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New study finds Vitamin D or calcium do not reduce colorectal cancer risk
A recent study has indicated that the popular belief that Vitamin D or calcium can help to cut colon cancer risks may in fact be a myth. The study rejected the common perception that Vitamin D and calcium can help you...
NASA studying how zero gravity affects the human
NASA has been actively engaging in many activities recently like shooting world’s first UHD 4K video in space, capturing pictures of Indo-Pak border and so on. The American Space Agency is now being heard of funding...
Swine flu claims lives of three, 19 patients critical
Swine flu has struck yet again and this time it has claimed three lives, one each in Pune, Latur and Kohlapur. Apart from the deaths, condition of other 19 patients is said to be critical at this point of time. Of the...
Maggi samples to be retested by Karnataka’s Consumer Affairs Ministry
Though any complaints about Maggi haven’t been listed from the consumers’ side, the Karnataka government is still looking to test Maggi once again to ensure food safety. The State Health Department had sent the samples...
Two Indian-American teens featured as the finalists of NASA’s space contest
NASA’s competitions are no new news. Its national 3-D Space container challenge is something that only the brightest of the student go for. Students who belong to the age group 5-19 years old are invited by NASA to...
New system for editing human genome revealed by scientists
A new study has been published on Friday by the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It indicates that the research team has discovered enzymes that can more precisely cut than the CSIPSR technique...
11 year long black hole study leaves scientists nowhere
It’s been almost a hundred years since Albert Einstein proposed his general theory of relativity of which, gravitational waves were a key component. The problem is that these waves are nowhere to be found. An 11-year...
India plans to cut emission intensity by 35 percent to achieve climate target by 2030
In a climate-change policy statement released, India has promised to reduce emission rates by 33 – 35 percent by the year 2030 from the emission intensity levels of 2005. This policy has been framed by government in an...
Study finds the result of burning all the fossil fuel on Earth
In a report related to the environment, a group of researchers have found out that burning all the Earth’s remaining coal, oil and natural gas would trigger enough warming to melt the entire Antarctic shelf, eventually...
