beginning of the industrial age, geological records show that number was 280 ppm. In other words, by burnin...

The findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, suggested that asymptomatic people may account for approximately 40 to ...

New York, Jan 4 (IANS) The modern ocean's average temperature is 3.5 degrees Celsius, says a study that identified a new way to measure the...

New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Higher protein and salt content in our food, as well as the volume consumed, can lead to longer naps, suggests new ...

An enzyme found in a nicotine-eating bacterium can be recreated in lab settings and might be used as a drug candidate to help people quit s...

The study assessed the presence of low frequency and high frequency waves over the three stages of the earthquake.

The thickness of Antarctica's floating ice shelves has decreased by 18 per cent in certain areas over nearly two decades, warns a study.

The researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Mayo Clinic and other institutions have coined the term 'senolytics' for the ne...

Scientists have converted human skin cells into specialised neurons that detect pain, itch, touch and other bodily sensations.

The findings can bring an effective hepatitis C vaccine closer to reality.

Scientists have identified a new drug that can potentially treat an inherited form of cancer that has no cure.

Scripps Institute scientists have already tested a substance that turned obese mice into little murine athletes.

A new research indicates that another powerful and highly potent greenhouse gas, nitrogen trifluoride, is thousands of times more effective...

Painting a grim picture, a new study shows that even if greenhouse gas emissions are fixed at 2005 levels, irreversible warming will lead t...

Ways to cut emission & the necessary funds required for green economy will be the top agenda of a meeting of world's environment ministers.

Avian flu may not have hit the American shores yet but it is undoubtedly engaging the interest of Big Blue (IBM).