Alok Jha
LONDON: Playing brain-training video games may help reverse the natural decline in cognitive abilities among older...
Updated 06 Sep, 2013 07:22am
SCIENTISTS have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a “tool” that will allow them watch how the...
Published 30 Aug, 2013 07:21am
SCIENTISTS have implanted a false memory in the brains of mice in an experiment that they hope will shed light on ...
Updated 27 Jul, 2013 07:27am
LONDON: Engineers at the University of Toronto have won a prize that has been unclaimed for 33 years by building the...
Updated 14 Jul, 2013 09:37am
THE calorie content of some types of food has been systematically underestimated by retailers using a system for assessing food energy that is out of date and has not kept up to date with new scientific findings, according
Published 19 Feb, 2013 08:02pm
LONDON: Two veteran spacefarers have been chosen to spend a year aboard the International Space Station — many times longer than the usual tour of duty — as part of research into the physiological effects of long stays
Published 07 Dec, 2012 03:11am
NEW ORLEANS: Ever wondered why it is so difficult to ignore the sound of a crying baby when you are trapped aboard a train or aeroplane? Scientists have found that our brains are hard-wired to respond strongly to the
Published 19 Oct, 2012 03:23am
AN early childhood surrounded by books and educational toys will leave positive fingerprints on a person’s brain well into their late teens, a 20-year research study has shown.
Published 16 Oct, 2012 01:01am
WASHINGTON It has been the biggest and most comprehensive attempt ever to answer that age-old question how many fish...
Published 04 Aug, 2010 12:00am
YOU may think you know the back of your hand like, well, the back of your hand. But scientists have found that our...
Published 16 Jun, 2010 12:00am
LONDON They have been a reliably heartbreaking ritual of just about any international competition but national teams...
Published 09 Jun, 2010 12:00am
IN February 2008, Nasa sent the Beatles song, Across the Universe, across the universe. Pointing the telescopes in...
Published 01 May, 2010 12:00am
A TAXI cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for...
Published 23 Feb, 2010 12:00am
Illegally buried waste can now be discovered by a specialist scanner without the need to dig up the ground, ...
Published 23 Jan, 2010 12:00am
THE health dangers from nuclear radiation have been oversold, stopping governments from fully exploiting nuclear...
Published 12 Jan, 2010 12:00am
A GREEN technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition away from a high-carbon economy is needed to...
Published 24 Nov, 2009 12:00am
LONDON The Earth`s natural ability to absorb carbon dioxide is declining and global temperatures are on course to...
Published 19 Nov, 2009 12:00am
SINCE the crew of Apollo 17 returned from the moon in December 1972, no human has left low-Earth orbit. Five space...
Published 04 Jul, 2009 12:00am
AFTER years of wrangling over carbon capture and storage (CCS), governments have started to back the technology with...
Published 16 May, 2009 12:00am
LONDON High rates of obesity in richer countries cause up to 1bn extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every ...
Published 21 Apr, 2009 12:00am
